Re: "smart board" and Jaws
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:37:47 -0700
Hi Dave,
Well, I'd imagine JAWS wouldn't work with them. If it is like writing on a
chalkboard, then OCR would be required, which would be hugely problematic.
The problem is the same as if the teacher were using a real chalk board; it
is now electronic, but every bit as inaccessible. It is the school's
responsibility to make reasonable accomodations to insure this information
is accessible to the blind child.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McElroy, WA6BEF" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: "smart board" and Jaws
> I wonder if anyone has ever heard of a thing called a "smart board and
> whether there is any way to get Jaws to read it?
> Evidently, this is a gadget that some schools are utilizing so that the
> teacher writes something, as they would on a chalk board, but it's
> networked to all the other "smart boards" in the room. Apparently,
> someone's child, second or third grade I think, will be in a classroom
full
> of these things and he says he's heard that JAWS in fact doesn't work with
> them.
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
>
>
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