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[AI] a webcast transcript:assistive technology assessment by ike tresley-perkins school for the blind

2014-04-30 Thread Manish Agarwal

Webcast Transcript:
CHAPTER 1 -- Introduction
PRESLEY: I think the first technology I got introduced to was in the
sixth grade. I had a teacher that taught me typing. And that was a
major, major thing because I was the kid who was always getting his
papers handed back saying, I can't read this, write it again, you
know?
Assistive Technology Assessment with Ike Presley.So when I could start
typing, it was a big deal. I ended up going to Florida State and that
was back then before the ADA and everything, they encouraged all
students who had a vision problem to go to that one university because
there were a lot of services available there. So I met a lot of other
students who were blind or visually impaired during that time period.
And I did not do my undergraduate work in this field, but I, as a
client of the blind services in Florida, I was offered a work
experience program over in Panama City. So I learned a lot more then,
actually working with people who were blind, and I met the teacher of
the visually impaired for that school system who was running an adult
basic ed class for people who are blind and visually impaired. And so
we became real good friends and she was going back to grad school, and
I said, Well I'll see what's available, you know.
So I went into the program and it was interesting that, you know, I
had given some thought to it but I wasn't, like, you know, super
dedicated. It wasn't, like, my life goal to do that, but what happened
is, as I started going to the classes, the professors would ask you
questions. Well, okay, you've got this blind student and you need to
teach him about, you know, X, Y, Z. How would you do it?
You know, and people would say, Well, you could do this or this, and
the teacher would say, But remember, they're blind, they can't see
it. And the students would go, Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah. So, you
know, me being the shy person that I am, you know, I'd say, Oh, well,
you could do so and so, and so and so, and so and so. And the other
students would go, Wow. I never thought about it like that.
I'm going, Wait a minute. This is just what my brother and I did all
of our lives to survive. So it finally dawned on me that this thing
that for so many years of my life I had considered a deficit, I could
now turn into an asset.



CHAPTER 2 -- Understanding Assistive Technology Options
PRESLEY: I got very interested in the whole idea of assessment because
I would go to a school and talk to a teacher and say, Well, are you
using any technology? And they'd say, Well, no, but we have some
stuff in a closet. And they would go and open the closet and here
might be $10,000, $15,000, $20,000 worth of equipment that had been
bought over the years, but it wasn't the right tool for the job.
You know that old saying, you know? It wasn't the right match. Mama or
an administrator, they were somewhere and they saw this neat new thing
and they said, Well, this is what we've got to get for our students
who are blind. Well, it wasn't the right match. They didn't realize
it. It was just, they thought it would work, you know? And so they got
it and then maybe somebody tried it, but it just didn't meet the needs
of the student.
I decided, okay, so now we've got to come up with a way, then, to
figure out what. We've got all these technology tools over here. We've
got people who have needs. How can we match the tool? How can we come
up with the right tool for the job? So the assessment process -- the
first part --is to figure out, well, what are the tasks that the
individual has difficulty accomplishing?
So I also was realizing that people needed a way to get a better
handle on what was out there. And one of my strong biases, before you
can determine what someone's AT needs are and what technologies might
meet those needs, you need to have a good general overview, knowledge,
of what's available. One of the big things is to know what
technology's out there, so as a way to help people organize that large
bank or body of information, I basically have said, well, you can
divide them into that there are tools for accessing printed
information, you know?
You sighted people, you love that black stuff on the white background,
you know. Us guys, we aren't so hip on it, you know, okay? We like the
information, but it's a hard way to get to it, right? So that's a big
deal. And obviously, if you're totally blind, that black stuff on the
white doesn't do you any good, right? No matter how big we make it. So
that's one big category.
An open binder beneath a text magnifying device. NARRATOR: In a
photograph, we see an open binder beneath a text magnifying device. A
camera in the device projects the printed page onto a monitor and we
can see the enlarged type on the screen.
PRESLEY: The second one is that the technology provides us with tools
for accessing electronic information. So much of what we have today
that maybe formally was in print is now only available electronic.
Plus, we have tons of new information

Re: [AI] need guidance

2014-04-30 Thread Shweta Mishra

OK, it can happen some times.
so try again and let me know.
if u won't be able to download this time also, then I'll try to upload
that file also on solid files.
but please don't tell me to upload on dropbox or send space, cause,
solid files and uppit r the only 2 sites, where I know to upload.

On 4/29/14, pratik shah pratiktu...@gmail.com wrote:
thanks to both of you.
the third link of uppit.com is not opening, saying file could not be
found...

On 4/29/14, Shweta Mishra shweta.mishra...@gmail.com wrote:
hi!
I'm sharing some banking materials which I uploaded some months ago.
the links r,
http://www.solidfiles.com/d/efc03eec41/
http://www.solidfiles.com/d/e60fc2652b/
http://uppit.com/aj40043c03wn/interview_materials.zip
also check websites such as,
www.gktoday.in
www.competitionmaster.com
bankersadda.com
http://visuallyimpairedbankers.blogspot.in/
http://bankclerkpo.com/how-to-prepare-for-sbi-po-exam-2013-sbi-po-2013-syllabus-in-detail/
http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com
www.jagranjosh.com
www.mrunal.org/economy
etc.

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I am going to give exam of SBI for the post of P.O. in the month of
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[AI] pleasant voting experience in punjab

2014-04-30 Thread akshun mahajan

hi friends,
i have very nice experience in punjab.
i went to booth a guy came asked me do u have any helper.
i told sir i need Braille paper.
they were shocked in a remote village i am awared of my rights .
they told me that we r not surprised that u know Braille but we r
surprised that u r awared of your right.
they gave me Braille paper i read and cast my vote.


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Re: [AI] need guidance

2014-04-30 Thread Shweta Mishra

yes u r right.
the uppit link is not working. don't know y?
so I uploaded interview materials on solid files.
u can download from the below link,
http://www.solidfiles.com/d/555b1b99ef/interview_materials.zip

On 4/30/14, Shweta Mishra shweta.mishra...@gmail.com wrote:
OK, it can happen some times.
so try again and let me know.
if u won't be able to download this time also, then I'll try to upload
that file also on solid files.
but please don't tell me to upload on dropbox or send space, cause,
solid files and uppit r the only 2 sites, where I know to upload.

On 4/29/14, pratik shah pratiktu...@gmail.com wrote:
thanks to both of you.
the third link of uppit.com is not opening, saying file could not be
found...

On 4/28/14, pratik pratiktu...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,

I am going to give exam of SBI for the post of P.O. in the month of
june.
I
want to know about is there any text book or reference book to prepare
for
the same?

Any assistance in this regard will be appreciated.

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