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Bermuda Tech Week 30 april 2010 - Free Assistive Technologies
- 1. Free Assistive Technologies Yes Free!
- 2. This Means Inclusion for Everyone! Assistive technologies can make a significant difference to a much wider range of people. Especially free technologies that can help many people.
- 23. Click N Type and Mouse Tools may help people with mobility issues or RSI problems
- 27. But with Dasher he simply moves his head pointer across the Dasher screen to find the letters that make up the correct words. This is then produced at the top of the Dasher screen
- 28. Paul also felt that there was no need to click or dwell…just ‘drive’ through to the next word. This was far less exhausting for him and made it so much easier to create text independently.
- 33. Web Based Assistive Technologies
- 39. Thank You! Any Questions ? Download this PowerPoint at: http://tinyurl.com/26cy4v8
Editor's Notes
- In many organisations accessibility is associated with a particular group of people (disabled learners) and a particular group of staff (learner support or disability officers). This perception is unhelpful for two reasons: It may fail to recognise the spectrum of accessibility needs which goes beyond learners with declared disabilities. It may fail to recognise the very significant role that well informed teaching and learning staff e.g. lecturers, trainer, tutors, librarians or technicians, can bring to the learner’s experience.
- Assistive Technology triangle – from Access technologies to Productivity then free, portable and online.
- Show this video: www.youtube.com/user/rscnescotland#p/u/70/R2XPM9U6GxQ
- MyStudyBar puts a whole range of individual and essential tools at your fingertips. Together, these have been designed to support the study skills and other support needs. MyStudyBar has 6 sections; each has a drop down menu offering personal choice, flexibility and independent learning, particularly for those learners who require additional strategies to support their learning. With over 15 apps to choose from. MyStudyBar is the perfect study aid.
- Open office accessibility http://ui.openoffice.org/accessibility/
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- NVDA stands for Non Visual Desktop Access and is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. NVDA provides feedback via synthetic speech and Braille enabling blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows. Created by Michael Curran in Australia This is an option for those who don’t need the full scope of a commercial screen reader or need a quick solution when away from home. Some of its features include support for over 20 languages and the ability to run entirely from a USB drive with no installation.
- A DAISY Digital Talking Book (sometimes referred to as a DAISY book) combines all of the features of the written text and the audio recordings of the text, in a single structured format. By combining and synchronising the text and audio in this way, you have the option of reading the text and listening to the recordings independently or simultaneously. As the audio is played, the corresponding text is highlighted - providing a cognitive link between the spoken word and the text, and delivering text based materials in a totally accessible format.
- Impossible to cover every potential learning difficulty – highlight some of the more common issues Dyslexia – one of the more common barriers to learning.10 % of population (or more) show some signs of dyslexia More common in males than females As common as being left handed
- A straight forward text to speech application. All text input is carried out through the clipboard. Settings allow Orato to read either on demand or automatically when new text is added to the clipboard. Other options will display the text if required, with highlighting of the word or sentence being spoken. Orato can either be installed to the hard disk or copied onto a pen drive for portable use.
- Balabolka is a Russian word that means “chatterer”. Balabolka is also very good free text-to-speech software for the PC, running in all versions of Windows–from Windows 2000 through Windows 7. There are two versions of the program, one that is installed on a host computer, and a portable version that will run from a USB flash drive. Balabolka is available in the following 15 languages: English; Bulgarian; Chinese, Czech; Dutch; French; German; Hungarian; Italian; Polish; Brazilian Portuguese; Romanian; Russian; Spanish; Ukrainian.
- Click n Type – Guide to Its potential use with learners at: http://www.bltt/org/software/clickntype/index.htm MouseTool clicks the mouse for you. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Tendonitis. Who'd have thought that those tiny little mouse buttons could ruin your life? MouseTool: Clicks and drags the mouse Sends Left-, Double-, or Right clicks Knows which of these to send into which window Can be controlled by hotkeys you define Versions are available for Windows, and Linux. And, soon, for Mac OS X!
- The system was developed by Jeffrey Bigham and run by the University of Washington in Seattle. At present it is freely available to anyone who wishes to use it; just go to the website http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php and follow the instructions. WebAnywhere is intended to enable a blind person to access the web from any computer that has a sound card. The user first accesses a special website that provides text-to-speech and the basic controls of a screen reader and through this site they access the website they are interested in WebAnywhere is intended to enable a blind person to access the web from any computer that has a sound card. The user first accesses a special website that provides text-to-speech and the basic controls of a screen reader and through this site they access the website they are interested in
- Accessibility Essentials series provides a wide range of guidance in creating accessible learning materials