[NABS-L] Turning camera off as accommodation

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

Frankly, I don't think it would be worth the effort. Generally, if you sit in front of your laptop, open it, have a light on possibly, you will be ok. Even if you are off a little, it shows you are there.

There is a program called "can you see me" that will tell you if you are in view of the camera, and I also think recent versions of JAWS have a feature that does this.

So, it is easier to just do it then to ask for an accommodation.

Dave



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From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kelsey Nicolay via NABS-L
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 5:21 PM
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Cc: Kelsey Nicolay <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>
Subject: [NABS-L] Turning camera off as accommodation

Hello,
One of the colleges I am looking at offers courses in real time online format as professors want student$ to be eng at g during discussion. When I attended  their inform at tion session, one of the things they told us is that having your camera on during class is a requirement from most professors. Being totally blind, accurately positioning the camer@ for good video quality is difficult, so I was curious whether asking for an ex€mption from the camer@ on requirement would be a reasonable accommodation if I can demonstrate in other ways that I am actively participating. 
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