Re: [orca-list] Podcasts and/or audio tutorials needed

["Glenn" <glennervin cableone net>]

I work in rehab, and sadly, most people who use a screenreader do not know 
Braille.
If I had to guess, I'd say over 90% of screenreader users don't know 
Braille.
Remember that there are adults who lose their sight that do not want to 
learn Braille.
Glenn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Midence" <alex midence gmail com>
To: "'Al Sten-Clanton'" <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>; "'Glenn'" 
<GlennErvin cableone net>; <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:38 PM
Subject: RE: [orca-list] Podcasts and/or audio tutorials needed


I think there should be a companion text but written material can't be the 
only medium because not everyone reads braille.  An electronic text 
(softcopy) should be the way to go as far as that for them to review with a 
screen reader they already know.  The audio lessons are absolutely great 
though.  You might even go so far as to install a copy of Ilias, Moodle or 
Chamilo on a server and create an online learning solution.  I've often 
toyed with that idea for Orca but I've hesitated because I just don't have 
the time to dedicate to it properly.  I'd go with Ilias if I ever did it 
because it has a built-in point of sale module.  You'd have to assemble a 
team to deploy the software (not too hard if you understand setting up a 
lamp stack) and then creating the courses with certain portions assigned to 
particular individuals.  Some people write better than they speak and so on. 
Then, you need to create processes for ensuring it all keeps going and gets 
updated and so on.

Just some thoughts,
Alex M

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Al 
Sten-Clanton
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 11:01 AM
To: Glenn; orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Podcasts and/or audio tutorials needed

Why not use written material, which allows any spelling and punctuation they 
need to do?

Al

On 09/04/2015 10:58 AM, Glenn wrote:
> Hi Tony and All,
> Thanks for offering some links, and I will keep them for sure, but in
> this instance, I think I will need to find something up-to-date, and
> for Orca users.
> This is a problem on all platforms.
> I have been looking for such podcasts for IOS and Android for my
> clients, and there are podcasts on various apps, or navigating with
> Safari for example, but there needs to be something for just getting
> started.
> Many of my clients have a hard time using the same device to listen
> from and work with at the same time.
> I like to put training material onto a NLS cartridge for them, and
> that way they can easily control the audio material.
> Glenn
>
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