WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:10.700 --> 00:00:15.060 I’m Eric and I have a visual impairment called Stargardt's 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:18.480 and it’s a macular degeneration which affects the center of my vision 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.550 so it makes it really hard to read, read fine print and see details 00:00:22.550 --> 00:00:25.550 so I use the sides of my eyes to see more in the periphery. 00:00:25.550 --> 00:00:27.509 Zoom Text enabled. 00:00:27.509 --> 00:00:30.890 The main piece of assistive technology that I use 00:00:30.890 --> 00:00:32.840 on the computer is ZoomText 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:36.410 which is a screen magnifier that allows me to make 00:00:36.410 --> 00:00:39.440 everything on the computer screen as big or as small as I need it 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:41.360 depending upon what I’m reading. 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:44.250 There’s also a built-in screen reader on ZoomText 00:00:44.250 --> 00:00:47.360 which I can also use to help read documents 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:49.430 because my eyes get tired really easily. 00:00:49.430 --> 00:00:52.170 I use a TV monitor that I have on my desk 00:00:52.170 --> 00:00:53.680 that allows me to see the board 00:00:53.680 --> 00:00:56.070 and what is being projected on the board by the teacher. 00:00:56.960 --> 00:00:58.980 Hi, I'm Mike. 00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:03.990 My disability is that I am visually impaired. 00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:09.140 I can see things up close but further away it gets blurry. 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:12.470 I use a whole bunch of different technologies 00:01:12.470 --> 00:01:15.490 in my daily life. 00:01:15.490 --> 00:01:20.430 My smartphone works brilliantly for what I need it to. 00:01:20.430 --> 00:01:23.880 It has a whole bunch of different apps on it 00:01:23.880 --> 00:01:29.380 that will help me in my day-to-day life. 00:01:29.380 --> 00:01:36.840 I have Voice Dream Reader which is an input app 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:41.600 so you can switch over different types of media 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:47.090 and it will allow it to be read aloud to me. 00:01:47.090 --> 00:01:52.810 Lyceum, Lyceum Tuesday July 19 2016, five-zero P-M. 00:01:52.810 --> 00:01:57.080 And that's what the sign says. 00:01:57.080 --> 00:02:01.110 Scanning is very important for somebody with a visual impairment 00:02:01.110 --> 00:02:07.770 because there are a lot of printed materials in the world in general 00:02:07.770 --> 00:02:13.140 that are very not visually impaired friendly, 00:02:13.140 --> 00:02:14.440 not blind friendly. 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:16.700 Hi. 00:02:16.700 --> 00:02:18.990 My name is Jessie, 00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:24.270 and I'm a fourth-year student at the University of Washington, 00:02:24.270 --> 00:02:28.900 majoring in informatics with a minor in diversity. 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:33.020 And I identify myself as deaf. 00:02:33.020 --> 00:02:37.400 So the assistive technology, I use a cochlear implant, 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:41.600 which is my own, personal device I need to hear. 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:47.830 I often use an FM system, which I give to my professor 00:02:47.830 --> 00:02:52.450 so that I can hear the professor more directly through my cochlear implant. 00:02:52.450 --> 00:02:55.400 It's like a microphone. 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:59.239 Another accommodation I use almost every day 00:02:59.239 --> 00:03:02.069 is called CART, C-A-R-T, 00:03:02.069 --> 00:03:06.090 which stands for Communication Access Realtime. 00:03:06.090 --> 00:03:12.220 So what it is, is a captioning device that's real time captioning, 00:03:12.220 --> 00:03:15.530 that I can read the transcript on the screen 00:03:15.530 --> 00:03:19.740 while the professor is talking in real time. 00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:22.540 My name is Takashi 00:03:22.540 --> 00:03:26.480 and I have a disease called retinoschisis 00:03:26.480 --> 00:03:29.160 that affects my retinas. 00:03:29.160 --> 00:03:31.790 Mostly I use my phone's camera 00:03:31.790 --> 00:03:35.920 to take pictures of the whiteboard or homework or what not 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:38.890 and just blow it up as big as I can. 00:03:38.890 --> 00:03:45.150 I use screen readers not so much but I do like them and 00:03:45.150 --> 00:03:48.330 ZoomText on my laptop. 