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Being accessible: you , your student and free Assistive Technology

Being accessible: you , your student and free Assistive Technology. London and Southeast Group Meeting Workshop 24/11/12. Jamie Crabb & Atif Choudhury. Today’s Goal:.

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Being accessible: you , your student and free Assistive Technology

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  1. Being accessible: you, your student and free Assistive Technology London and Southeast Group Meeting Workshop 24/11/12 Jamie Crabb & AtifChoudhury

  2. Today’s Goal: Discuss and demonstrate FREE Assistive Technology software (Freeware) similar to software that students receive through the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) • PC: • My Study Bar: • X-Mind (Mindmapping) • Orato& Balabolka (Text-to-Speech) • Ginger Software (Contextual Spell Checker / Proofreader) • Zotero – Referencing and Bibliographies • MAC: • Text-to-Speech (built in to Operating system) • Natural Reader (Text-to-Speech) • Zotero • Ginger – Google Chrome Plug-in (MAC & PC)

  3. EU Students International Students! Home Students Staff!

  4. Wifi Logon to ‘Guest’ Wifi: Account 1 (10 people) Username = guest0519304 Password = uoqg8092 Account 2 (10 people) Username = guest2905983 Password = dyvu6052 Word Document with Download Links: http://tinyurl.com/adshefreeAT

  5. My Study Bar My study bar download (Windows only): http://eduapps.org/?page_id=7

  6. X-Mind X-Mind can be used for: • note-taking – mapping key ideas when reading • brainstorming ideas • planning, structuring and writing essays - keeping an eye on the ‘big picture’ to avoid repetition (example – mapping reading) • Export to HTML & open with Word X-Mind direct download (PC & MAC): http://www.xmind.net

  7. Orato/Balabolka Orato/Balabolka* - can be used for: • Reading - emails, internet articles, MS Word and accessible PDF documents using a synthesised voice • Proof-reading** – visually scan and listen (example – website/document) *Free voices are available: http://www.cereproc.com/post16institutions **Hunspell spell checker plug-in: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/hunspell_English.zip

  8. MAC Text-to-Speech & Natural Reader Natural Reader (MAC & PC): http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm /

  9. Accessible Scanning Software: OCR • What is Optical Character Recognition, or OCR? Most scanners can only create an image or a snapshot of a document – it doesn’t recognise it as text… Example In order to create a scanned PDF document that is accessible OCR software is necessary which can detect letters and words from the original document... Example FreeOCR (PC Only) http://www.paperfile.net Free OCR Online (PC & MAC) http://www.free-ocr.com/

  10. Referencing & Citation Manager Build a personalised database of sources! This is a FREE application! 3 main types of sources students cite: • Book Publications • Journals • Websites (example of each & creating in text citations & bibliographies) Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/ & Word Plugins: http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration • Built into Firefox browser or standalone version that works with Safari and Google Chrome “Being dyslexic Zoterowas an extremely useful tool in helping me categorise and organise my research.  It made the complexity of referencing so much simpler, helped me in being more efficient and meant I had more time to focus on my writing!” MA Applied Theatre Student

  11. Ginger Software Free Contextual Spelling & Grammar Software Ginger Software (PC Only): http://www.gingersoftware.com/ Ginger Chrome / Safari Plugin (Mac & PC): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/grammar-and-spell-checker/kdfieneakcjfaiglcfcgkidlkmlijjnh

  12. Questions & Explore…

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