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MT Student with Visual Impairment - Brandi

Posted: Sep 04, 2012

I am a new MT student that is visually impaired. I'm having a very difficult time with studies and keyboarding class. I'd like to find someone that has low or no vision that could tell me how they have gotten through classes and what devises and software systems they may have used.

I feel like I'm out here doing this all by myself.

Thanks,

Brandi

What did they tell you when you enrolled? - Wondering

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What did your school tell you about how all of this works?

MT Student with Visual Impairment - Brandi

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Nothing raally, other than there hasn't been anyone through this program with my issues. I guess I'm paving the way! But I don't know how to do this. I have a CCTV that is helping. But am having a VERY difficult time in my keyboarding class. I can not see the drills that I need to type well enough. HELP!
Brandi

DIFFICULTY WITH VISION - Paisley

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I cannot help you...but interestingly enough perhaps I can give you a source. While working no Edix a few years ago (good company), a major government contract they had was given to a facility in Dallas called THE LIGHTHOUSE....all sight impaired MTs. No sighted ones were hired. I thought, how could be...and still do not know. But I think this would be about the best source you could find. Apparently they do an excellent job as, as far as I know, they are still typing away for the government.

Hope this helps.

wonder how she can read these posts - ??

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strange

She probably has a program that reads the posts for her, such as - tmt

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if she copied and pasted the post into her program and it read it out loud. I've not researched these programs, but if VR can type what's read, I'd imagine there are programs that can read what's typed.

You could always ask the OP instead of just making a lazy comment...

Your school is failing to meet your needs - SM

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Brandi, you need to talk to the people at your school who help disabled students. They MUST meet your needs. It is not an option. You don't want to "pave the way" only to find that you are unemployable at the end! You deserve better than that.

There is a very simple solution to the drill problem. They can enlarge them so that you can see them. Another option would be for someone to record them so that you can type them by listening. That is a very GOOD option because you will learn to transcribe that way.

I had a sight-impaired student. She used recorded books. If there was no recording of the book, someone recorded it for her. Sometimes, she learned the material by having someone read it to her while she typed it into an electronic document so her JAWS text reader could read it.

I agree that you should contact Lighthouse or another organization in your area that assists visually impaired students. Not only do you need assistance now, but you need to know what kind of work you will be able to do when you graduate. With so much of MT going to voice recognition, you need to know how to adapt to that.

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