how would you? A glimpse at disability and the digital divide

0:00 TITLE SCREEN: how would you? A glimpse at disability and the digital divide

0:05 ANIMATED TEXT: what if you couldn't see?

0:08 what if you couldn't use your fingers?

0:12 how would you?
0:13 make a phone call
0:14 send an e-mail
0:15 "google it"
0:17 access technology

0:19 VIDEO: student handing teacher a USB module to plug in to the computer.
0:20 TEXT: Carl hands Carol Schultz the USB module required to use his wheelchair joystick as a mouse. COST: $900.00

0:30 ANIMATED TEXT: how much more would it cost?

0:33 VIDEO: Carol Schultz (teacher) demonstrates one of the problems encountered with assistive technology.

0:34 TEXT: Carol Schultz is an Assistive Technology Teacher at the Washington State School for the Blind.

0:35 SCHULTZ: One of the main issues that Carl and I have with this.. is we try to move the mouse and the voiceover and the magnification don't allow us to get where we need to go. So we are trying to move up here [video shows the teacher trying to move the mouse pointer to the upper left hand corner of the screen] and we get stuck up in the menu bar.

0:42 TEXT: She is working with Carl Mason who is a senior at the school. Carl is visually impaired and unable to use his fingers.

0:45 SCHULTZ: We have to press this button [video shows the teacher is pointing to a button on the Bamboo Pen & Touch] to stop voiceover from talking, and then we can usually go where we need to go.

0:52 TEXT: She is demonstrating one of the many technical issues that can arise when trying to use multiple adaptive tools.

1:00 TEXT: This particular issue is encountered when using magnification in conjunction with the screen reader software.

1:09 ANIMATED TEXT: how much harder would it be?

1:11 VIDEO: Carl Mason (student) uses various hardware and software tools to try to search the Internet.

1:12 TEXT: A Bamboo Pen & Touch assists with scrolling and automated tasks. A special thank you to WACOM for donating this unit. COST: $99.00

1:14 COMPUTER VOICE: Project. Safari. Project. Safari. Finder.

1:22 TEXT: Carl uses MacSpeech/Dragon Dictate for Mac (speech recognition software) and a USB headset

1:24 COMPUTER VOICE: [unintelligible]

1:29 MASON: Scratch that.

1:32 COMPUTER VOICE: Selection deleted.

1:35 MASON: Scratch that.

1:36 TEXT: He is saying "scratch that" to tell the software that it misunderstood what he was trying to say.

1:38 COMPUTER VOICE: Selection deleted.

1:40 MASON: Pearl Jam.

1:43 ANIMATED TEXT: how much longer would it take?

1:46 COMPUTER VOICE: [unintelligible]

1:49 MASON: Scratch that.

1:52 COMPUTER VOICE: Selection deleted.

1:53 TEXT: After several tries, the software understands that he is searching for information about the band Pearl Jam.

1:54 MASON: Pearl Jam.

1:58 COMPUTER VOICE: Pearl Jam

2:03 ANIMATED TEXT: how would you?
2:04 make a phone call
2:06 send an e-mail
2:08 access technology

2:10 how much more would it cost?

2:12 how much longer would it take?

2:14 how much harder would it be?

2:16 how would you?

2:17 watch this video

2:20 TEXT: Americans with disabilities are less than half as likely as their non-disabled counterparts to own a computer...

2:26 and they are about one-quarter as likely to use the Internet." -Stephen Kaye, Ph.D., Disability Statistics Center.

2:32 TEXT: a special thanks to: Carol Schultz, Assistive Technology Teacher. Carl Mason, Student. Washington State School for the Blind.

2:41 music: "Intro" by Alexander Blu, www.alexanderblu.com
licensed under Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

2:47 videographer: Carl Talley

2:50 TITLE SCREEN: how would you? A glimpse at disability and the digital divide

2:51 TEXT: written, produced, directed & edited by Terri Mason for DTC475 | Fall 2010. Professor: Dr. Dene Grigar.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Disability
• digital divide
• technology
• accessibility
• Alexander Blu
• digital diversity