[blindlaw] LSAT accomodations question

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Hi Dan and others,
 
It's been four years since I took the LSAT, but I have to say that LSAC was  
very accommodating.  I asked for an audio version of the exam, and they  
provided me with a cassette and player.  The quality of the reading was  
exceptional.  I was able to rewind and forward as necessary.  They  were very apologetic 
because they didn't have beep-tone indexing yet.  They  may now though.  They 
also gave me a large print version of the exam and a  transcriber for the 
multiple choice section.  They offered me the option of  typing or writing my 
exam, but because I was afraid that law schools might be  put off by the 
nonstandard format of my writing sample, I chose to write  it.  They offered to have 
someone copy my essay onto the standard blue  sheet everyone uses if it was too 
difficult for me to write on it myself.   They even said I could bring in 
Braille things (whatever writing tool I used)  for note taking and the logic 
portion of the exam.  At that time, I was a  ZoomText user myself, but the large 
print worked fine.  I think a lot of it  depends on what you ask for and how 
capable they are of providing it.   I never asked for a reader, but I imagine 
they probably would rather provide a  bunch of people with copies of one tape 
than provide them each with a reader at  their expense.  
 
Hope that helps some, and good luck!
 
Ronza
 
 
 
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Hi Dan and others,
 
It's been four years since I took the LSAT, but I have to say that LSAC was very accommodating.  I asked for an audio version of the exam, and they provided me with a cassette and player.  The quality of the reading was exceptional.  I was able to rewind and forward as necessary.  They were very apologetic because they didn't have beep-tone indexing yet.  They may now though.  They also gave me a large print version of the exam and a transcriber for the multiple choice section.  They offered me the option of typing or writing my exam, but because I was afraid that law schools might be put off by the nonstandard format of my writing sample, I chose to write it.  They offered to have someone copy my essay onto the standard blue sheet everyone uses if it was too difficult for me to write on it myself.  They even said I could bring in Braille things (whatever writing tool I used) for note taking and the logic portion of the exam.  At that time, I was a ZoomText user myself, but the large print worked fine.  I think a lot of it depends on what you ask for and how capable they are of providing it.  I never asked for a reader, but I imagine they probably would rather provide a bunch of people with copies of one tape than provide them each with a reader at their expense. 
 
Hope that helps some, and good luck!
 
Ronza