VIDBE-Q Volume 69 Issue 4
in accessibility tools (on a computer) into two separate categories for built-in
(computer) screen readers and built-in (computer) screen magnification.
Participants were asked to select all the methods they used to learn how to
utilize the work AT they identified in Survey 2. Response options were: a) in
school (by a TSVI), b) training provided through a vocational rehabilitation (VR)
agency or agency for the blind, c) vendor who sold the technology, d) self-taught,
e) tutorials, f) another person with blindness or low vision taught me/demonstrated,
and g) other. Participants were then asked to identify which of the selected
methods they considered the primary method used to learn each specific AT. This
data was used to address research question 2. Some participants who completed
Survey 1 did not complete Survey 2, resulting in a smaller sample size (N=105) for
the learning methods variables.
To measure self-perceived skill level (research question 3), participants rated
their skill level for each AT they reported using at work in Survey 1, using a scale
from 1 (beginner) to 10 (advanced). To measure need for training on workplace
AT (research question 4), participants who rated their workplace AT skill as 7 or
lower were asked whether they would benefit from more training on that particular
AT (yes/no).
