Assistive Technology: Most Popular Articles
These articles are the most popular over the last month.
Top iPhone Apps for the Blind
This article presents 10 apps specifically designed to make Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch more accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
This article presents 10 apps specifically designed to make Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch more accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
Top 10 AAC Apps for iPad
Mobile apps for the iPad are rapidly replacing dedicated devices for alternative & augmentative communication (AAC). In many cases, the iPad makes this technology less expensive and more accessible to persons whose physical and cognitive impairments make speech difficult.
Mobile apps for the iPad are rapidly replacing dedicated devices for alternative & augmentative communication (AAC). In many cases, the iPad makes this technology less expensive and more accessible to persons whose physical and cognitive impairments make speech difficult.
Computers & the Blind
This introduction to how blind and visually impaired people use computers focuses on the two main screen access technologies: screen readers and screen magnification software.
This introduction to how blind and visually impaired people use computers focuses on the two main screen access technologies: screen readers and screen magnification software.
Apple's Zoom Magnification
Zoom is a screen magnifier Apple has built into its Mac and iOS devices that enlarges what's displayed onscreen to make products more accessible to visually impaired users.
Zoom is a screen magnifier Apple has built into its Mac and iOS devices that enlarges what's displayed onscreen to make products more accessible to visually impaired users.
What is a Smartpen?
Smartpens are mini-recorders that sync spoken words with notes students write on special paper, enabling retrieval of any part of a lecture by tapping the pen’s tip on words written during class. Livescribe's Echo is among the most popular smart pens.
Smartpens are mini-recorders that sync spoken words with notes students write on special paper, enabling retrieval of any part of a lecture by tapping the pen’s tip on words written during class. Livescribe's Echo is among the most popular smart pens.
26 Apps for Blind iPhone Users
This National Braille Press booklet profiles 26 mobile apps especially useful to blind and visually impaired iPhone users.
This National Braille Press booklet profiles 26 mobile apps especially useful to blind and visually impaired iPhone users.
5 iPad Apps for Autistic Students
This list features five iPad apps designed to help young people with autism and other developmental disabilities communication more effectively.
This list features five iPad apps designed to help young people with autism and other developmental disabilities communication more effectively.
RESNA ATP Certification
Assistive technology professionals can enhance both their career and quality of service to persons with disabilities by attaining RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America) certification.
Assistive technology professionals can enhance both their career and quality of service to persons with disabilities by attaining RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America) certification.
IPhone Apps For Vision Impaired
This article presents 10 apps designed for people who are blind or visually impaired that work with Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
This article presents 10 apps designed for people who are blind or visually impaired that work with Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
LD Resources Foundation
The LD Resources Foundation provides testing, mentoring, and an assistive technology awards program to help students with learning disabilities who demonstrate financial need to enter and to succeed in college.
The LD Resources Foundation provides testing, mentoring, and an assistive technology awards program to help students with learning disabilities who demonstrate financial need to enter and to succeed in college.
U. of Athens Free Tech List
Computer users with disabilities can download over 160 free accessibility applications from an online directory created by the University of Athens Speech and Accessibility Laboratory.
Computer users with disabilities can download over 160 free accessibility applications from an online directory created by the University of Athens Speech and Accessibility Laboratory.
Blind Computing Resources
This article provides brief profiles of the most popular computer access solutions used by the blind and visually impaired, including: screen readers, OCR products, screen magnifiers, reading machines, and braille translation software.
This article provides brief profiles of the most popular computer access solutions used by the blind and visually impaired, including: screen readers, OCR products, screen magnifiers, reading machines, and braille translation software.
Windows 7 On-Screen Keyboard
The Windows On-Screen keyboard provides an alternative method for data entry that can make computer use easier for those with mobility impairments.
The Windows On-Screen keyboard provides an alternative method for data entry that can make computer use easier for those with mobility impairments.
Pebble Video Magnifier
The Pebble from Enhanced Vision is a handheld electronic magnifier that enlarges from 2x to 10x and has a Freeze button for capturing magnified images with its camera.
The Pebble from Enhanced Vision is a handheld electronic magnifier that enlarges from 2x to 10x and has a Freeze button for capturing magnified images with its camera.
SightTech EyeSight iOS App
EyeSight from SightTech is a mobile app that turns any Apple iOS device into a portable electronic magnifier for blind and visually impaired users. EyeSight is designed to leverage the iPad's Retina display, creating a cost-effective option to desktop video magnifiers.
EyeSight from SightTech is a mobile app that turns any Apple iOS device into a portable electronic magnifier for blind and visually impaired users. EyeSight is designed to leverage the iPad's Retina display, creating a cost-effective option to desktop video magnifiers.
iBooks App for iOS Devices
Apple's free iBooks app gives readers with vision- and learning disabilities another option for making content accessible. The iBookstore has many classics in e-book form users can download for free. Once loaded into their iOS device, a student can listen to the text using VoiceOver, enlarge it using Zoom, add highlights, notes, and bookmarks to the text.
Apple's free iBooks app gives readers with vision- and learning disabilities another option for making content accessible. The iBookstore has many classics in e-book form users can download for free. Once loaded into their iOS device, a student can listen to the text using VoiceOver, enlarge it using Zoom, add highlights, notes, and bookmarks to the text.
FaceTime from Apple
FaceTime is video calling software from Apple that supports real-time video chatting between Mac OS X and iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The application is included for free in Mac OS X Lion.
FaceTime is video calling software from Apple that supports real-time video chatting between Mac OS X and iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The application is included for free in Mac OS X Lion.
Read&Write GOLD Overview
Read&Write GOLD from Texthelp Systems is educational software designed to improve writing skills and reading comprehension among students with learning disabilities.
Read&Write GOLD from Texthelp Systems is educational software designed to improve writing skills and reading comprehension among students with learning disabilities.
Install Dragon Dictate 2.5
Dragon Dictate for Mac is easy to install. The speech recognition software walks you through the process of creating a user profile and training your voice. Within 20 minutes, you can write documents and control many of your Mac applications using voice commands alone.
Dragon Dictate for Mac is easy to install. The speech recognition software walks you through the process of creating a user profile and training your voice. Within 20 minutes, you can write documents and control many of your Mac applications using voice commands alone.
Funding Assistive Technology
Assistive technology solutions can be expensive. But paying out of pocket is usually the last thing a disabled person or their family ever has to do to get the product they need. It is crucial to learn the many ways one can secure assistive technology. This article outlines nine funding sources available to disabled people at any age.
Assistive technology solutions can be expensive. But paying out of pocket is usually the last thing a disabled person or their family ever has to do to get the product they need. It is crucial to learn the many ways one can secure assistive technology. This article outlines nine funding sources available to disabled people at any age.
Dynavox Maestro
The DynaVox Maestro is a portable, electronic speech-generating device that enables those who are unable to speak to communicate using text, symbols, and synthetic speech.
The DynaVox Maestro is a portable, electronic speech-generating device that enables those who are unable to speak to communicate using text, symbols, and synthetic speech.
