Is it a JISC problem then?
Are any of the list holders listening? If so do you know if it can be fixed.
My worry is that it could easily put off new users.
Cheers
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Farmer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: email rejected
> Yes, I did too a few days ago with the APNA list, and I was sure that I
only
> sent it once.
>
> K
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Demery, Rachel" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: email rejected
>
>
> Yes Phil, the same has happened to me on a number of occasions.
> Rachel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Teare [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 21 April 2005 10:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: email rejected
>
>
> 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
>
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