Desarrollo de un tutorial de Jaws, para mejorar la educación de las personas con discapacidad visual y su inserción social.

Abstract

People with different skills and abilities are people with equal rights and opportunities like anyone. Education will allow these people to be included in society, both academically and in the workplace so they can function socially, economically, and culturally. This paper is based on research on methods of access to higher education for the visually impaired and the use of computers as a support tool for education and social rehabilitation. Against this requirement, a self-learning educational software screen reader Jaws © is studied, tool which can be developed in areas both educational and labor. Learning this reader will also allow these people, to insert in the workplace without difficulty, while they managed to decrease dependence from family and reduce begging of these people. The software was focused on teaching Windows ©, Word ©, with permanent practices reinforce learning progress. The application of this work had achieved remarkable results in the academic development, especially in motivation, self-learning, work performance, and rehabilitation related to the family and social environment. It let achieve a proper social, labor and cultural integration of people with different skills.