Tablets as Assistive Technology
Chad Udell of Float Mobile Learning feels tablets such as the iPad have fundamentally changed how we interact with the world and offer special needs students unprecedented access to assistive technology that enables them to learn.
Chad Udell of Float Mobile Learning feels tablets such as the iPad have fundamentally changed how we interact with the world and offer special needs students unprecedented access to assistive technology that enables them to learn.
BraillePen 12 & BraillePen Slim
No mobile app or device can raise braille dots, but that doesn't mean blind people can't use braille to run their smart phone or tablet. The BraillePen 12 and BraillePen Slim are Bluetooth braille keyboards that give users hands-free access to and control over popular Apple iOS, Nokia, and Windows Mobile devices.
No mobile app or device can raise braille dots, but that doesn't mean blind people can't use braille to run their smart phone or tablet. The BraillePen 12 and BraillePen Slim are Bluetooth braille keyboards that give users hands-free access to and control over popular Apple iOS, Nokia, and Windows Mobile devices.
Assistive Technology Assessments
An assistive technology assessment -- a collaborative process conducted by teachers and IEP teams -- helps identify which adaptive devices and technologies are most likely to help a student with a learning challenge achieve their goals.
An assistive technology assessment -- a collaborative process conducted by teachers and IEP teams -- helps identify which adaptive devices and technologies are most likely to help a student with a learning challenge achieve their goals.
SoundingBoard AAC App from AbleNet
SoundingBoard from AbleNet is an iOS app that enables non-verbal and speech-impaired persons, teachers, and caregivers to quickly create and link communication boards (consisting of symbols voiced via text-to-speech) to express needs, wants, and emotions in all settings and situations.
SoundingBoard from AbleNet is an iOS app that enables non-verbal and speech-impaired persons, teachers, and caregivers to quickly create and link communication boards (consisting of symbols voiced via text-to-speech) to express needs, wants, and emotions in all settings and situations.
Siri Personal Assistant
Siri Lets iPhone 4S Users Speak Text and Email Messages & Hear Replies: Siri is a personal assistant
Siri Lets iPhone 4S Users Speak Text and Email Messages & Hear Replies: Siri is a personal assistant
Book Helps Blind Use Apple iPhone
This article is a brief profile of a new book, Getting Started with the iPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users, by Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau. The book is available in braille and ASCII text from National Braille Press.
This article is a brief profile of a new book, Getting Started with the iPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users, by Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau. The book is available in braille and ASCII text from National Braille Press.
Audible App
This article is about the Audible.com App for the iPhone and Android that enables students to buy, download, and listen to any of Audible’s 85,000+ digital audiobooks.
This article is about the Audible.com App for the iPhone and Android that enables students to buy, download, and listen to any of Audible’s 85,000+ digital audiobooks.
Read2Go Mobile App
The Read2Go mobile app for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch gives print-disabled readers access to Bookshare's online library of over 125,000 DAISY books. Readers can listen to the book being read, enlarge the text, read along as words are highlighted, or access text on a refreshable braille display.
The Read2Go mobile app for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch gives print-disabled readers access to Bookshare's online library of over 125,000 DAISY books. Readers can listen to the book being read, enlarge the text, read along as words are highlighted, or access text on a refreshable braille display.
NLS BARD Digital Talking Books
BARD is a website of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) on which readers with qualifying print disabilities can download digital Talking Books and magazines to listen to on an NLS-supported audiobook player.
BARD is a website of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) on which readers with qualifying print disabilities can download digital Talking Books and magazines to listen to on an NLS-supported audiobook player.
Colleen Hendry Interview
The popularity of speech recognition programs such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking raise both assistive technology's image and questions about its development. Will mainstreaming the technology erode accessibility for persons with disabilities? Nuance Communications senior product manager Colleen Hendry addresses this and related topics in the following interview.
The popularity of speech recognition programs such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking raise both assistive technology's image and questions about its development. Will mainstreaming the technology erode accessibility for persons with disabilities? Nuance Communications senior product manager Colleen Hendry addresses this and related topics in the following interview.
Co:Writer Word Prediction
Co:Writer helps learning disabled students write by predicting words and displaying choices in a window accessible through most writing applications.
Co:Writer helps learning disabled students write by predicting words and displaying choices in a window accessible through most writing applications.
Desktop Video Magnifiers
Video magnifiers enable people with vision loss to easily enlarge newspapers, bills, bank statements, pill bottles, and photographs as much as needed for reading, writing, and viewing.
Video magnifiers enable people with vision loss to easily enlarge newspapers, bills, bank statements, pill bottles, and photographs as much as needed for reading, writing, and viewing.
The iCommunicator
The iCommunicator is an application that enables conversations between persons who are deaf and those with no hearing loss. The solution combines assistive technologies such as voice recognition, text to speech, and a database of sign language video clips that quickly translate spoken language and signs into text or speech for real-time conversations.
The iCommunicator is an application that enables conversations between persons who are deaf and those with no hearing loss. The solution combines assistive technologies such as voice recognition, text to speech, and a database of sign language video clips that quickly translate spoken language and signs into text or speech for real-time conversations.
Panasonic TVs with Voice Guidance
Panasonic has added Voice Guidance to many of its 2012 plasma and LCD TVs. The company developed the text-to-speech technology with England's Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and introduced the accessible sets in the UK in April 2012.
Panasonic has added Voice Guidance to many of its 2012 plasma and LCD TVs. The company developed the text-to-speech technology with England's Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and introduced the accessible sets in the UK in April 2012.
VizWiz Social iPhone App
With VizWiz, blind or visually impaired iPhone users send photos with recorded questions and receive quick answers about what's around them from various online resources.
With VizWiz, blind or visually impaired iPhone users send photos with recorded questions and receive quick answers about what's around them from various online resources.
Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5
The popular speech recognition and dictation application supports Microsoft Word 2011, social media sharing, and can turn an iPhone into a remote mic.
The popular speech recognition and dictation application supports Microsoft Word 2011, social media sharing, and can turn an iPhone into a remote mic.
Closed Captioning FAQ
Closed captions are all around us. We all see them, but few people know where they come from and how vital they are to making media accessible. This FAQ provides a succinct introduction to closed captioning technology.
Closed captions are all around us. We all see them, but few people know where they come from and how vital they are to making media accessible. This FAQ provides a succinct introduction to closed captioning technology.
Who Was Louis Braille?
Louis Braille gave blind people the illuminating gift of literacy. But he was also a communications visionary, creating not just the world's first coding scheme to represent written language, but also its dot-matrix printer. Braille's achievements forever changed how blind people live and how all people perceive limitation and possibility.
Louis Braille gave blind people the illuminating gift of literacy. But he was also a communications visionary, creating not just the world's first coding scheme to represent written language, but also its dot-matrix printer. Braille's achievements forever changed how blind people live and how all people perceive limitation and possibility.
