Podcast: Play in new window | Download293-8-31-18 Pop for Sight Words Game Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Sight words is a common term used in early reading instruction […]
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Constant Therapy: A Mobile Solution for Brain Rehabilitation
The Constant Therapy app is a virtual clinic, leading users through a digital door toward more than 100,000 speech, language and cognitive exercises. Created by the Learning Corp and built by an expert team of neuroscientists and clinicians at Boston University, this award-winning app was developed with the goal of helping people with learning disabilities […]
SpeechEasy: World’s Smallest Anti-Stuttering Device
“With the confidence SpeechEasy has given me, I am able to come forward and speak out in the situations that were once avoided.” That’s just one quote of many touting the amazing features of SpeechEasy, a combination of proven technology and techniques that can be used to reduce stuttering. Talking to people can be difficult […]
Stuttering Reduced with SmallTalk
The SmallTalk DAF/FAF device by Casa Futura Technologies helps control stuttering and Parkinson’s speech. For people with a stuttering disability, it can immediately reduce the stutter while also training you to no longer need the device. It’s a revolutionary product helping those suffering all across the world. It’s the world’s smallest DAF/FAF anti-stuttering device, and […]
Monday Tech Tip: High Contrast Extension
Anna Leung, Assistive Technology Specialist at Easterseals Crossroads show us the High Contrast Extension which allows a user to browse the web with a choice of several high-contrast color filters to make it easier to read text. Check it out here: Click here to learn more about the High Contrast Extension.
New Host Announced for ATU Podcast
The INDATA Project has announced a new host for its highly-popular Assistive Technology Update (ATU) podcast. Wade Wingler, vice president of technology and information services for Easterseals Crossroads, has been the host since the podcast’s inception in 2011. As he celebrates 25 years this month with Easterseals Crossroads, he is passing the microphone for the ATU […]