Talking Tools to Assist Students Who are Blind in Laboratory Courses

Authors

Cary A. Supalo, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Thomas E. Mallouk, The Pennsylvania State UniversityFollow
Christeallia Amorosi
Lillian A. Rankel
H. David Wohlers, Truman State UniversityFollow
Alan Roth
Andrew Greenberg, University of Wisconsin MadisonFollow

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Abstract

A number of tools and techniques have been developed to assist students with blindness and visual impairment who are studying in secondary and post-secondary science laboratories. Commercial electronic probes and their associated software packages allow real-time viewing and collection of data using a personal computer; however, until now, these data have been inaccessible to students with blindness or visual impairment because of the incompatibility of the data acquisition software with screen-reading software. Recent programming modifications now allow a new level of compatibility, which promotes a greater degree of independence and accessibility to laboratory science for people with visual impairments.

Recommended Citation

Supalo, Cary A.; Mallouk, Thomas E.; Christeallia Amorosi; Lillian A. Rankel; Wohlers, H. David; Alan Roth; and Greenberg, Andrew (2007) "Talking Tools to Assist Students Who are Blind in Laboratory Courses," Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities: Vol. 12 : Iss. 1, Article 4.
DOI: 10.14448/jsesd.01.0003
Available at: https://repository.rit.edu/jsesd/vol12/iss1/4