I first receive an email saying that my email has been distributed to the list,
and then this is followed by an email saying it hasn't.
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Quoting Ann Poulter <[log in to unmask]>:
> 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
> Email:[log in to unmask]
>
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