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Assitive & Adaptive Technology for Spinal Cord Injury
The premier source for information on Assistive Technology. ABLEDATA is a federally funded database whose primary mission is to provide information on assistive technology and Rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources. The database contains information on more than 29,000 assistive technology products with detailed descriptions of each product including price and company information.
New easy to read font “Dyslexie” for people with dyslexia
At least eight letters, for example, are based on the letter “o” with various “tails.” The letters “b,” “d,” “p,” “q,” “g,” “a,” and even “c” and “e” can be easily mixed up by someone with learning disability.
Assistive Listening Devices Can Help Improve Hearing
“What can you tell me about assistive listening devices? My husband is hearing impaired but doesn’t like wearing his hearing aids so I’m wondering if some of these devices can help.”
ARIA
Aria is a braille notetaker with speech output designed for use by persons who are blind or have low vision. This computerized organizer is designed with word processing, mathematical and communicating capabilities. The user can construct full-fledged documents, transfer files, drive a modem or use a statistical calculator. With DOS interface, this device can run external software. It can be upgraded; the system runs on 1 Megabyte of RAM and 2 Megabytes of Flash ROM (contains the Aria software).
Visually-impaired can now learn in regional languages
Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis system, this new software will hit the market in November. Sponsored by the Centre’s department of Information Technology, TTS is a screen-reading software application that identifies and interprets Indian language text being displayed on the screen. Unlike former screen-reading software such as Jobs Access With Speech (JAWS) that only reads English text on the screen, TTS can read Marathi, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Bengali.
Exhibition highlights technology to aid people with impaired hearing
Technology has come to the aid of people with disabilities, thanks to the ingenuity of university students whose gadgets, soon to go on view at i-CREATe 2011, could help bridge gaps in their communication with other people and enable them to do their daily chores on their own. i-CREATe stands for International Convention for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology, and it is being organised by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec) with cooperation from the Singapore-based Therapeutic, Assistive & Rehabilitative Technology Centre.
Communication & Speech Apps for children with autism
There are several apps available geared toward people with special needs/ communication issues, as well as those geared towards babies/toddlers/prek that work well for kids with special needs. I have the iPod Touch and iPad, so I’m always on the look out for apps my kids can use.
Intex Vision IN2020 for visual impairments: Handset Review
Intex Vision, to my knowledge, is the only phone in India that has been designed for the visually impaired. However, the design of the phone is not new as a similar phone was launched by iBall, named as Senior. The only difference is that the former comes with Braille letters on its keypad.
Top 10 tech gadgets for Persons with disabilities
Technological advancements we’ve made in recent years have led to an explosion of devices and gadgets that help people with disabilities lead a fuller life. Here are a few of the top tech gadgets for disabled people that have hit the market in recent years.