BARD Screen Reader: Settings and Preferences

Hi, I'm Vikki Vaughan. And in today's workshop, we'll discuss various settings for making BARD Express easier to use. This series is intended for screen reader users. If you prefer to use your mouse, be sure to check out the low vision version of this series on the Hadley website.

Now it's important to note that we must have an active BARD account to use BARD Express. If you'd like to learn more, check out the first workshop in this series to learn how to set up your own free account. We'll begin in our BARD Express menu bar. It contains several helpful little nuggets.

Screen Reader: Bookshelf: Control + B button.

Vikki: First off is help. We'll open this menu with Alt + H for help.

Screen Reader: Getting started: G.

Ed: Now that you've had a chance to learn a bit with us, we'd like to learn more about you. Your name, email address, how you heard about Hadley, and your relationship to vision loss. Learning more will give us a better understanding of how to personalize Hadley just for you. And don't worry, everything you share with us online will be kept safe and secure. Of course if you'd prefer to talk through these questions, we're just a phone call away at 800-323-4238.

Taking these few steps saves your preferences so you can continue right where you left off, and track your progress every time you log on. Plus it connects you to the Hadley community, and helps sustain our funding to keep Hadley free of charge. And last, but not least, it gives you direct access to experts, like me. Now, where were we?