Guide HandsFree is a piece of assistive technology for computer use for people who are unable to press single buttons on a keyboard. It has a built-in speech and magnification features. Create an email, dictate your words and send it – all with simple voice commands. You can view a demonstration video here. Dolphin […]
Posts with the Tech Tips tag
Eyegaze Edge from LC Technologies Inc.
The Eyegaze Edge is a communition and control system that is operated by the human eye. It empowers people with disabilities to communicate and interact with others and the world around them. Using this device, a person can speak, write, use a computer and use home control systems. You can view a video that […]
Assistive Technology Apps for Android
If you’ve read any of our past blog posts, you know we are crazy about Apple products and the assistive technology and accessibility services that comes with them. But, we also know that not every person on the face of the Earth is as ecstatic about them as we are. So, today I’m blogging about […]
Assistive Technology Update, Easter Seals Crossroads, INDATA News, Podcasts, Tech Tips, Wade Wingler
ATU057 – People on Wheels (Nancy Cotterill), Dr Mad Science, Extra Credit Report, Summer Conventions, Robots for the Blind, Kurzweil 1000 ver 13, Guided Access, Dragon TV, Podcasts app
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLinks: People on Wheels (Nancy Cotterrill) www.PeopleOnWheels.org Dr Mad Science: Social media helping autistic children ‘navigate the world’ – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/MDeZFH Extra Credit Report: A podcast about teaching… http://bit.ly/Lvds5R Summer conventions | NFB http://bit.ly/QiNkOU | ACB http://bit.ly/LBUlfn Robot technology being adapted to aid the blind http://bit.ly/MtvuYw […]
AM057 – Paralympics
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadParalympics 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. During the summer of 2012 London, England will be ablaze with Olympic glory with Athletes from all […]
How A Video Game is Helping to Heal Stroke Victims
Established in 2010, Limbs Alive specialises in the rehabilitation of the hand and arm for people of all ages who have hemiplegia, total paralysis of the arm, leg, and trunk on the same side of the body. Hemiplegia often occurs as the result of a stroke. Strokes commonly effect the brain that controls movement and […]