By: Meghan Holden
Jacob Vasquez couldn’t access parts of his online Spanish homework because his text-to-speech program couldn’t read it.
Eventually, he dropped the class, switched degrees and adapted his schedule so he wouldn’t have to struggle in foreign language courses that required large amounts of online work.
Like Vasquez, who is blind, students with disabilities at the University of Minnesota sometimes struggle with the institution’s websites and programs — potentially risking their academic success. But now, the University is planning to improve access.