BrainPort V100 Vision Device
The BrainPort V100 is a non-surgical vision enhancement device -- still in the prototype stage -- that converts video images into electrode patterns on an array affixed to the tongue. Users translate tactile data to the corresponding shapes and movement of objects in their environment.
The BrainPort V100 is a non-surgical vision enhancement device -- still in the prototype stage -- that converts video images into electrode patterns on an array affixed to the tongue. Users translate tactile data to the corresponding shapes and movement of objects in their environment.
Set Up Your iPod touch
Apple's iPod touch gets less hype than the iPhone 4S and iPad 3, yet it provides nearly all the same features and accessibility found found on those iOS devices -- including web access and video chat -- for a fraction of the price.
Apple's iPod touch gets less hype than the iPhone 4S and iPad 3, yet it provides nearly all the same features and accessibility found found on those iOS devices -- including web access and video chat -- for a fraction of the price.
Making the iPad Accessible
National Braille Press has released iOS Success: Making the iPad Accessible, by Larry L. Lewis, It’s NBP’s sixth book (available in braille and most digital file formats) designed to help blind persons understand, access, and maximize their use of Apple mobile devices.
National Braille Press has released iOS Success: Making the iPad Accessible, by Larry L. Lewis, It’s NBP’s sixth book (available in braille and most digital file formats) designed to help blind persons understand, access, and maximize their use of Apple mobile devices.
iPod touch for Deaf & HOH
Apple's iPod touch has built-in accessibility features designed for users who are deaf or hard of hearing. The iTouch supports open and closed captions, mono audio, and FaceTime video chatting with other iOS devices.
Apple's iPod touch has built-in accessibility features designed for users who are deaf or hard of hearing. The iTouch supports open and closed captions, mono audio, and FaceTime video chatting with other iOS devices.
Amigo Portable Electronic Magnifier
Anyone with impaired vision will befriend Enhanced Vision’s Amigo, a portable, high-resolution CCTV that features up to 14x magnification, a “freeze frame” to capture text, and a tilting screen for easier reading and writing.
Anyone with impaired vision will befriend Enhanced Vision’s Amigo, a portable, high-resolution CCTV that features up to 14x magnification, a “freeze frame” to capture text, and a tilting screen for easier reading and writing.
iPod touch for Blind & Visually Impaired Users
The iPod touch has several built-in features that make it accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired. These include the VoiceOver screen reader, Zoom magnification, Voice Control, and a high-contrast white-on-black display option.
The iPod touch has several built-in features that make it accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired. These include the VoiceOver screen reader, Zoom magnification, Voice Control, and a high-contrast white-on-black display option.
National Library Service for the Blind
For blind, visually impaired, and learning disabled students, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped offers access to over 400,000 titles in audio, braille, and electronic text that can transform one’s education.
For blind, visually impaired, and learning disabled students, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped offers access to over 400,000 titles in audio, braille, and electronic text that can transform one’s education.
eBookMobi
eBookMobi is an e-book reader for iOS devices designed to display Comic book and Manga files -- though it supports most electronic file formats, including PDF, RTF, ePub.
eBookMobi is an e-book reader for iOS devices designed to display Comic book and Manga files -- though it supports most electronic file formats, including PDF, RTF, ePub.
Digital Audiobook Players
This gallery highlights the wide range of devices one can use to play digital audiobooks.
This gallery highlights the wide range of devices one can use to play digital audiobooks.
Download Free Bookshare Audiobooks
Print-disabled students can download digital books from Bookshare, the world’s largest online library with over 125,000 titles, and access them as text, audio, or braille.
Print-disabled students can download digital books from Bookshare, the world’s largest online library with over 125,000 titles, and access them as text, audio, or braille.
What is VoiceOver?
VoiceOver is a screen reader built into the operating system of all Apple OS X and iOS products that makes the machines accessible to blind and visually impaired users. VoiceOver reads text and app names aloud and provides audible cues to aid navigation.
VoiceOver is a screen reader built into the operating system of all Apple OS X and iOS products that makes the machines accessible to blind and visually impaired users. VoiceOver reads text and app names aloud and provides audible cues to aid navigation.
VisionAssist iOS App
VisionAssist is an iOS app from Slinkyware that turns one's iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into an electronic video magnifier to help persons with visual impairments make text and images larger, clearer, and thus easier to see. The app provides most of the same functions and features found in portable CCTVs, such as Enhanced Vision's Pebble.
VisionAssist is an iOS app from Slinkyware that turns one's iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into an electronic video magnifier to help persons with visual impairments make text and images larger, clearer, and thus easier to see. The app provides most of the same functions and features found in portable CCTVs, such as Enhanced Vision's Pebble.
What is Video Description?
Video description makes live, broadcast, and online media accessible to blind and visually impaired viewers. The technology, created by the Media Access Group at WGBH, narrates information on key visual elements a blind viewer may miss, enabling a deeper understanding and appreciation of the program.
Video description makes live, broadcast, and online media accessible to blind and visually impaired viewers. The technology, created by the Media Access Group at WGBH, narrates information on key visual elements a blind viewer may miss, enabling a deeper understanding and appreciation of the program.
Use Windows Mouse Keys
When motor skills make using a mouse difficult, Windows mouse keys help by enabling users to move the pointer by pressing keys on the keyboard’s number pad.
When motor skills make using a mouse difficult, Windows mouse keys help by enabling users to move the pointer by pressing keys on the keyboard’s number pad.
Daniel Saynuk - Blind iPhone User
For Daniel Saynuk, who is blind, the iPhone is not only accessible, but an integral part of daily life, performing key functions and providing information -- from the correct time to currency identification -- where and when he needs them.
For Daniel Saynuk, who is blind, the iPhone is not only accessible, but an integral part of daily life, performing key functions and providing information -- from the correct time to currency identification -- where and when he needs them.
What Are DIASY Books?
DAISY is a set of digital standards for making books more accessible by synchronizing audio, text, and navigation files in a format readers with print disabilities can access using screen readers, refreshable braille displays, and by enlarging text.
DAISY is a set of digital standards for making books more accessible by synchronizing audio, text, and navigation files in a format readers with print disabilities can access using screen readers, refreshable braille displays, and by enlarging text.
Digit-Eyes Bar Code Reader
Digit-Eyes is an iOS app that scans and reads UPC and EAN bar codes and lets users make text and audio labels they can later read using their mobile device.
Digit-Eyes is an iOS app that scans and reads UPC and EAN bar codes and lets users make text and audio labels they can later read using their mobile device.
Purple Communications, Inc.
Purple Communications provides video relay services and sign language interpreters to give deaf and hard of hearing individuals equal access to telecommunications.
Purple Communications provides video relay services and sign language interpreters to give deaf and hard of hearing individuals equal access to telecommunications.
AppWriter for iPad
AppWriter is an iPad app that combines text-to-speech, word prediction, OCR scanning, and the Dyslexie-typeface to help persons with learning disabilities write more effectively.
AppWriter is an iPad app that combines text-to-speech, word prediction, OCR scanning, and the Dyslexie-typeface to help persons with learning disabilities write more effectively.
