I do. Ann Poulter
On 21 Apr 2005, at 10:12, Phil Teare wrote:
> Anyone else get email rejected notices when mailing to the forum?
>
> It seems to think I'm sending several messages, but I'm not (to my
> knowledge).
>
> Anyone?
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Prentice" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: Texthelp in exams
>
>
> Hi Phil
>
> There is the ability within the Teacher Toolkit to set up a 'Feature Set'
> and assign it to a particular user. You can customise 'Feature Sets' which
> enables you to switch on or off any of the features of the program. This way
> you could set up the software to only allow the text to speech feature for
> this student. Then when she logs on to the software she will only be
> allowed the read back feature which she has requested. She will not be able
> to access any of the other features which might be considered as giving her
> an advantage over other students.
>
> To install the Teacher Toolkit you need to do a custom install. Further
> details are on this webpage:
> http://www.texthelp.com/rwg-ttkit.asp?q1=products&q2=rwg&q3=TeachersToolkit
>
> The Teacher Toolkit is available with Read&Write Standard and Read&Write
> Gold.
> Best wishes
> Jackie Prentice
> Training Officer
> Texthelp Systems Ltd
> www.texthelp.com
> Phone : 028 94 428105
> Fax : 028 94 428574
>
> I have just had a phone call from an examinations officer from local
> college. They have a student, in receipt of the DSA, who is requesting the
> software textHELP Read and Write to be installed on to a computer for use in
> their examinations. The student's disability - combination of mobility and
> dyslexia - insists that she needs the 'read-back' feature within TH to
> listen to what she has written - basically a sentence at a time.
> In the student's psychological report, for her examinations, she has been
> recommended 25% extra time (plus allowances for rest periods), a computer
> and a reader.
> I was wondering whether any of you have had experiences of students either
> requesting or using textHELP Read and Write within an examination setting
> (in addition to Word) ?? In any case, I would have thought that the reader
> would be able to provide audible feedback of sentences and paragraphs in
> much the same way as the TH software.
> However, the student is insisting that this is not 'quite the same ??'. At
> present, the exams officer is not convinced and feels that the inclusion of
> textHELP would put the student at an advantage over other students.
> Any comments ?
> Thanks
> Phil Judd
> Bridgend College
Ann Poulter,
University Disability Adviser
Diversity & Equal Opportunites Unit
University of Oxford
Tel:01865 280660
Fax: 01865 280300
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