Cartoon face with a question mark above it and a stressed expression.Try the QUIZ!

 

Access to information is covered by anti-discrimination laws

 

  • TRUE – SOCOG v Maguire

 

People who are deafblind cannot use computers

 

  • FALSE – Braille displays allow access

 

Many blind people have computers read to them via synthesized speech

 

  • TRUE – screen readers

 

The disability group growing in representation in VET and Higher Ed is learning disability

 

  • TRUE

 

People with a learning difficulty can use text-to-speech software to read documents

 

  • TRUE

 

There is no service in Queensland that will produce audio recordings from printed materials

 

  • FALSE – Qld Narrating Service

 

Under Copyright laws, you can take 10% of a printed work and convert it into another format for a person with a print disability

 

  • FALSE – 100% if not commercially available – without publisher’s permission

 

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