RNIB PenFriend Audio Labeler
The RNIB PenFriend Audio Labeler gives people who are blind and visually impaired a simple, effective way to distinguish between and organize household objects. The PenFriend scans small stickers used to label items and replays messages users record about them. The PenFriend is especially useful for organizing similar-sized things, such as canned goods, CDs, DVDs, and papers. It has a built-in speaker and enough memory to store and play audiobooks and music.
The RNIB PenFriend Audio Labeler gives people who are blind and visually impaired a simple, effective way to distinguish between and organize household objects. The PenFriend scans small stickers used to label items and replays messages users record about them. The PenFriend is especially useful for organizing similar-sized things, such as canned goods, CDs, DVDs, and papers. It has a built-in speaker and enough memory to store and play audiobooks and music.
Nuance Dragon MouseGrid
MouseGgrid in Nuance Dragon Dictate and NaturallySpeaking enable users to access any part of a web page by calling out numbers displayed on concentric grids. This navigation feature can help those with mobility impairments execute mouse commands using their voice.
MouseGgrid in Nuance Dragon Dictate and NaturallySpeaking enable users to access any part of a web page by calling out numbers displayed on concentric grids. This navigation feature can help those with mobility impairments execute mouse commands using their voice.
Bank of America Accessibility
Like most large financial institutions, Bank of America uses assistive technology, including screen-reader compatible websites and Talking ATMs, to make banking more accessible for persons with disabilities.
Like most large financial institutions, Bank of America uses assistive technology, including screen-reader compatible websites and Talking ATMs, to make banking more accessible for persons with disabilities.
Learning Ally
This is a profile of Learning Ally, formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, whose library of over 70,000 digital audio textbooks makes it a crucial resource for students who struggle to read print due to a visual or learning disability.
This is a profile of Learning Ally, formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, whose library of over 70,000 digital audio textbooks makes it a crucial resource for students who struggle to read print due to a visual or learning disability.
Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Programs
Telephone access is crucial for living a safe, independent life connected to friends, family, and services. Disabilities such as deafness and speech and mobility impairments can make using a phone difficult or impossible for many people. Fortunately, many states have telecommunications equipment distribution programs that enable persons with disabilities to access the assistive telecommunications technology they need.
Telephone access is crucial for living a safe, independent life connected to friends, family, and services. Disabilities such as deafness and speech and mobility impairments can make using a phone difficult or impossible for many people. Fortunately, many states have telecommunications equipment distribution programs that enable persons with disabilities to access the assistive telecommunications technology they need.
BookSense Reader
BookSense is a portable, multi-function audiobook player-recorder and document reader that supports many digital formats, including DAISY audio, MP3, WMA, and Audible books.BookSense also enables users to record memos, listen to music, and access both a clock and alarm.
BookSense is a portable, multi-function audiobook player-recorder and document reader that supports many digital formats, including DAISY audio, MP3, WMA, and Audible books.BookSense also enables users to record memos, listen to music, and access both a clock and alarm.
Wizcom Technologies ReadingPen2
The ReadingPen2 lets you scan words, see definitions and translations on its LCD screen, and hear words read aloud through text-to-speech. The pen helps increase reading comprehension among persons with print disabilities such as dyslexia.
The ReadingPen2 lets you scan words, see definitions and translations on its LCD screen, and hear words read aloud through text-to-speech. The pen helps increase reading comprehension among persons with print disabilities such as dyslexia.
Using iChat
iChat, built into Apple OS X, enables users to talk via text, voice, or video, making it an efficient communications option for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
iChat, built into Apple OS X, enables users to talk via text, voice, or video, making it an efficient communications option for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Jittebug J Mobile Phone
The Jitterbug J offers seniors a simple cell phone that is easier to see, hear, and use than most others on the market. It's the ideal phone for those who still relish old comforts such as a dial tone and live operator assistance.
The Jitterbug J offers seniors a simple cell phone that is easier to see, hear, and use than most others on the market. It's the ideal phone for those who still relish old comforts such as a dial tone and live operator assistance.
Blind Sports Technology
Some of the most life-changing applications of assistive technology are the devices and adaptations providing access to sports and recreation. This list looks at five products designed for persons who are blind or visually impaired.
Some of the most life-changing applications of assistive technology are the devices and adaptations providing access to sports and recreation. This list looks at five products designed for persons who are blind or visually impaired.
PDFpen
PDFpen enables users to edit, annotate, and combine Portable Document Format (PDF) files, providing readers with print disabilities and teachers greater access and flexibility working with electronic texts used in education.
PDFpen enables users to edit, annotate, and combine Portable Document Format (PDF) files, providing readers with print disabilities and teachers greater access and flexibility working with electronic texts used in education.
Closed Caption Q&A with Larry Goldberg
Closed captions are now required on 100% of TV programming. The man who helped develop CC technology and the broadcast standards associated with it is Larry Goldberg of WGBH in Boston. In this interview, Goldberg discusses the current state of captioning technology.
Closed captions are now required on 100% of TV programming. The man who helped develop CC technology and the broadcast standards associated with it is Larry Goldberg of WGBH in Boston. In this interview, Goldberg discusses the current state of captioning technology.
SoundGecko App
SoundGecko is a free service that converts web articles into audio MP3 files, providing readers with print disabilities -- such as visual impairments or dyslexia -- a convenient way to make online content more accessible.
SoundGecko is a free service that converts web articles into audio MP3 files, providing readers with print disabilities -- such as visual impairments or dyslexia -- a convenient way to make online content more accessible.
ZoomText Mac
ZoomText Mac, developed by Ai Squared, is screen magnification software for the Mac (OS X 10.7 and up). The program also provides enhancement tools to adjust contrast, maintain clarity to enlarged text (font smoothing), and make the cursor and mouse pointer easier to locate.
ZoomText Mac, developed by Ai Squared, is screen magnification software for the Mac (OS X 10.7 and up). The program also provides enhancement tools to adjust contrast, maintain clarity to enlarged text (font smoothing), and make the cursor and mouse pointer easier to locate.
The MotivAider
The MotivAider clips to a belt or pocket like a phone pager and vibrates at preset intervals to help users maintain focus and develop or reinforce more productive habits. The device is designed to help modify behavior in students with learning disabilities or ADHD.
The MotivAider clips to a belt or pocket like a phone pager and vibrates at preset intervals to help users maintain focus and develop or reinforce more productive habits. The device is designed to help modify behavior in students with learning disabilities or ADHD.
iPod touch for Mobility Impaired
Persons with limited manual dexterity can often still use the iPod touch, whose 3.5-inch screen and tactile buttons require virtually no finger pressure to operate. Other iPod features are accessible via Voice Command.
Persons with limited manual dexterity can often still use the iPod touch, whose 3.5-inch screen and tactile buttons require virtually no finger pressure to operate. Other iPod features are accessible via Voice Command.
