Assistive Technology and its many uses

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Assistive Technologyand its many uses

• Jennifer Theakston
• Alicia Flores
• Walter Power
• Sr. Mary Margaret OBrien
• Sr. Emmanuel Gross

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David

• Student has difficulty pronouncing words, making
  it difficult to understand him.

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Solutions?

• Aurora Talk For Windows
• http//www.woodlaketechnologies.com/detail.asp?bid
  107catid25000
• This program help students talk through the use
  of their PC or Laptop.
• Simply Type what you want to say, and hit enter
  to listen.
• Retails for Right around 195

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JOSE

• Is a student that has difficulty hearing, but has
  no hearing aide

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Cant hearNo problem

• Outline by Word
• Microphone
• Power point
• Rapid text http//www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pa
  geid113583top0productid87846trail0

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Ilsa

• broke her left arm (her writing arm) and has a
  patch on her right eye.

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Lending a helping hand

• Use computer for notes
• Pre-typed outline of lecture
• Use audio recorder
• Use of voice recognition program to type
  notes/papers/essays http//www.aisquared.com/index
  .cfm

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Keisha

• Had a stroke
• Cannot easily move her right hand (her writing
  hand)

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Word Prediction Software

• Have student take notes using this software
• Software predicts words from the first letter you
  type

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Barbara

• Wears glasses
• but cannot
• see well

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• Keyboarding for Barbara
• High Contrast Stickers
• Stick to top of keys
• Clear, high-contrast font
• BigKeys
• Brightly colored
• Easy-to-use Layout

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