September 2007 - Posts
Hard to know whether this is all that useful, given the availability of the RoboBraille service (see further down this blog) but if you hi-light a block of text in Word, and then press the Windows key and "s" you'll hear the text being read out
to you. You can also change the voice to male or female, fast or slow and a few more extras if you go into “my computer” control panel and then the sounds speeches and audio devices. Don't know what they key combination is on a Mac - there's certainly not going to be a Windows key!
If you've got a few minutes to spare you might like to visit
http://game.newport.ac.uk/
Disturbingly compulsive.
You may well be wondering what will be happening in your first week of the academic year. Here are a couple of links that might be useful -
www.enrolment.newport.ac.uk
www.induction.newport.ac.uk
Do bear in mind, though, that whenever you have a query and are unsure who to contact, the
helpline is there to steer you in the right direction - we guarantee a 24 hour response within the working week.
If you're joining us for the first time you might like to visit the "Welcome to all Freshers from Me" forum that Zoe, one of our Student Mentors, has set up. You can find it by clicking
here