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From: Glenda
Date: Nov 17, 2004 2:21PM

Thanks Patrick, and others for your suggestions. This one really has me
stumps. I'm now wondering if I could have the JAWS user turn off a feature
or change a setting in JAWS that might somewhat simulate another disability
set. I'm not overly familiar with the fine tunings of JAWS.

And, I know, I know the concept of "sensitivity exercises" has its flaws. I
simply want to show students another perspective of surfing -- its not as
simple as "point and click" for everyone.

Please keep the suggestions coming. Hopefully something will twig by
tomorrow, which is when I want to send out Lesson One to this student..

Cheers,
Glenda

-----Original Message-----
From: redux [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:36 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] seeking ideas for equivalent task



sam89 wrote:

> or simply ask the user to mute their sound - emulating hearing impaired
> users or those without sound cards in their computer, or in an
> environment where audio content is not practical (work place, wireless
> access in busy street etc.)

If you re-read the thread starter, the issue was concerning scenarios
for a visually impaired user with a screenreader...I'd posit that it
would be quite hard for this user to mute the sound ;-)

Patrick H. Lauke
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