00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:51.590 Smartphones are such an amazing tool. 00:03:51.590 --> 00:03:57.470 I am oh so very glad that I was born in an era with smart phones 00:03:57.470 --> 00:04:01.890 because I just can't imagine doing school 00:04:01.890 --> 00:04:05.280 or living my life without a smartphone. 00:04:07.260 --> 00:04:09.840 I'm profoundly deaf. 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:15.260 I grew up with two hearing aids and then last year when I was 17, 00:04:15.260 --> 00:04:19.220 I got I got a cochlear implant on my right side 00:04:19.220 --> 00:04:22.400 because I wasn't hearing anything through my right ear. 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:26.710 In school, in school I use an interpreter, a sign language interpreter 00:04:26.710 --> 00:04:31.240 and also have a note taker for each of my classes 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.660 whenever I request one 00:04:33.660 --> 00:04:39.380 and if the class has a video or movie showing 00:04:39.380 --> 00:04:43.830 it usually has captions or if there's no captions, 00:04:43.830 --> 00:04:46.130 my teacher will provide a transcript. 00:04:46.130 --> 00:04:52.030 There's a lot of group projects in my engineering classes 00:04:52.030 --> 00:04:57.620 and I just use an ASL interpreter pretty much. 00:04:57.620 --> 00:05:00.160 And I talk to the other students 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.600 and make sure that they're aware that I'm deaf. 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:06.590 I just tell them to slow down a bit 00:05:06.590 --> 00:05:10.120 or speak louder and they're usually very flexible with me. 00:05:11.100 --> 00:05:12.080 My name is Vincent 00:05:12.090 --> 00:05:15.470 and I’m currently a PhD student at Georgia Tech 00:05:15.470 --> 00:05:17.340 in human centered computing. 00:05:17.340 --> 00:05:20.630 As it is with people with all types of disabilities, 00:05:20.630 --> 00:05:24.250 people with the same disability also access information differently. 00:05:24.250 --> 00:05:31.520 For example, I’m totally blind and I primarily utilize my computers– 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:33.960 and I say that because I have five or six different computers 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:35.880 with different operating systems– 00:05:35.880 --> 00:05:37.850 and I utilize them different ways. 00:05:37.850 --> 00:05:41.400 I access a lot using the variety of screen reading programs 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:45.509 with hardware and software -based synthesizers. 00:05:45.509 --> 00:05:47.460 I am wearing something no one's even noticed yet. 00:05:47.460 --> 00:05:49.370 I am wearing something that's off-the-shelf technology. 00:05:49.370 --> 00:05:52.980 It used to be military and then it was extremely expensive. 00:05:52.980 --> 00:05:56.430 This is a bone conduction headset designed for runners. 00:05:56.430 --> 00:05:59.570 I wear one almost continuously. 00:05:59.570 --> 00:06:02.840 This is off-the-shelf technology that anyone can use right now 00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:05.870 and also my watch is connected to this 00:06:05.870 --> 00:06:09.060 when things come through now I hear them in my head 00:06:09.060 --> 00:06:10.380 even with people around 00:06:10.380 --> 00:06:12.949 and I just hear the notification or whatever, 00:06:12.949 --> 00:06:15.210 text messages, news updates. 00:06:15.210 --> 00:06:19.000 And now I don't even have to go to my phone anymore. 00:06:23.900 --> 00:06:25.400 My name is Sheryl Burgstahler 00:06:25.410 --> 00:06:27.780 and I direct Accessible Technology Services 00:06:27.780 --> 00:06:31.430 at the University of Washington in Seattle. 00:06:31.430 --> 00:06:33.539 As you can see, it’s really important 00:06:33.539 --> 00:06:37.539 that people with disabilities have access to the technology that they need 00:06:37.539 --> 00:06:40.250 including assistive technology 00:06:40.250 --> 00:06:43.960 so they can be successful in education, in careers, 00:06:43.960 --> 00:06:46.570 and all the activities that they wish to pursue. 00:06:46.570 --> 00:06:50.710 It’s also important that IT developers 00:06:50.710 --> 00:06:57.430 including those that create websites, documents, software and other IT 00:06:57.430 --> 00:07:01.860 make those products accessible to people who are using assistive technology 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:03.600 and to everyone else.