Some Visually impaired people use note takers which can only read plain text
files from disk. So you ought to have such a version available. cd is good
if you have it, provided the files open in a standard way, such as a word
processor.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Higginbotham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 June 2000 14:39
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Braille Prospectus
sounds like a good idea to me.
seems reasonable to assume that most visually impaired students given that
they are probably already within the education system inorder to be
applying to iniversity, and therefore will have some form of equipment to
enable them to be in this situation.
only reservation is
that if you suggest this as a university wide solution some bright spark
will fill the cd with video clips. photos and graphical images will if not
done correctly will make it difficult or impossible for a vi prospective
student to use.
if your gahering all this information to put on a cd why not just put it on
the web and have cd copys available, this would cut costs even further and
be a faster way of finding the required information for overseas students
whom you highlighted as a potential market for the cd.
At 14:30 08/06/00 +0100, you wrote:
>I've been thinking about the issue of the accessibility of
>prospectuses. The most sensible route to me seems to be one
>that involves a solution that is 'one off' rather than customised
>versions as much as possible (the latter involving more work,
>and delays in production).
>
>What do you think about putting the whole prospectus on CD,
>which means that applicants have access to all the information,
>just like non-visually impaired students? Do you reckon that
>getting use of the computer technology for speaking the CD is
>a barrier - or do most blind/vi applicants have the means to get
>it? I had thought that it might be a suitable route for many
>overseas applicants too - and the production costs on a bulk
>run could be offset by the savings on mailing prospectuses
>overseas?? The selectability of CDs seems to win over disk -
>unless there is a very long list of little files into which sections of
>the prospectus is broken down. Or am I being dim/optimistic?
>
>
>Debbie Gibberd
>City University Disability Officer
>Northampton Square, London EC1V0HB
>
>020 7477 8806 voice and minicom
>020 7477 8592 fax
>
>
Adrian Higginbotham.
SURFACE, Salford University, Research Focus on ACcessible Environments.
http://www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/surface/
tel: 0161-2954939
tele-work 01625-263590
mini-com 0161-2953599
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