Assistive technology
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DaisyThe DSS office subscribes to Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) to acquire books on CD for students. These CD's can only be played using Daisy software. Daisy is installed on all three computers in the Assistive Technology Lab, and portable players (to be used within the library) can be checked out at the circulation desk.Readplease and Mathtalk
Similar to JAWS this is a free program available for students who are poor readers. Books that are recorded onto CD are most commonly read through the readplease program. Readplease is also useful if you are creating a document and need to hear it out loud in order to better edit the document. Mathtalk is able to read symbols and numbers.
Dragon Naturally Speaking
This program is a voice to text program. After training the program to recognize your speech it is able to type what you speak. This program is useful for students who are physically unable to type and also to help students who are not proficient spellers recognize the correct spelling of words they are using. BraillerAfter scanning or typing in text, the brailler prints the text into Braille for those with loss of vision. Jaws (Job Access with Speech) Specifically for windows, this program works by speaking everything that is typed or that the cursor moves over. In this way a person can efficiently navigate a computer even with complete vision loss KurzweilOriginally designed like JAWS, current versions include many extras for students with learning disabilities as well. |
LinksTo download a free version of Readplease please visit their website http://readplease.com. Mac Users - Macintosh Computers already have text to speech software installed, for information please visit Apple's Website. If you are interested in purchasing your own Daisy player for personal use, please contact our office. |
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