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Re: Too much reading

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"Ian F." <[log in to unmask]>

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Ian F.

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Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:12:55 +0100

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It might also be the type of electronic magnifier he's using that's 
slowing things down - if it's a handheld one they're not really suitable 
for reading for more than brief periods. Maybe one of the automatic 
desktop cameras that can scan pages really quickly and re-format them 
into large print (with high quality speech output as backup support for 
long documents) could be better? Or contact publishers to see if they 
can provide electronic versions of the books that can be re-formatted 
into large print and read on a something like a Kindle or other tablet?

Ian Francis


On 25/10/2013 15:03, Alistair McNaught wrote:
> Has he tried resources in DAISY format with a Daisy reader like AMIS so
> he has the ability to navigate, read by sight where required and listen
> (with a decent quality TTS voice) where appropriate?
>
> Might be worth unpicking what it is that puts him off the Screenreader
> option and whether Screenreader aversion is the same as TTS aversion or
> Daisy or MP3 aversion?
>
>
> A
>
> *From:*Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *John Conway
> *Sent:* 25 October 2013 13:59
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Too much reading
>
> A targeted reading list – with section recommended not whole books?
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> *From:*Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Christina.Welch
> *Sent:* 25 October 2013 1:40 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Too much reading
>
> The student could request a reading list be given to him earlier so he
> has time to start the reading before the course starts.
>
> *From:*Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Lewis, Rebecca
> *Sent:* 25 October 2013 13:35
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Too much reading
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> I met with a Law undergraduate this morning who is having problems
> keeping up with all the reading. He did well in his first year but says
> he knows he could do better; if only he could do more of the reading.
>
> He is visually impaired & at the moment uses an electronic magnifier to
> read text. We discussed using a screen reader – so that he could access
> text in a variety of ways – but he said he finds it difficult to absorb
> information in that way.
>
> His solution would  be that his department upped his exam marks to take
> in to account the difficulty he has with reading; I said this was highly
> unlikely.
>
> Does anyone have any practical ideas that I could suggest to this student?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rebecca
>
> Rebecca Lewis
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