Assistive Technology and Education Mrs. G. Bacal

1. Assistive Technology and EducationMrs. G. Bacal Guidelines Designed for people who struggle to learn for different reasons, such as: learning disabilities,emotional and behavioral problems, lack of interest, sensory and physical disabilities World Wide Web Consortium Guidelines http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/#1gl

2. Devices That Assist People WithVisual Disabilities Speech is translated into text Screen readers for blind - reads aloud information displayed on a computer screen including the files of world wide web http://www.abilityhub.com/vision/blind/ Text readers- reads aloud text as it is keyboarded, and text within documents such as e-mails, and word processing, for people with poor reading abilities or learning abilities http://abilityhub.com/vision/index/ Software : Natural speaking v7.0 create documents, surf the web, writing letters by using words QPointer - voice recognition software using GUI interface

3. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE FOR VOICE ANIMATION http://www.abilityhub.com/hearing/index.htm JAWS for Windows 6.2 - enhanced software with speech synthesizer and computer's sound cards allowing the information from the screen to be read aloud and providing Braille displays http://atestore.enablemart.com/productDetail.aspx?pid=483&dept=12&store=10=12&store=10 NextTalk VMTM – a personal communicator software that use compatible voice modems to make and receive TTY calls http://www.nxicom.com/products-caser/nextalk_vm.html

4. SOFTWARE FOR NON-SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS EZ KEYS – time saver including word prediction and abbreviations http://abilityhub.com/speech-software.htm TALKING SCREEN designed for individuals who prefer pictures and symbols to communicate http://www.gearheadforhire.com/gearvox/screens.php SPEAKING DYNAMICALY PRO – programs using access methods such as touch-screen, joystick trackball, head pointing using built-in scanning methods FRS HEAD POINTER http://www.frs-solutions.com/product_pages/frs_custom_sol_pages/frs_headpointer.htm

5. COMMUNICATION FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES“hands –free control”of the computer and speech control of the software SOFTWARE- Speech recognition allows dictating text that controls the software http://abilityhub.com/speech/index.htm ACCESSORIES: Table Top Mounting System for users to communicate while in wheelchair, recliner or bed http://www.frs-solutions.com/product_pages/frs_custom_main.htm

6. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY for deaf and hard of hearing people – Speech is translated into texthttp://www.abilityhub.com/hearing/index.htm SOFTWARE allow communication for people who communicate in sign languages PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR – a user friendly program that use hypermedia technology to bring American Sign Language capabilities to the commuter's desktop http://commtechlab.msu.edu/products/asl/index.html DRAGON – create, edit and revise documents e-mail, and surf the Web by voice using web browsers http://abilityhub.com/speech/speeechsoftware.htm

7. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIEShttp://www.abilityhub.com/cognitive/index.htm Devices designed to improve individual’s ability to access, process, or remember information PEAT – program providing cueing for people with memory and attention disorders and traumatic brain injury http://www.brainaid.com/

8. DEINED FEATURES THAT ACCOMMODATE ACCESSIBILITYfor people with learning disabilities, or a wide range of manual dexterities, visual, and physical problems Solutions Digital talking book files, streams, transformation processes, and players, designed to make information available in different presentation modes including Braille, synthesized speech, large print with user specifiable size and text re-wrapping for players with visual disability, text and audio synchronization for people with learning disabilities. XML The Extensive Markup Language http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-86-2002.HTML#xml SMIL The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-86-2002.html#ref-smil

9. ALTERNATIVE WEB BROWSERS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BRAILLE SURF http://www.snv.jussieu.fr/inova/bs4/uk/index.htm Brookes Talk – software facilitating intelligent Web search and enables speech output http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/computing/speech/ EMAK SPEAK – software that enables full web browsing http://emakspeak.sourceforge.net/ MARCO POLO – software that enables users with speech output, audio icons, and keyboard interfaces http://webpresence.com/sonicon/marcopolo/

10. ACCESSIBILITY FOR GENERIC APPLICATIONS SUCCESS CRYTERIA : The content must be perceivable, operable, robust for work, and the interface elements must be operable WINDOWS XP increases visibility, color and size of icons and cursor’s blink rate http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windowsxp/default.aspx OFFICE 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office2003/default.aspx ADOBE ACROBAT- software that enhances accessibility of electronic information and PDF files that allow adjustment to users’ preferences http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/main.html

11. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDING WEB BROWSERS SYSTEMS Software which enhance voice-driven navigation by allowing voice-in, voice-out, telephone-based web access, and by using “sycons’ for spoken selection of links SpecHTML http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/1 ConversaWeb http://www.speechtechnology.com/otherspeech/conversaweb_n.html

12. THE ACCESLBILITY FEATURES OF A WEB SITE GUIDELINES TO TEST A WEB SITE • Multiple means of representation would give learners various ways of acquiring information • Multiple means of expression would provide learners alternatives for demonstrating what they know http://www.casr.org/research/index.html Booby SITE 300 http://www.kurzweiledu.com/ METHODS FOR SITE VALIDATION for meaningfulness and applicability http://www.w3.org/