Braillephone

The Braillephone is a portable braille telephone device designed for people who are Deaf Blind. This device can be used like a telephone or for face-to-face communication between a person who is Deaf Blind and another person using a telecommunications device for the Deaf (TDD) or deaf relay service. It’s designed to enable those who […]

Free Assistive Technology Information from EnablingDevices.com

EnablingDevices.com has free resources for download. These resources are used to compared capabilities of people with different kinds of disabilities.Visit their homepage and look on the left hand side. Some of the topics with free resources include: Therapeutic Learning Skills Development Chart Activity Guides for Communicators Skills Development Chart for the Visually Impaired Capability Switches Comparison Chart And […]

Monday Tech Tip: Prizmo OCR app for iOS devices

Join us as Brian Norton, Manager of Clinical Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads, shows us an app called Prizmo. Prizmo is a photo-based scanner app that lets you scan text into your electronic format on iOS devices. Having trouble viewing the video-click here

ATU106 – Danny Wayne Beemer, RESNA 2013, Kindle on iOS, Facebook Accessibility Improved, Abilipad App

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Show Notes: Danny Wayne www.DJDannyWayne.com  Kurzweil Educational Systems Announces New Reporting Feature for Kurzweil 3000-firefly – http://on.wsj.com/167NKTP AccessTech News: Kindle For […]

AM106 – Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download0 Show Notes Hi folks. Welcome to “Accessibility Minute”, your weekly look at Assisitive Technology—those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs. Universal Design for Learning or UDL is a concept that makes education more accessible.  Instead […]

4-Piece Triangular Card Holder

People with physical disabilities may have difficulty doing tasks that many of us don’t even think about. For example, a person with limited hand or arm movement capability could benefit from an assistive technology that allows them to play card games. This Triangular Card Holder from Sight Connection could help them. The 4-Piece Triangular Card […]