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Adaptive Technology

Page history last edited by Sandra Annette Rogers 11 years ago

 

Adaptive Technology Tools

 

Name

 

 URL 
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Section 508 Checklist

 

 http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist
Standards for Web site content to meet the needs of persons with disabilities.
iSpeech

http://www.ispeech.org/

 

 Converts text-to-speech (TTS) or speech-to-text (STT) for free.  You can control the speed of the voice delivery.  It catalogues the number of recordings in its library.
US Government

http://www.disability.gov/technology/accessible_technology

 

Provides webinars and updates on the latest technology available or the lack thereof in various situations.

 
Boston College & Boston University

www.cameramouse.org

 

Assist individuals with limited movement use their head to direct the mouse cursor.  FREE! 

 

The Principles of Universal Design, NC State University

 

 Universal Design Poster  These principles will help you create activities and an environment accessible for all learners.

Internet Explorer 8

 

 Accessibility in IE8
Microsoft tutorial on the accessibility options for using Internet Explorer 8.
Microsoft Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/accessibility/ttsplaybackvoice.mspx

 

 Tutorial on the ability to have the computer read the text in your documents. TTS is text-to-speech.

YouTube

 http://www.youtube.com   They offer an auto-caption feature that can benefit not only the hearing impaired users, but also people who watch videos in really noisy places, like airport terminals. The tool will be able to translate captions into your choice of 50 languages. For now, however, auto-captioning works only with videos in English. 

Apple

http://www.apple.com/accessibility/

Apple claims to create accessibility for its products as standard features.
     

 


Helpful links on universal design and accessibility on online course design: (Source: Ed Bowen, 2011)

 

 

Useful accessibility links for students and faculty:

 

 

Useful links to academic Web accessibility training:

 

 

Dear Students,

 

Please add to our growing list or webliography on adaptive technology.  See the training manual page to edit and add links or documents.  We encourage you to add your favorite tools even if they fall into non-specific areas of assistance, such as motivational videos or time saving short-cuts.  You will need to ask for "writer access" to edit the page.  Sandra would like to share one of the most thought-provoking videos that she has ever seen on rethinking the concept and words associated with persons with disabilities.  http://cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2010/03/08/ted.aimee.mullins.ted

 

Your Teachers,

 

Sandra, Gary and Marcia

 

Comments (3)

Sandra Annette Rogers said

at 10:05 pm on May 6, 2010

Hi Gary and Marcia,
I decided to add another page for adaptive tech! Please feel free to add to it.
Thanks,
Sand

mdyingling@aol.com said

at 5:28 am on May 14, 2010

This page is a wonderful resource, Sand. I'm ashamed to say I've never given enough thought to accomodations for students with disabilities, relying on the university's arrangements, and individual students' decisions whether to inform me or not of any special needs.

Sandy Wagner said

at 3:49 pm on May 14, 2010

Hi Sand and Marcia,

This is a great start to a lesson plan and/or activity for your students. Dont feel badly about not being aware, Marcia as the need comes to the forefront when we do have a learner who needs other tools to assist them in their learning. I think that more and more, however, as with ESL, educational institutions are recognizing the need to inform all teachers of these accommodations just in case there is a student who would benefit. The interesting thing is that many of the strategies and technologies that are labeled adaptive would also be beneficial for any learner.

I am interested in viewing the video, Sand, as we do need to be careful about how we associate words with persons with disabilities.

Thanks for starting this.

Sandy

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