Lipreading issues and Podcasts to review lectures on audiology

“I also use my glasses in lecturers so that I can lip read, but if the lecturer turns away from me I might as well give up! It bugs me not to be able to see clearly but it makes me even crosser when they forget that I depend on seeing their face not the back of their head! It was a much bigger issue with the larger groups up in York and ISVR has smaller groups so I can cope. But it would help if lecturers could remember to face the audience rather than talk to the board”

“If I can’t hear I just leave it, but it might be quite a good idea [to put audio versions of lectures on Blackboard].  If there’s something that you’re a bit confused about, you can go back and listen to it again in your own time.”

Sarah – ISVR

There are some examples of podcasts about different audiology topics which have been provided by the Medical University of South Carolina.  They are all well laid out and have transcriptions.podcast library webpage

 

TextHelp for writing and proofreading; scanning plus adding comments.

manuscript in word“Text to speech is really useful when you are writing and proofreading – it makes me stop when I leave out words and when I create words that don’t exist.,  I was given TextHelp Read and Write Gold and I use the scanning for my manuscripts.  Add the picture to Word and make comments in the margins.”

Becky  – Medieval Renaissance Culture.

Using a Franklin Dictionary for foreign languages

Franklin translator“I use an Electronic Dictionary for foreign languages such as Russian.  It is a Franklin handheld dictionary and it is easier to use than a paper based dictionary also less scary than my Latin dictionary!”

latin dictionary

Becky – Medieval Renaissance Culture.

Mind mapping and Colour Coding

colour coding

“I use Inspiration for mapping out topics then add keywords and explanations, perhaps with the different verb endings – Then I have a paper based colour coding system when I am revising  that highlights those endings.”

Becky – Medieval Renaissance Culture.

ZoomText magnification with screen reading.

“I use Zoomtext a lot for reading and assignments when the screen reader is the most useful thing. I use the printer and scanner, although now I do not use the scanner so much as most of it is on line – I have large fonts and mouse pointer but usually read things with a screen reader as it saves my eyes.”
Amber – Nursing

YouTube Video link to  ZoomText Tips and Tricks #10 – Using the SpeakIt Tool

You can personalise your mouse pointer in Zoomtext and there are several free downloads such as ‘Philip’s Large Coloured Cursors‘ that allow you use a colour and size of pointer that makes it easier to see and Dolphin Computer Access offer Windows High Visibility Mouse Pointers.

Using Ctrl+F or Command +F to find things – keyboard shortcuts.

search in PDF

search Wikipedia page“I would find that when I am reading poilicies which have so much text to read, I go to the  summary and then use the find and just go to the specific bit. If you know you need a specific item such as ‘consent’ – then use Ctrl +F [Command +F], add the word to the search box and find it directly.”

Amber – nursing.

Crazy: 90 Percent of People Don’t Know How to Use CTRL+F

This week, I talked with Dan Russell, a search anthropologist at Google, about the time he spends with random people studying how they search for stuff. One statistic blew my mind. 90 percent of people in their studies don’t know how to use CTRL/Command + F to find a word in a document or web page! I probably use that trick 20 times per day and yet the vast majority of people don’t use it at all. (Alexis Madrigal)
 

Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows