Skills for Access

Name

Natasha

Key technology

voice recognition software, Flash, Shockwave.

Specific issues

Using media to enhance text, problems associated with dyslexia, navigation, display customisation, text manipulation, timed exercises, use of colour.

What's your disability, and how does it affect your learning?

In Clip 1 Natasha describes the wide range of effects dyslexia can have and her reliance on computers...

In this clip, Clip 2, Natasha describes the common misconceptions about dyslexia...

How do you adapt your computer to make it easier for you to use?

In the following clip, Clip 3, Natasha describes her experience of using voice recognition software...

What are the main problems you encounter when you use multimedia?

In this next clip, Clip 4, Natasha talks about her experiences of using multimedia that has been poorly designed...

In this clip, Clip 5, Natasha gives her definition of a poorly designed website...

In Clip 6 Natasha describes some of the methods she uses to help her with her work...

In Clip 7 Natasha comments on her experience of the effects of bad design, and the difficulties she encountered when filling in an online application form as a dyslexic person...

How does well-designed multimedia enhance your learning?

During the next clip, Clip 8, Natasha describes how good design can be very empowering to someone with dyslexia...

In this final clip, Clip 9, Natasha provides advice about what to think about when designing with dyslexia in mind...