Mobile Apps for Blind Travelers
, a new guide by Judy Dixon and Doug Wakefield published by National Braille Press .This is NBP's fourth
, a new guide by Judy Dixon and Doug Wakefield published by National Braille Press .This is NBP's fourth
Find Video Described Content
Video description is becoming increasingly available in all forms of media. Description makes key visual elements accessible through narration and enables blind and visually impaired people to get more enjoyment out of movies, TV shows, and live attractions.
Video description is becoming increasingly available in all forms of media. Description makes key visual elements accessible through narration and enables blind and visually impaired people to get more enjoyment out of movies, TV shows, and live attractions.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the seventh upgrade of Apple's operating system used in its servers and Macintosh computers. Upgrades to Mac OS X Lion require Snow Leopard be installed.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the seventh upgrade of Apple's operating system used in its servers and Macintosh computers. Upgrades to Mac OS X Lion require Snow Leopard be installed.
Project Endeavor
Project Endeavor seeks to narrow the digital divide among persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and to increase social and economic opportunities by providing free videophones and cheaper broadband service.
Project Endeavor seeks to narrow the digital divide among persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and to increase social and economic opportunities by providing free videophones and cheaper broadband service.
Captioning on Windows Media Player
This is a quick tip on turning on closed captioning on Windows Media Player.
This is a quick tip on turning on closed captioning on Windows Media Player.
iCanConnect Campaign
The FCC's iCanConnect campaign seeks to educate the public on the range of free and low-cost communications products available to persons with vision and hear loss -- a provision of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA).
The FCC's iCanConnect campaign seeks to educate the public on the range of free and low-cost communications products available to persons with vision and hear loss -- a provision of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA).
Your First Dragon Dictation
Once your microphone is configured and Dragon Dictate has learned how you speak, you're ready to dictate your first Mac documents and use your voice to control most OS X applications.
Once your microphone is configured and Dragon Dictate has learned how you speak, you're ready to dictate your first Mac documents and use your voice to control most OS X applications.
Go Read Bookshare App for Android
Go Read is a free app that enables print-impaired readers to download Bookshare titles to their Android device.
Go Read is a free app that enables print-impaired readers to download Bookshare titles to their Android device.
SiRecognizer OCR Solutions
SiRecognizer from Itex is optical character recognition technology that scans text on any surface, regardless of shape, and reads it aloud using text-to-speech. The application provides blind and visually impaired people with instant access to information whenever and wherever they need it.
SiRecognizer from Itex is optical character recognition technology that scans text on any surface, regardless of shape, and reads it aloud using text-to-speech. The application provides blind and visually impaired people with instant access to information whenever and wherever they need it.
Dragon Dictate 3
Dragon Dictate 3 is Nuance Communications latest version of its voice recognition software that enables Mac users to create and edit documents, run applications, surf the web, and update social networks using one's voice.
Dragon Dictate 3 is Nuance Communications latest version of its voice recognition software that enables Mac users to create and edit documents, run applications, surf the web, and update social networks using one's voice.
Prentke-Romich Company
Prentke-Romich Company (PRC) is a leading innovator of alternative and augmentative communication devices that facilitate full language development for persons with physical and cognitive impairments that make speech difficult.
Prentke-Romich Company (PRC) is a leading innovator of alternative and augmentative communication devices that facilitate full language development for persons with physical and cognitive impairments that make speech difficult.
iReadWrite iPad App
iReadWrite is an iPad app designed for students with learning disabilities that combines reading and writing technologies, including text-to-speech, word prediction, spell check, and a picture dictionary.
iReadWrite is an iPad app designed for students with learning disabilities that combines reading and writing technologies, including text-to-speech, word prediction, spell check, and a picture dictionary.
Dimensions iOS Game App
Explore the Multiverse of Augmented Sound: Dimensions is an iOS game app that uses augmented sound --
Explore the Multiverse of Augmented Sound: Dimensions is an iOS game app that uses augmented sound --
Victor Reader Stream
Review of HumanWare’s Victor Reader Stream Library Edition, a handheld digital Talking Book player
Review of HumanWare’s Victor Reader Stream Library Edition, a handheld digital Talking Book player
American Printing House for the Blind
The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is a major source of books specially formatted for the blind and visually impaired. APH produces textbooks and other materials in audio, braille, electronic text, and large print. APH also manufactures literacy aids such as braille writers and audio playback equipment. APH products are expensive, but are provided free to blind students through a federal quota program used by schools.
The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is a major source of books specially formatted for the blind and visually impaired. APH produces textbooks and other materials in audio, braille, electronic text, and large print. APH also manufactures literacy aids such as braille writers and audio playback equipment. APH products are expensive, but are provided free to blind students through a federal quota program used by schools.
Learning Ally Audio iOS App
Learning Ally Audio is an mobile app that enables readers with print disabilities to access over 75,000 DAISY audiobooks -- including key texts for education levels -- on their iOS device
Learning Ally Audio is an mobile app that enables readers with print disabilities to access over 75,000 DAISY audiobooks -- including key texts for education levels -- on their iOS device
Tech Labs Make Courses Accessible to Disabled College Students
Disability services organizations at schools such as the University of New Hampshire provide crucial assistive technology training and access for students with disabilities, as well as faculty and staff. UNH's AT Lab on its Durham campus helps nearly 750 students find and leverage the tools they need to participate in college-level courses.
Disability services organizations at schools such as the University of New Hampshire provide crucial assistive technology training and access for students with disabilities, as well as faculty and staff. UNH's AT Lab on its Durham campus helps nearly 750 students find and leverage the tools they need to participate in college-level courses.
Fleksy Typing App for Blind
Fleksy is an iOS app that works with VoiceOver to make typing quick and easy for blind iPhone users. The app features on touch-screen keypad that deduces desired input using a next-generation auto-correct engine and proprietary programming.
Fleksy is an iOS app that works with VoiceOver to make typing quick and easy for blind iPhone users. The app features on touch-screen keypad that deduces desired input using a next-generation auto-correct engine and proprietary programming.
Hadley School Online Courses
The Hadley School for the Blind offers free online courses to help students and aspiring professionals hone their screen reading, Internet, word processing, and Microsoft Excel skills.
The Hadley School for the Blind offers free online courses to help students and aspiring professionals hone their screen reading, Internet, word processing, and Microsoft Excel skills.
Bookshare profile
Students with print disabilities such as blindness and dyslexia can access over 125,000 free audio-enabled e-books from Bookshare.org, the world's largest online library and read them as text, audio, or braille.
Students with print disabilities such as blindness and dyslexia can access over 125,000 free audio-enabled e-books from Bookshare.org, the world's largest online library and read them as text, audio, or braille.
DynaVox Mayer-Johnson Profile
A brief profile of DynaVox Mayer-Johnson, a leading developer of speech generating devices and other Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technologies.
A brief profile of DynaVox Mayer-Johnson, a leading developer of speech generating devices and other Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technologies.
Accessibility Features in Microsoft Products
The following FAQ is an introduction to accessibility features included in Microsoft Windows.
