1. Case Study of Assistive Technology Assistive Technology Computer Access and Writing Support By XL Rong

2. Background 64 years old 64 years old Educated in China (1950s) Educated in China (1950s) Traditional Chinese Phonetics Traditional Chinese Phonetics reading and writing skills reading and writing skills E-mail and personal Blogs E-mail and personal Blogs

3. Disabilities Access to Computers Access to Computers Fine motions Fine motions Filter information Filter information Chinese input Chinese input (Computer-based) (Computer-based)

4. Access to Computers Mouse Mouse Display Display Keyboard Keyboard Filter Keys Filter Keys Toggle Keys Toggle Keys (AT)

5. Computer-based Chinese Input Speech Recognition Speech Recognition (Microsoft Office Word 2003) Handwriting Recognition Handwriting Recognition (Microsoft Office Word 2003) (AT)

6. Examples E-mail E-mail Blogs Blogs Online talking Online talking (Google Talk, Skype, MSN) (Google Talk, Skype, MSN)

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