If the student requesting this facility had built up a good voice
file and was prepaired to spend some time refining it to work in the
new environment, I would have no problem in permitting this.
> Just to complicate the matter further. Is anyone aware of a University that
> permits students to take their examinations using voice-activated software?
>
>
> At 15:16 27/10/97 GMT, you wrote:
> >If a student needs the services of a reader or amanuensis, they have
> >to pay the individual directly for this from their DSAs. The
> >university makes no charges for any alternative exam arrangements.
> >
> >Steve.
> >
> >>
> >> I was interested to read a copy of a DSA assessment of need report
> >> for an LEA re one of our students at Kingston..
> >>
> >> It recommended " reasonable additional costs incurred for special
> >> examination arrangements m ay be funded through the DSA"
> >> The student concerned requires an accessible venue, extra time to allow
> for a
> >> need to move about etc
> >>
> >> As the numbers of students requiring special examination arrangements
> >> increases, so does the pressure on our Examinations Service to
> >> provide appropriate facilities etc. This includes separate rooming,
> >> extra invigilation costs, amanuesis, setting up word processors etc etc.
> >>
> >> I would be very interested to hear what costs other Universities
> >> pass on to students to claim from the LEA and whether LEA's are
> >> willing to fund what they may see as a University responsibility to
> >> provide.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Mary Norowzian
> >> special needs coordinator
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >>
> >Steve Metcalfe
> >Division of Assistive Resources and Technology
> >University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, UK
> >Tel: +44 (0)1482 440550 ext. 4029
> >Fax: +44 (0)1482 441411
> >EMail [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> PATRICK MULCAHY
> Disability Co-ordinator
> Academic Services
> Registrar's Division
> University College London
> Gower Street
> London WC1E 6BT
> Tel: (0171) 391 1343 [voice or minicom]
> Fax: (0171) 380 7327
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
Steve Metcalfe
Division of Assistive Resources and Technology
University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1482 440550 ext. 4029
Fax: +44 (0)1482 441411
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