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Hi Tim,

At Wolverhampton we have moved down the route of providing loanable laptops
for students requiring assistive software, this means that the student can
use the laptop where required, around the institution - combined with the
Dolphin / JAWS USB dongles. It doesn't solve the problem of locked down
computers / network distribution but does allow the students preference of
learning locations, combined with use of their recommended software.

Apologies for the lateness of this response, but hope it may be of help.

Kind Regards,

Paul Burrow
Enabling Technologies Projects Manager
University of Wolverhampton

On 9 December 2009 11:18, Tim Cunningham
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> Hi all
> Sorry for cross posting!
>
> I am curious about what provision other FE/HE Institutions provide for
> visually impaired students.
>
> I am seeing an increasing number of VI students allocated funding
> through DSA for these portable USB drives from Zoom Text and Supernova.
> I have never used one but from what I gather, they include all the
> necessary software and allows the student to just plug the pen drive in
> to a PC and have access to their magnification/reading software - is
> that correct?
>
> These seem a great idea but one of the problems we have (and I am
> assuming other Universities have similar issues) is that the PCs in the
> University labs are so locked down they do not work.  Students are
> unable to install software on lab PCs and I gather these pen drives do
> require access to certain parts of the PC to work?
>
> How do other organisations support VI students?  Do you have
> magnification and/or screen reading software installed on ALL PCs around
> campus?  Do you have specialist areas rooms with PCs for VI students to
> use?  Does anyone have students who are able to use the portable pen
> drives on lab PCs?
>
> Look forward to hearing your responses.
>
> Thanks
> Tim
>
>
> --
> Tim Cunningham
> Disabilities Adviser
> Northumbria University
> Tel:    0191 227 3849
> Web:    http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/disabilities
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>