VIDBE-Q Volume 69 Issue 4
Table 4
Primary Learning Method for Workplace AT
AT Type In
School
(by a
TSVI)
Self-
Taught
VR/Agency
Training
Vendor Tutorials Person
w/
B/LV
Screen reader software (3
rd
party)
21.8 36.8 18.4 10.3 11.5
OCR app 80.3 6.1 7.6 6.1
Refreshable braille display 6.1 63.3 10.2 12.2 8.2
Remote sighted assistance
app
81.3 4.2 6.3 6.3
Built-in screen reader 4.8 57.1 14.3 9.5 14.3
OCR software or hardware 14.6 46.3 17.1 2.4 4.9 14.6
Digital reading
software/device
13.9 63.9 2.8 2.8 16.7
Braille notetaking device 25.0 46.9 6.3 9.4 12.5
Digital reading app 6.7 83.3 6.7 3.3
Navigation/wayfinding app 3.6 60.7 10.7 3.6 21.4
Audio recorder app 85.0 5.0 10.0
Other identification app 64.7 5.9 5.9 17.7
Other built-in accessibility
features
7.7 61.5 15.4 15.4
Dictation/speech
recognition software
61.5 7.7 15.4 15.4
Screen magnification
software (3
rd
party)
9.1 63.6 27.3
Built-in screen
magnification
9.1 81.8 9.1
Orientation/wayfinding/
navigation device
28.6 42.9 14.3 14.3
Handheld electronic video
magnifier
50.0 33.3 16.7
Electronic video magnifier 33.3 16.7 33.3 16.7
Wearable device 60.0 20.0 20.0
Digital labeling app 60.0 20.0 20.0
Note. N=105. The 'Other" method option is not shown. Rows may not sum to 100 percent. TVI =
teacher of students with visual impairments. VR = vocational rehabilitation. B/LV = blind or low
vision. OCR = Optical Character Recognition.
