Posted by: CynthiaL on May 6th, 2008
By DAVID S. JOACHIM
Published: December 6, 2006; The New York Times
As both the price and size of computer chips shrink, manufacturers are enhancing the abilities of things like phones, navigation systems and even home appliances. These so-called accessibility technologies are not only for those with disabilities. For people with chronic ailments, these products are also [...]
Posted by: admin on May 5th, 2008
A Universal Computer Braille Code For Literary And Scientific Texts by Durre, Karl P.; Tuttle, Dean W. and Durre, Ingeborg.
About Braille by Liz Gray, Braille Transcriber, Certified by the Library of Congress in Literary Braille.
The Braille Bug The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about [...]
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Posted by: admin on May 5th, 2008
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Apple® Accessibility Features built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking (Windows platform only)
Job Access With Speech (JAWS) for Windows® screen [...]
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Posted by: admin on May 4th, 2008
National Cristina Foundation (NCF) provides computer technology and solutions to give people with disabilities, students at risk, and economically disadvantaged persons the opportunity, through training, to lead more independent and productive lives. NCF uses donated used computer technology resources that no longer meet an enterprise’s or an individual’s needs and gives them a second productive [...]
Read: Recycling Computer Hardware & Software for the Disadvantaged »
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