Hi Andrew, I faced the same challenges. I can tell you that the certs do matter, but I was lucky and found myself in a job where I am over the I.T. Dept and I've been able to prove that I know what I am doing. I would still love to obtain a certification though. I am likely going to go after one of the ITIL v3 ones. I can't agree more that we as blind I.T. individuals are essentially screwed either by the certification providers or other web based applications built for administration and management. I certainly feel that the blind consumer organizations haven't really tried hard enough to tackle this issue. I would love to devote some time to this issue, but I am not sure where to turn. Just my .02 cents. Billy -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 4:47 PM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] simulations in certification exams Hi, In a word you are pretty much screwed. Sorry but at the moment that is the best way I feel I cam sum up the process. I have done these simulation questions with a reader and it is all very much dependant on the technical expertees of the reader at the time. I spent a lot of money in 2011 getting certified with a load of MS qualifications, and I don't anticipate getting any further ones anytime soon because of the trouble it took. What is worse is we can now do these exams from home with a webcam, which means that a lot of test centres have shut down. However if you need special circumstances you can't do it from home at all. On the other hand I am wondering whether employers are asking for these as much as they used to? Maybe the type of work I am doing doesn't warrant them so much (working with mainly cloud automation in Azure and AWS). Welcome to the list by the way. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> On Behalf Of Samuel Barnes Sent: 15 May 2018 21:13 To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] simulations in certification exams I'm new to this mailing list, and to mailing lists in general, so please let me know if I'm not following established rules. How do you handle certification exams that have simulation questions? The A+ and CCNA both had sim questions that I struggled through--especially A+ the CCNA, because the combination of Pearson's testing environment and ZoomText made the screens hard to navigate. I've lost more vision recently and am not sure if I'll be able to complete these types of questions. Pearson VUE's accommodations team offered the use of a scribe/reader, but I don't see how that could work on anything but multiple choice questions. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.hodgsonfamily.org%2Flistinfo%2Fblind-sysadmins&data=02%7C01%7C%7C90dd0b79191f4ccab64208d5baa503d3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636620140245040675&sdata=L5RwiKR4Ib57uJoEI1jL6%2BIKvqqCyf2MRwyNKbvdcRk%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.hodgsonfamily.org%2Flistinfo%2Fblind-sysadmins&data=02%7C01%7C%7C90dd0b79191f4ccab64208d5baa503d3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636620140245040675&sdata=L5RwiKR4Ib57uJoEI1jL6%2BIKvqqCyf2MRwyNKbvdcRk%3D&reserved=0