O uso de leitores de tela no TelEduc: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The goal of the present work was to study accessibility in the Telematic Environment TelEduc of the Visually Impaired - VI, using the Screen Readers (SR) software DosVox and Jaws. The theoretical foundations used can be found in studies related to Distance Education such as the approaches: Broadcast, Traditional Classroom Virtualization and Virtual Being Together that embraces the Contextualized Constructivism. The study was based on theories of authors such as P. Freire, S. Papert, L. Vygotsky, J. A. Valente, M.E.B. Almeida, M.E. B.B. Prado, E. T. M. Schlünzen, among others. First the research expIored how the SR software, the tooIs and the contents of the Proinesp-II program's course, contributed to the training of teachers at a distance in information technoIogy in Special Education. The results indicated that there were minar differences between the two software but the causes of the differences could not be identified from the nature of the information collected. The second study analyzed the SR software, the course's tools and contents. Twenty sessions with two VI were realized, during which they interacted in the course. The data was coIleted in two stages and the analyses were recorded and transcribed in Tables. The anaIysis ofthe results ofthe two studies showed, aIhong olheI aspects, that both SR, DosVox and Jaws software, with their small differences aIlow VI access in TelEduc