July 18th Wednesday

So today we went over boardmaker. This is pretty much as "techy" as we get at DAP. We rely on boardmaker for just about each and every student. I think it is a great program but I would like to see more variety in items and choices. Or, for example, a little more user friendly, because I typed in pepsi and then coke and it did not give me any pictures.... I needed to type in drink to get a picture of a soda can. So maybe the search menu needs to be upgraded an encompass more pictures when you type in a word even though that picture my be labeled differently in the program.

Then we walked over to the AT pod in the library. This is where we saw pictures in a flash, smart view (enlarges print), magic program to enlarge text on the screen, kurzwell's, braille embosser, and a pack mate. I thought Liz and her dog are great. It is amazing that Liz has not let her disability stop her and that she wants to live in the city. Living in the city is a little scary for me....She is one brave young woman. No....she is inspirational!!!! People complain all the time about little things but here we have a woman who has every right to complain about things not being accessible but she makes the best of it/ or fights to change accessibility of technology on campus for people with special needs.

I thought the braille embosser was awesome. I tried to run my fingers over the braille words and I could hardly tell where the dots were located. They all just felt like random dots here and there. I guess reading braille is an art form!