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Terrific Tools for Transitioning

Terrific Tools for Transitioning. Denise Barton Schuler, MS, ATP Maryland Technology Assistance Program. About MDTAP. Maryland TAP makes disability-related technology more available, affordable, and usable for Maryland residents with disabilities. “To build a better life,

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Terrific Tools for Transitioning

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  1. Terrific Tools for Transitioning Denise Barton Schuler, MS, ATP Maryland Technology Assistance Program

  2. About MDTAP Maryland TAP makes disability-related technology more available, affordable, and usable for Maryland residents with disabilities. “To build a better life, you need the right tools.”

  3. What is Assistive Technology? “Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities”

  4. The Bottom Line: “For people without disabilities, technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible.” IBM Training Manual - 1991

  5. Low-Tech Tools Writing aids: • writing bird • pencil grips • tennis ball

  6. Deaf / Hard of Hearing

  7. Blind / Low Vision

  8. Adaptive Computer Access

  9. Cognitive / Memory Aids

  10. “Smart” Technologies

  11. Built-in Accessibility for Vision AccessiDevices • VoiceOver • Siri (iPhone 4s only) • Zoom • White on Black • Speak selection • Tactile buttons • Large text • Audible, Visible and Vibrating alerts • Assignable ringtones

  12. Built-in Accessibility for Auditory Access - iDevices • FaceTime • Closed Captioning • iMessage • Mono Audio • Visual and Vibrating Alerts • Visual Voicemail • TTY Support

  13. Criteria for Evaluating Apps • What do you want the app to accomplish? • By using the app, will the person be able to successfully complete his/her job and/or task? • Does the app “back up” to a computer? Is there additional support needed? • Is there technical or user support from the developer? • Does the user require additional training to learn how to use the app? Is the app user-friendly?

  14. Criteria for Evaluating Apps • Does the user have the ability to use the app? Consider cognitive, visual, hearing and physical access • Visual accessibility for someone with vision loss • Is the app compatible with voice over? • Will the user require any “add-on” technologies to access the app? Stylus? Case? Speakers?

  15. Criteria for Evaluating Apps • Will the app need to sync with other technology(s)….computer, phone, internet, etc. • Will the app require a data plan or internet service? • Is the technology compatible with the app? (some apps only work on iPad2 and the user has an iPhone) • App is only available for android and the user has an iPhone

  16. There’s an App for That?

  17. Apps for Organization • Countdown - .99 • Audio Countdown - free • Time Timer - $3.99, $6.99 • Priority Matrix - $3.99 • iVoice Reminder - $1.99 • Organize for iPhone - free

  18. Apps for Organization • iPrompts - $39.99 • Pocket Picture Planner – free (needs sw for $199) • Time Logger - $4.99 • Dropbox - free • DropVox for Dropbox - $1.99

  19. Apps for Writing & Productivity • Dragon Dictation - free • Dragon Go! (like Siri)- free • ZoomContacts - free • Push Reminder - free • Pages, Keynote and Numbers (“Office Equivalent”) - $9.99 each

  20. Apps for Writing & Productivity • CaptureNotes 2 - .99 • QuickVoice Recorder - free • GoodReader for iPad - $4.99 • Notability - .99 • Pictello - $18.99 • Say it and Mail it Recorder - $1.99 • Awesome Note (Lite) – free, $4.99

  21. Apps for Visual Access • EyeNote - free • LookTel Money Reader - $9.99 • Jumbo Calculator – iPad - free • ZoomReader - $19.99 • Color ID Free - free • VM Alert – Video Motion Detector - $1.99 • Vision Assistant - $5.99 • Doc Scanner - $2.99 • Prizmo - $9.99

  22. Pocket Picture Planner

  23. Time Logger

  24. Dropvox for Dropbox

  25. iVoice Reminder

  26. Pictello

  27. ZoomReader

  28. ZoomReader (cont)

  29. Information & Referral • Helps identify potential products and solutions • Links with sources for assessment or evaluation • Refers to vendors • Connects with funding sources

  30. Equipment Loan & Demonstration • Lets people observe and try out devices before buying • Lends devices to individuals or professionals for 4 weeks to try out or cover short-term gaps (e.g., when devices are being repaired) • Centers in Baltimore, Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore • Reuse AT: Equipment Link – www.equipmentlink.org

  31. Maryland AT Coop • Provides discounts on assistive technology purchase from a wide variety of vendors and manufacturers • Free membership to agencies and individuals • No obligation to purchase through the Co-op For more information, contact: (410) 792-9901 (voice/fax)www.matcoop.org email:info@matcoop.org

  32. AT Loan Program • Provides low-interest loans to Maryland residents with disabilities or their families to buy assistive technology • Covers all types of AT, including vehicles, computers, home modifications • Loan amounts - $500 - $50,000 • Interest rates usually one point below prime • Approves many loans that would be turned down by conventional lenders • Telework Loan - Provides low-interest loans to enable people with disabilities to buy equipment needed to telecommute or start small businesses

  33. Contact Us Central Office Maryland Technology Assistance Program 2301 Argonne Drive, T-17 Baltimore, MD 21218 (800) 832-4827 (voice) (866) 881-7488 (TTY) (410) 554-9237 (fax) mdtap@mdtap.org (e-mail) www.mdtap.org (web)

  34. Contact Us AT:LAST, Inc. d.b.a. Maryland A.T. Co-op 7050 Oakland Mills Rd. Ste. 160 Columbia, MD 21046 410-381-2667 (voice) Info@matcoop.org (e-mail) www.matcoop.org (web)

  35. Contact Us Holly Community, Inc. 821 E. Williams St. P. O. Box 1489 Salisbury, MD 21802 (877) 511-0744 (voice) (443) 260-0833 (fax) info@hollycommunity.org (e-mail) www.hollycommunity.org (web)

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