Os softwares de acessibilidade no smartphone como ferramenta facilitadora no processo de ensino - aprendizagem do(a)s discentes com deficiência visual / cego(a) no ensino superior do Maranhão

Abstract

Accessibility software is equipped with voice synthesis that provides independence in carrying out various activities for the Visually Impaired (DV). Therefore, this study sought to analyze how smartphone accessibility software can facilitate the teaching and learning process of visually impaired/blind students in higher education in Maranhão. In order to carry out this qualitative study, a bibliographic survey, document analysis (laws, reports, projects and other documents) and structured questionnaires were carried out with VI/blind students who study in both public and private Higher Institutions. As a reference for this research, authors such as: Sassaki (2005); Galvão Filho (2012); Bersch (2017); Gil (2000); Martiniello (2019), among others, were essential. The results showed that in the academic field, visually impaired/blind students use the smartphone to edit, format, search for school work, in addition, they prefer it than Braille writing, because it requires a lot of time to write, since its writing is point to point. Thus, they benefit from its accessible resources both to enter social networks, whether to entertain themselves, browse whatsapp, facebook, instagram twitter, read, edit academic works, and/or others.