The following FAQ is an introduction to accessibility features included in Microsoft Windows.
ScripTalk Station Reader
The following review looks at En-Vision America's ScripTalk Station Reader, a device that reads aloud prescription information on pill bottles using radio-frequency identification and text-to-speech. ScripTalk is designed for people who have difficulty reading pill bottles, including seniors, and persons who are blind or visually impaired.
The following review looks at En-Vision America's ScripTalk Station Reader, a device that reads aloud prescription information on pill bottles using radio-frequency identification and text-to-speech. ScripTalk is designed for people who have difficulty reading pill bottles, including seniors, and persons who are blind or visually impaired.
Texthelp Systems' Fluency Tutor
Texthelp Systems' Fluency Tutor is an online application that enables students to improve their reading fluency by providing written passages appropriate to grade level students can listen to, practice, record, and be graded on. Fluency Tutor also has built-in quizzes, literacy tools such as a dictionary and translator, and graphing tools to track progress.
Texthelp Systems' Fluency Tutor is an online application that enables students to improve their reading fluency by providing written passages appropriate to grade level students can listen to, practice, record, and be graded on. Fluency Tutor also has built-in quizzes, literacy tools such as a dictionary and translator, and graphing tools to track progress.
BlindSquare
BlindSquare is an iOS app that integrates with VoiceOver, Apple's built-in screen reader, to make the popular FourSquare locator app accessible to users who cannot see the screen.
BlindSquare is an iOS app that integrates with VoiceOver, Apple's built-in screen reader, to make the popular FourSquare locator app accessible to users who cannot see the screen.
Assistive Technology Specialist
Alyssa Marinaccio recounts her first year as an Assistive Technology Specialist in the Office of Disability Services at Keene State College, including creation of an online resource for low-cost accessibility apps and an alternative text station.
Alyssa Marinaccio recounts her first year as an Assistive Technology Specialist in the Office of Disability Services at Keene State College, including creation of an online resource for low-cost accessibility apps and an alternative text station.
Eazy Reader Deluxe
The Eazy Reader Deluxe is an electronic low-vision reading aid with a digital video camera that captures and displays enlarged images on a TV or computer. The device is designed for seniors and persons with eye conditions such as macular degeneration.
The Eazy Reader Deluxe is an electronic low-vision reading aid with a digital video camera that captures and displays enlarged images on a TV or computer. The device is designed for seniors and persons with eye conditions such as macular degeneration.
What Are Talking Books?
: What Are Talking Books? Talking Books are audiobook produced for print-disabled readers by the National
: What Are Talking Books? Talking Books are audiobook produced for print-disabled readers by the National
Jaime Del Pizzo
In this article, Jaime Del Pizzo, a college film major with bilateral hearing loss, discusses some of the assistive technology and accommodations she uses to wake up, attend class, complete courses, and chat with friends.
In this article, Jaime Del Pizzo, a college film major with bilateral hearing loss, discusses some of the assistive technology and accommodations she uses to wake up, attend class, complete courses, and chat with friends.
En-Vision America's i.d. mate OMNI
En-Vision America's i.d. mate OMNI enables blind and visually impaired people to shop, to find what they're looking for, and to know what they're buying. The i.d. mate OMNI quickly scans barcodes on and reads aloud all pertinent information from a database of over 2.3 million products available throughout North America.
En-Vision America's i.d. mate OMNI enables blind and visually impaired people to shop, to find what they're looking for, and to know what they're buying. The i.d. mate OMNI quickly scans barcodes on and reads aloud all pertinent information from a database of over 2.3 million products available throughout North America.
Orion-APH Graphing Calculator
Orbit Research and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) have developed the the Orion TI-84 Plus, the world’s first graphing calculator accessible to blind and visually impaired math students.
Orbit Research and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) have developed the the Orion TI-84 Plus, the world’s first graphing calculator accessible to blind and visually impaired math students.
TV Speak Windows Software
Blind and visually impaired people enjoy TV but find it difficult to use a remote or read text such as program guides that can enhance their viewing experience. TV Speak routes TV to an environment most blind people know well—the PC—and provides viewers more accessibility and navigational control.
Blind and visually impaired people enjoy TV but find it difficult to use a remote or read text such as program guides that can enhance their viewing experience. TV Speak routes TV to an environment most blind people know well—the PC—and provides viewers more accessibility and navigational control.
wordQ+speakQ
Following is a review of goQ Software's wordQ+speakQ, a program that integrates word prediction, voice recognition, and screen reading technology to help people who struggle with writing to put their thoughts on the page.
Following is a review of goQ Software's wordQ+speakQ, a program that integrates word prediction, voice recognition, and screen reading technology to help people who struggle with writing to put their thoughts on the page.
Amy Ruell Interview
The iPhone is revolutionizing how persons with disabilities, especially blindness, perceive assistive technology and is redefining expectations for how much users should have to pay for accessibility.
The iPhone is revolutionizing how persons with disabilities, especially blindness, perceive assistive technology and is redefining expectations for how much users should have to pay for accessibility.
QRead
QRead is an e-book application that enables blind and visually impaired people to navigate and listen to digital books in most popular formats using a screen reader.
QRead is an e-book application that enables blind and visually impaired people to navigate and listen to digital books in most popular formats using a screen reader.
UltraCane
The UltraCane is a mobility aid for blind persons that uses ultrasound waves to echolocate potential obstacles -- at both ground and eye level -- that appearing in one’s path as they walk.
The UltraCane is a mobility aid for blind persons that uses ultrasound waves to echolocate potential obstacles -- at both ground and eye level -- that appearing in one’s path as they walk.
Transformer by Enhanced Vision
The Transformer from Enhanced Vision is a portable electronic magnifier for persons with visual impairments that displays distant images such as notes on a chalkboard on a PC computer screen.
The Transformer from Enhanced Vision is a portable electronic magnifier for persons with visual impairments that displays distant images such as notes on a chalkboard on a PC computer screen.
Texthelp Systems, Inc.
Texthelp Systems is best known for its literacy solutions, especially Read&Write Gold, which provides tools to help print-disabled readers improve comprehension as well as research and writing skills to become more confident communicators.
Texthelp Systems is best known for its literacy solutions, especially Read&Write Gold, which provides tools to help print-disabled readers improve comprehension as well as research and writing skills to become more confident communicators.
The Big Picture
The Big Picture is a documentary that debunks the myths and explores the stigmas associated with dyslexia. The film features prominent dyslexics such as Sir Richard Branson and addresses the issue of extra time afforded LD students to complete standardized tests.
The Big Picture is a documentary that debunks the myths and explores the stigmas associated with dyslexia. The film features prominent dyslexics such as Sir Richard Branson and addresses the issue of extra time afforded LD students to complete standardized tests.
TextExpander 3
TextExpander 3 is Mac and iOS application designed to enable users to type faster by abbreviating frequently used text, tags, and images into snippets they can insert using just a few letters or a drop-down menu.
