Emma Wright, University of Nottingham
14 March 2007
Emma Wright is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham researching the difficulties experienced by students with print impairments and the types of adjustments Universities make for such students. This talk explores some of the common problems experienced by students visual impairments when it comes to accessing course materials, and aims to suggest solutions. The formats that may be required will be outlined, for example: large print, electronic, and Braille. The main focus will be on electronic formats as read by screenreading programs, and on mathematical formulae in particular.
Demonstrations will be provided of how the JAWS (Job Access for Work) screenreader handles such information, and suggestions will be made as to how its accuracy can be improved in some cases.
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