Checklist for ACCC Computers with Accessibility Software |
Please make sure the accessible workstations that include accessibility software are working during your shift. Besides checking the software, please make sure there are no obstacles around the station that will make the computer system physically inaccessible. Chairs may need to be moved in order for someone to access the computer using a wheelchair. Also make sure the signage for the computers with accessibility software are still posted with the correct information. The signage can be printed from the CSO reference page.
To check the Zoomtext, JAWS, and Kurzweil 3000 accessibility software programs you will need an audio headset to check the audio output of the programs.
For computers with Dragon Naturally Software, a microphone will be needed to check the speech recognition software.
Use the hotkeys outline on the ACCC Accessibility Services Web page to launch the applications.
Here are the tests for specific applications:
• Launch Freedom Scientific Jaws Screen reader using the hotkey ( CTL+ALT+J)
• Open MS Word and Internet Explorer using the keyboard. ( Do not use the Mouse)
• Listen to hear whether items are being read correctly with headset.
• With Jaws use Insert + F7 to launch window with links. With headset, you should hear the links read audibly
• Launch Dragon Naturally Speaking using the hotkey CTL+ALT+D)
• Select user
• Train program using user voice (if already trained skip this step)
• Save data file
• Open Microsoft Word and start dictating
• Launch Zoomtext using the hotkey (CTL+ALT+Z)
• Change visual enlargement to 2 times enlargement.
• Launch Internet Explorer
• Check the auditory feedback as it reads a Web page
• Launch Kurzweil 3000 using the hotkey (Ctl+ALT+K)
• Change speed - menu -- WPM to read fast/slow
• Change voice
• Computer systems with Kurzweil Scanner Pro Version
• It must be able to scan a document
• Make sure it can read the text that is scanned
• Launch the Windows Accessibility Wizard (Ctl + U)
• Run through the accessibility wizard choosing a variety of options and note any problems.
Any discrepancies between what is listed in the page and what is in the lab must be reported via email to lan@uic.edu . The immediacy of reporting the malfunction of these applications can help us better serve our students with disability.
ACCC will send information to the Disability Resource Center ( drc@uic.edu ) with known issues regarding the accessible computer workstations. This will allow the DRC to contact the students with disabilities that are using the computer workstations to inform them of any difficulties accessing the workstations.
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