Gadgets and Computers

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Gadgets and Computers

• E.A. Draffan

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Skills and Capabilities

• Possibly
• Motor
• Cognitive
• Visual
• Auditory
• ICT
• Language
• Understanding of English that has been translated
  for a manual!

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Nintendo Wii

• Nintendo Wii
• Exercises for improving movement coordination
• Big Brain Academy - memory, analyse, compute,
  identify and visualise also Nintendo DS.

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Nintendo DS Lite

• Nintendo DS Brain Training 10 minutes everyday!
  Geneve LexDis Project

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iPod, iPhone, smart phones/PDAs, MP3
players/recorders.

• Play Flash and videos whilst on the move.
• Video and Podcasts from lectures Sarah LexDis
  project about Impatica.
• Recording and speech recognition.

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iPhone

• I can see dark or black spots on the screen when
  I'm watching videos.
• Solution Use iTunes to update your iPhone to the
  latest software. If you have the latest update,
  turn the device off and back on again. Press and
  hold the sleep/wake button for a few seconds
  until the red slider appears, then drag the
  slider. Then press and hold the sleep/wake button
  until the Apple logo appears. (Daily Telegraph,
  Dec 26th 2007)

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Accessible mobiles

• Nokia Sport 5500 - Hannah, LexDis project
• Speech recognition and text to speech
• Emporia Life large fonts, screen, buttons and
  high volume, vibration and easy to use.
• Synch with computer calendar, reminders,
  documents.

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Digital Cameras

• Use mobile or digital cameras - Picture of text
  captured can be turned into PDF by www.scanr.com
  or www.qipit.com
• CapturaTalk, uses a camera phone to translate
  text to speech - Iansyst.

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Tablet PCs and Ultra Mobile PCs

• Microsoft OneNote use handwriting, diagrams,
  equations and audio.
• Thanks to Abi James Iansyst.

Asus EEE PC
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Text to Speech

• T3 Talking Tactile Tablet - Create tactile
  diagrams supported by audio files Royal
  National College for the Blind
• ClassMate Reader

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More Text to Speech and Spell Checkers

• Claro Software Accessibility Suite and Claro,
  Texthelp and Dolphin USB pens.
• Franklin DMQ 1490 good screen, keys and mini
  subject dictionaries.
• Franklin DMQ 1870 Speech feedback and PDA
  features

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Thank You

• LexDis Project www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk
• TechDis HEAT Scheme
• www.techdis.ac.uk/getheatscheme
• How Can Technology Be Used To Help Students With
  Dyscalculia And Dyslexia Overcome Their
  Difficulties Dr Abi James
• http//ddig.lboro.ac.uk/documents/Abi_James_how_ca
  n_technology_iAnsyst.ppt
• Database of technologies discussed available at
  www.emptech.info