Abstract
Adoption of DETB with SRP amongst VIP at Tertiary Institutions in Malaysia
Highlights
Digital electronic textbooks (DETB) are among the main adaptive technology for visually impaired students in technology
Several screen reading programs (SRP) that exist commercially is JAWS screen reader which literally stands for Job Access With Speech, could assist the blind and visually impaired people in navigating through Digital Electronic Textbooks (DETB)
Whether to utilise DETB with Screen Reading Programme (SRP) enthusiastically or otherwise, participants understood the characteristics of Adaptive Technology (AT) affected their use even though they shared different experiences in using the AT
Summary
Digital electronic textbooks (DETB) are among the main adaptive technology for visually impaired students in technology. The advanced information technology converts traditional printed books into readable and editable text on a compatible computer or electronic device that a visually impaired student could navigate the contents assisted by a screen reading programme (SRP), to enable them to access the content independently (Malcolm& Roll, 2017). Several screen reading programs (SRP) that exist commercially is JAWS screen reader which literally stands for Job Access With Speech, could assist the blind and visually impaired people in navigating through DETB. Another one is popularly known as Hal screen reader. Blind learners could use the physical keyboards or flick their fingers on the accessible touch screen-based devices to navigate through a given text or to surf the internet (McAlvage & Rice, 2018)
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