1. Part 6:AT Sensory Impairments

2. Sensory Impairments The web is a dynamic and changing environment. Sites and URLs listed in this workshop can change names, move to another location, or just disappear. If you attempt to go to a site and it is not there: 1.Check first that you have entered the address correctly. Any error, an extra space, a capitalized or lower case letter will lead you to a dead-end. Check carefully and try again. 2.Wait a few moments and try the site again. Sometimes the internet is busy and it will work fine in awhile. 3.Try using a search engine to find the site. Enter the name, not the URL of the site you are looking for. 4.Trim the URL by eliminating parts of the address from the right end back. Remove elements one step at a time from each slash (/…/). 5.Try the Wayback Machine (www.archive.org).www.archive.org 6.If you need to use steps 3 – 5, notify the instructor whether you find the site or not

3. General Assistance in Platforms Accessibility Web site for Windows http://www.microsoft.co m/enable/ Web site for windows with information on accessibility features – Check Control Panel - Accessibility Options Accessibility programs on Mac http://www.apple.com/ac cessibility/ Web site with accessibility information for Apple platforms Check System Preferences - Universal Access

4. Information About Visual Impairments National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments http://www.spedex.com/napvi/ Downloadable checklist of tech skills for students with visual impairments American Foundation for the Blind http://www.afb.org/ Resources and information about vision loss American Printing House for the Blind http://www.aph.org/ Specialized materials, products and services for persons with visual impairments

5. Information About Visual Impairments (Cont) Lighthouse International http://www.lighthouse.org Information on vision loss. Links to research, products and publications. National Braille Factory http://www.braillefactory.com Produces Braille documents. Universal Design for Internet Access http://www.cast.org Web based tool that examines Web pages for accessibility.

6. Information About Visual Impairments (Cont) National Center for Accessible Media http://ncam.wgbh.org/ NCAM provides examples of accessible Web pages Do-It http://www.washington.edu/doit/ List of Internet resources for accessible Web page design

7. AT Resources for Visual Impairments American Printing House for the Blind http://www.aph.org/ Specialized materials, products and services for persons with visual impairments Braille Translation Software Duxburry Braille Translator http://www.duxburysystems.com/ Braille translation and word processing service Descriptive Video Services http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ mag/resources/dvs-home-video- catalogue.html Narration of key visual elements inserted in natural pauses within dialogue

8. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) Note-Taking Device Braille Desk Trans Type http://www.artictech.com/bdsk.htm BrailleDesk – synthesizer and note taker Synthesizer and advanced note taker Braille’n Speak http://www.freedomscientific.com/i ndex.html Word processor, spell check and other features in Perkins-style keyboard. Franklin Company http://www.franklin.com/ Dictionaries with large screens or voice output

9. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) Independent Living Aids http://www.independentliving.com/ Low-vision products PDA PAC Mate http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Provides access to information GPS Systems for Blind and Visually Impaired http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_f or_the_visually_impaired http://www.navigadget.com/index. php/2007/06/26/gps-for-the-blind- or-visually-impaired/ Navigation and orientation information for persons who are visually impaired

10. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) MagnaSight Screen Enlarger http://www.atkratter.com/mags/ma gnisight/mspc.htm Closed circuit TV to enlarge printed materials Screen Magnifiers http://www.magnifiers.org/ Information about hardware and software to improve access to computers and print Speech Output Systems JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com/i ndex.html Enhanced, multilingual speech synthesizer. Nine languages and output also in refreshable Braille

11. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) Speech Output Systems TextHelp http://www.texthelp.com/ Accessibility, dyslexia nad text-to- speech software Tactile Products Repro-Tronics http://www.repro-tronics.com/ Tactile paper, Thermo pen Optical Devices for Science http://www.carolina.com Useful tools for biology and science

12. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) Refreshable Braille Displays http://www.deafblind.com/display. html http://www.freedomscientific.com/ fs_products/displays.asp Hardware for producing refreshable Braille Recorded Books http://www.recordedbooks.com/ind ex.cfm?fuseaction=school.show_co re_collection&type=rsupecc&%7B ts%20%272007%2D09%2D05%20 12%3A15%3A45%27%7D

13. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) PowerTalk http://fullmeasure.co.uk/PowerTalk / Speeh output for Powerpoint presentations Recorded Books http://www.recordedbooks.com/ind ex.cfm?fuseaction=school.show_co re_collection&type=rsupecc&%7B ts%20%272007%2D09%2D05%20 12%3A15%3A45%27%7D Oats http://www.oatsoft.org/ Open Source Assistive Technology Software

14. AT Resources for Visual Impairments (Cont) Read Please Plus http://www.readplease.com/ Screen Reader - Free Browse Aloud http://www.browsealoud.com/ Free Web Reader

15. Information About Hearing Impairments Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDef ault.aspx Resources for lifespan, support network, advocacy. American Society for Deaf Children http://www.deafchildren.org/ Information for students who are deaf and hard of hearing American Speech-Language- Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/default.htm Information about speech and language therapy

16. Information About Hearing Impairments (Cont) Deaf Resource Library http://www.deaflibrary.org/ Mailing lists and newsgroups, research and online magazine DB_Link http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/ Federally funded information and referral services that identifies, coordinates and disseminates information on deaf-blind Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults http://www.helenkeller.org/ Provides technical assistance to families and agencies serving children and your adults who are deaf-blind

17. Information About Hearing Impairments (Cont) Deafblind Children Home Page http://www.geocities.com/heartland /meadows/5939/ / Resources for parents National Technical Assistance Consortium for Deaf-Blind Young Adults http://www.nationaldb.org/ Technical assistance for families and agencies serving deaf-blind children

18. AT Resources for Hearing Impairments Amplifiers Teleloop Amplifiers http://www.harriscomm.com/ Lightlink infared neckloop receiver Butte Publications http://www.buttepublications.com/ Published educational materials for students with hearing impairments Captioned Media Program http://www.dcmp.org/Default.aspx ?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Free loan program of more than 4,000 open captioned media