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Geoff interviews these three to discover how they use the internet and navigate around web pages using their access technology.</p> </div> <div class="generic_container left_aligned_images blq-clearfix"> <a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/darren.shtml"><img src="/web/20191027091719im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/dcdb9f2c09bbe7631e7608e8853edc74bf40e39d.jpg" width="124" height="69" alt="Darren Carr"></a> <h2><a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/darren.shtml">Darren</a></h2> <p>Darren Carr has severe motor impairment - he is unable to use his hands or arms. In this video, Darren shows how he uses his head-mouse and on-screen keyboard to access a desktop PC and navigate websites.</p> </div> <div class="generic_container left_aligned_images blq-clearfix"> <a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/mayo.shtml"><img src="/web/20191027091719im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/151d4560fa5092b69b42f8b4eb06d9fd6e22f56f.jpg" width="124" height="69" alt="Mayo Marriot"></a> <h2><a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/mayo.shtml">Mayo</a></h2> <p>Mayo Marriot has a severe motor disability and is unable to use his hands or arms. To access his computer, and for navigating about and between websites, he uses voice-recognition software.</p> </div> <div class="generic_container left_aligned_images blq-clearfix"> <a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/robin.shtml"><img src="/web/20191027091719im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/7a2f215eabf55501b70b4d024945cfb70629fe5b.jpg" width="124" height="69" alt="Robin Christopherson"></a> <h2><a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/robin.shtml">Robin</a></h2> <p>Robin Christopherson is blind and uses a screenreader to access his desktop computer applications and the internet. In this video, Robin shows us how he navigates the internet and how the Jaws screenreader reads out web pages.</p> </div> <div class="generic_container left_aligned_images blq-clearfix"> <a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/geoff.shtml"><img src="/web/20191027091719im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/e0d05a4554cdeb787e35f9f6d900e951bfbfb640.jpg" width="124" height="69" alt="Geoff Adams-Spink"></a> <h2><a href="/web/20191027091719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/best_practice/case_studies/geoff.shtml">Geoff</a></h2> <p>Geoff Adams-Spink is partially sighted and finds website content difficult to see. 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