Hi, Your experiences are basically the same as mine back in 2006, and actually the same as the Microsoft exams as well. I would be interested in looking at contacting organisations to see if we can do anything about this. I have my BCAB hat on of course as I am the chair. :) Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Hoath Sent: 06 January 2015 11:54 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Cisco Exam and Cert Guide Accessibility Okay guys as I work for the Cisco Academy for the Vision impaired, http://www.cavitraining.com/ I thought I would put a bit of an audioboo together on the current state of things. Basically you can get a reader but no scratch paper and no accessible material beyond the reader reading to you, writing stuff down for you and explaining exams. Pearson are difficult to negotiate with and the exams hard to take in this format. Listen to the below for more info. https://audioboom.com/boos/2775806-cisco-ccna-accessibility-of-exams-persona... This is 4 minutes and 55 seconds long, but unless I talk faster and remove gaps I have a fair bit to say. Hope it helps people. These are my own opinions and are correct to the best of my knowledge but do not represent the opinions or policies of cisco, Why this disclaimer crud is really needed is beyond me but there you have it. regards, Kerry. On 6/01/2015 4:20 PM, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
Hi,
I tried to do the CCNA exam back in 2010 and really had issues with the diagrams and descriptions etc. You can't do the exam independently and have to rely on someone describing the diagrams and pushing the relevant buttons etc. It helps if you can find someone who has some knowledge of the material to do this. I moved onto Microsoft exams and they are more doable because they don't rely on diagrams as much.
Someone did take one of the test centres to court back in 2006 and they got diagrams for the exam in an accessible format, but nothing further happened. I don't believe the test centres get enough requests to get these exams in a usable format and every time I try and take an exam it is a real mess. I need to renew my Microsoft MCITPs but I just don't have the energy to go through all the burocrasy. If you can find a test centre or a training partner that is on board then that is the best option. A company called Firebrand really helped me to get through the exams and that is the best experience I have had taking the exams.
Thanks. Andrew.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Bill Dengler (OS X on REtina macBook Pro) Sent: 06 January 2015 03:04 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Cisco Exam and Cert Guide Accessibility
Hello, I am interested in becoming Cisco certified. Do any of you have experience with the Cisco exam? How have you been able to have it made accessible to you? How did you do the simulators? Do any of you know where I could obtain a copy of the ICND1 and ICND2 official cert guides with all graphics described?
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