TextExpander 3 is Mac and iOS application designed to enable users to type faster by abbreviating frequently used text, tags, and images into snippets they can insert using just a few letters or a drop-down menu.
SpeakEasy Reading Machine
The SpeakEasy Reading Machine is leading-edge technology for those who didn’t learn computers and don’t want to now. The machine reads aloud text in any scanned document, enabling seniors to read the mail, bills, books, newspapers and virtually anything with printed words independently and in private.
The SpeakEasy Reading Machine is leading-edge technology for those who didn’t learn computers and don’t want to now. The machine reads aloud text in any scanned document, enabling seniors to read the mail, bills, books, newspapers and virtually anything with printed words independently and in private.
Peggy Dellea Interview
Among the most effective methods for matching disabled people with the assistive technology they need to communicate and connect with the world are assessments at places such as Boston's Assistive Technology Center at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Among the most effective methods for matching disabled people with the assistive technology they need to communicate and connect with the world are assessments at places such as Boston's Assistive Technology Center at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Optelec Compact 5 HD Magnifier
The Optelec Compact 5 HD is a handheld, high-definition video magnifier that enlarges text and images in print and LCD displays to make reading easier for persons with vision loss. The 10.4-ounce CCTV fits in a pocket and can be used anywhere to view prescriptions, menus, airport monitors, and more.
The Optelec Compact 5 HD is a handheld, high-definition video magnifier that enlarges text and images in print and LCD displays to make reading easier for persons with vision loss. The 10.4-ounce CCTV fits in a pocket and can be used anywhere to view prescriptions, menus, airport monitors, and more.
Beep Kickball
The BeepKickball is a red playground ball fitted with a sound emitter designed to make the game accessible to children and adults who are blind or visually impaired.
The BeepKickball is a red playground ball fitted with a sound emitter designed to make the game accessible to children and adults who are blind or visually impaired.
Captionfish
Many movie fans are deaf or hard of hearing. The Captionfish website helps these fans find theaters, films, and showtimes in their area that feature closed captioning.
Many movie fans are deaf or hard of hearing. The Captionfish website helps these fans find theaters, films, and showtimes in their area that feature closed captioning.
iPhone Tactile Screenshots Quick Reference Guide
The iPhone Tactile Screenshot Quick Reference Guide from Tactile Vision and sold through National Braille Press provides diagrams with accompanying text in braille and large print to orient blind users on what's on the various iPhone screens.
The iPhone Tactile Screenshot Quick Reference Guide from Tactile Vision and sold through National Braille Press provides diagrams with accompanying text in braille and large print to orient blind users on what's on the various iPhone screens.
Next Generation Perkins Brailler
The Next Generation Perkins Brailler appeared in October 2008 and replaced the original model introduced in 1951 at the Perkins School for the Blind. The newer model is lighter, more compact, requires less force while typing, and is quieter.
The Next Generation Perkins Brailler appeared in October 2008 and replaced the original model introduced in 1951 at the Perkins School for the Blind. The newer model is lighter, more compact, requires less force while typing, and is quieter.
Get Accessible College Textbooks
Finding accessible textbooks is crucial to academic success for many college students with disabilities. Solutions abound, but integrating them can be confusing and time-consuming. Diana Petschauer, who runs the Assistive Technology lab at the University of New Hampshire, offers four simple suggestions to help print-disabled readers find what they need quickly and consistently.
Finding accessible textbooks is crucial to academic success for many college students with disabilities. Solutions abound, but integrating them can be confusing and time-consuming. Diana Petschauer, who runs the Assistive Technology lab at the University of New Hampshire, offers four simple suggestions to help print-disabled readers find what they need quickly and consistently.
WebAnywhere
WebAnywhere is a free remote web screen reader that makes virtually any computer capable of sound accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
WebAnywhere is a free remote web screen reader that makes virtually any computer capable of sound accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
Mountbatten Braille Writer
The Mountbatten Braille Writer is an electronic braille typewriter and embosser that provides text-to-speech and connectivity with standard PCs, printers, and keyboards. Many teachers feel the Mountbatten can be an easier machine for young students to learn braille on than the more popular Perkins Brailler.
The Mountbatten Braille Writer is an electronic braille typewriter and embosser that provides text-to-speech and connectivity with standard PCs, printers, and keyboards. Many teachers feel the Mountbatten can be an easier machine for young students to learn braille on than the more popular Perkins Brailler.
RemindMe App for iOS
RxmindMe is a free iOS app that enables users to enter and track prescription information and set and receive alerts when it's time to take medication. The app also tracks the number of remaining pills and provides a medication database.
RxmindMe is a free iOS app that enables users to enter and track prescription information and set and receive alerts when it's time to take medication. The app also tracks the number of remaining pills and provides a medication database.
Banking with a Screen Reader
For persons who are blind or visually impaired, online banking with a screen reader is daunting. It doesn't need to be, but knowing how to navigate web pages using screen access software is essential.
For persons who are blind or visually impaired, online banking with a screen reader is daunting. It doesn't need to be, but knowing how to navigate web pages using screen access software is essential.
AppleVis
AppleVis is an online community for iPhone users who are blind or visually impaired. The site posts app reviews, recommendations, tutorials, and information on deals, and gives members the opportunity to contribute their own content.
AppleVis is an online community for iPhone users who are blind or visually impaired. The site posts app reviews, recommendations, tutorials, and information on deals, and gives members the opportunity to contribute their own content.
Lingraphica
Lingraphica develops augmentative and alternative communications technology -- notably speech generating devices -- designed to help persons with aphasia and related disorders limiting one's ability to speak or process language
Lingraphica develops augmentative and alternative communications technology -- notably speech generating devices -- designed to help persons with aphasia and related disorders limiting one's ability to speak or process language
MyVoice TalkRocket App
TalkRocket Go is an iOS app that combines text-to-speech, GPS, and vocabulary building tools to turn an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a communications device for persons with speech disabilities.
TalkRocket Go is an iOS app that combines text-to-speech, GPS, and vocabulary building tools to turn an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a communications device for persons with speech disabilities.
Better Vision App
Better Vision is a mobile app for iOS and Android devices that magnifies text, provides contrast and color filters to improve clarity, and, if all else fails, can read text aloud
Better Vision is a mobile app for iOS and Android devices that magnifies text, provides contrast and color filters to improve clarity, and, if all else fails, can read text aloud
Build Better Accommodation Sol
In this interview, Dr. Therese Willkomm, director of Assistive Technology in New Hampshire (ATinNH), discusses her approach to ad hoc innovations that have made her the “MacGyver” of assistive technology.
In this interview, Dr. Therese Willkomm, director of Assistive Technology in New Hampshire (ATinNH), discusses her approach to ad hoc innovations that have made her the “MacGyver” of assistive technology.
Braille Music
Alex Krauth was born blind due to Retinopathy of Prematurity -- a condition that has not stopped her from learning and sharing her gift for music. In this article, Krauth discusses some technologies and techniques that make music accessible to her, and enable her to share her passion for music with friends, fans, and students worldwide.
