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I am not sure what Ted is suggesting as the alternative, but if it is
that students be allowed to use their own PCs then this will never be
accepted by the university. However caring it may seem from the
student's point of view it leaves the level playing field and exam
security in tatters. Some voice files can be transferred while others
are less the reliable. The answer is to use the reliable ones until
the less-so get the message and improve.
Obviously, if anyone is thinking of going this route for any student
they would be advised to do it early in order to test the possibility
and reliability of the system. They would be daft to wait until the
exam week as any failure will be sure to receive a legitimate appeal
to the exam board.
> On Mon 27 Jan, Robin Cameron wrote:
> > Partly true. But you could put a voice profile on a back-up device and
> > install it for the exam.
> >
> > Of course, some speakers seem to do very well out-of-the-box so could maybe
> > just go in an hour early and get the basics right?
>
> I think this is a very dangerous suggestion. The stress of doing an exam
> is bad enough for a dyslexic person without having to worry over possible
> technical failures.
>
> As neither the exam center, nor the invigilator, nor the 'exam board' are
> likely to give any extra allowances or help if the technology falls over,
> it is essential that the student can solve faults *without resort to a
> manual*.
This is untrue, if the failure was due to lack of care by the exam
system then any appeal would be impossible to refuse
.
Dave Laycock MBE
Head of CCPD, Chair of NFAC
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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