Being blind does not stop Stan from shining at Utrechts Conservatorium
Finding your way on the school premises. Writing your own sheet music. Or getting to the right information on the student portal. Such things become a hard task when you are visually impaired. But still, Stan Verstegen felt like a fish in the water at Utrechts Conservatorium, despite being blind. This Summer he is graduating in Jazz & Pop as piano practitioner.
Being blind does not stop Stan from shining at Utrechts Conservatorium
Stan working with the music notation programme Lilypad
Digital accessibility
What can be challenging for Stan, however, is finding the right information on the Student Portal: ‘I use software that can read aloud online texts or translate it to braille. But with the loads of information available on the portal, I have to ask for some help once in a while. Teachers and students are always willing to help me out. For example, one module heavily relied on the use of Powerpoints, which are not that useful when you’re blind of course. The teacher therefore described the images in a text document, so that I was still able to follow the class material. ’