Alex Krauth was born blind due to Retinopathy of Prematurity -- a condition that has not stopped her from learning and sharing her gift for music. In this article, Krauth discusses some technologies and techniques that make music accessible to her, and enable her to share her passion for music with friends, fans, and students worldwide.
CDesk Accessibility Software
Whether you're visually impaired, learning disabled, or techno-phobic, making a computer easier to see and use is a tremendous help. CDesk combines all major screen access technologies in one simple Windows application that scans, magnifies, and reads text and web content, and enables navigation and dictation through voice command.
Whether you're visually impaired, learning disabled, or techno-phobic, making a computer easier to see and use is a tremendous help. CDesk combines all major screen access technologies in one simple Windows application that scans, magnifies, and reads text and web content, and enables navigation and dictation through voice command.
What is Braille?
Braille is a language of raised dots that enables blind persons to read and write. Louis Braille developed the symbolic language in the 1820s. Despite the Internet, braille remains the primary means of literacy for over 180 million blind people around the world.
Braille is a language of raised dots that enables blind persons to read and write. Louis Braille developed the symbolic language in the 1820s. Despite the Internet, braille remains the primary means of literacy for over 180 million blind people around the world.
oMoby Visual Search App
oMoby is an app that provides product information on photo or bar code searches users click or scan with their mobile device. The app uses IQ Engine's VisionIQ platform, originally designed for persons who are blind, and now used by companies to add visual search capabilities to apps.
oMoby is an app that provides product information on photo or bar code searches users click or scan with their mobile device. The app uses IQ Engine's VisionIQ platform, originally designed for persons who are blind, and now used by companies to add visual search capabilities to apps.
Select and Speak TTS for Chrome
Select and Speak is a free Chrome extension that reads user-selected web text aloud, providing persons with print disabilities a simple way to make online articles and other content immediately accessible.
Select and Speak is a free Chrome extension that reads user-selected web text aloud, providing persons with print disabilities a simple way to make online articles and other content immediately accessible.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12
Nuance has released Dargon NaturallySpeaking 12, the latest version of its popular voice recognition software that enables users to create content, control their PC, compose email, and browse the web using just their voice.
Nuance has released Dargon NaturallySpeaking 12, the latest version of its popular voice recognition software that enables users to create content, control their PC, compose email, and browse the web using just their voice.
Using NLS Blank Cartridges
NLS blank cartridges work like thumb drives. They connect to your computer via USB cable and enable you to transfer BARD content to listen to on an NLS Digital Talking Book player.
NLS blank cartridges work like thumb drives. They connect to your computer via USB cable and enable you to transfer BARD content to listen to on an NLS Digital Talking Book player.
Moshi Voice Control Alarm Clock
The Moshi Voice Control Travel Alarm Clock is compact and responds to virtually any user's voice immediately due do Moshi's renowned voice recognition technology.
The Moshi Voice Control Travel Alarm Clock is compact and responds to virtually any user's voice immediately due do Moshi's renowned voice recognition technology.
UNH AT Lab Profile
For college students with disabilities, assistive technology is critical for success. An innovative University of New Hampshire AT Lab provides hundreds of students with adaptive equipment and mobile apps to make more courses accessible.
For college students with disabilities, assistive technology is critical for success. An innovative University of New Hampshire AT Lab provides hundreds of students with adaptive equipment and mobile apps to make more courses accessible.
En-Vision America, Inc.
This is a profile of En-Vision America, Inc., which makes assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired. The company is based in Normal, Illinois.
This is a profile of En-Vision America, Inc., which makes assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired. The company is based in Normal, Illinois.
National Braille Press
Since 1927, National Braille Press has made information accessible to blind readers by producing braille books, pamphlets and periodicals. Through its many programs, NBP champions braille literacy and the development and improvement of assistive that increases tactile literacy and promotes the use of braille.
Since 1927, National Braille Press has made information accessible to blind readers by producing braille books, pamphlets and periodicals. Through its many programs, NBP champions braille literacy and the development and improvement of assistive that increases tactile literacy and promotes the use of braille.
MovieCaptioner
MovieCaptioner is software (Mac and PC) that enables users to add closed captions to movies, videos, and presentations and convert transcripts into caption files that can be imported into visual media.
MovieCaptioner is software (Mac and PC) that enables users to add closed captions to movies, videos, and presentations and convert transcripts into caption files that can be imported into visual media.
Amara Crowd-Subtitling App
YouTube publishers can crowd-source captioning and translation of their video uploads for free by connecting their channel to Amara.org, an open-source subtitling platform.
YouTube publishers can crowd-source captioning and translation of their video uploads for free by connecting their channel to Amara.org, an open-source subtitling platform.
ABC Assistive Technology Fund
The Association of Blind Citizens (ABC) maintains a fund to help qualified persons who are blind or visually impaired purchase adaptive equipment, including accessibility software, digital audiobook players, and desktop video magnifiers. ABC pays for one half of the retail price to grantees.
The Association of Blind Citizens (ABC) maintains a fund to help qualified persons who are blind or visually impaired purchase adaptive equipment, including accessibility software, digital audiobook players, and desktop video magnifiers. ABC pays for one half of the retail price to grantees.
RoboBraille
RoboBraille is a free online service that converts text documents into braille or audio files. Users
RoboBraille is a free online service that converts text documents into braille or audio files. Users
Nuance Dragon & Disability
The mainstream appeal Nuance Dragon voice recognition software -- originally designed for persons with disabilities -- continues to grow. According to Peter Mahoney, the company’s GM for Dragon products, Nuance remains committed to increasing accessibility for users with disabilities.
The mainstream appeal Nuance Dragon voice recognition software -- originally designed for persons with disabilities -- continues to grow. According to Peter Mahoney, the company’s GM for Dragon products, Nuance remains committed to increasing accessibility for users with disabilities.
Perkins SMART Brailler
The Perkins SMART Brailler combines the manual functionality of the classic Perkins Brailler with assistive technology -- including a visual display, text-to-speech, and electronic file transfer, to make learning braille easier for young students and those who work with them.
The Perkins SMART Brailler combines the manual functionality of the classic Perkins Brailler with assistive technology -- including a visual display, text-to-speech, and electronic file transfer, to make learning braille easier for young students and those who work with them.
Apple Accessibility: Hearing Impairments
This article outlines accessibility features for people who are deaf or hard of hearing that Apple has built into its OS X and iOS operating systems.
This article outlines accessibility features for people who are deaf or hard of hearing that Apple has built into its OS X and iOS operating systems.
HumanWare Trekker Breeze
The Trekker Breeze from HumanWare is a talking GPS device for persons who are blind and visually impaired that provides information on one’s location and what’s around them, including street names, upcoming intersections, and nearest address being passed.
The Trekker Breeze from HumanWare is a talking GPS device for persons who are blind and visually impaired that provides information on one’s location and what’s around them, including street names, upcoming intersections, and nearest address being passed.