Programming and Authoring Applications
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Accessibility Valet
Accessibility Valet is web site accessibility evaluation software designed for use by managers and web site designers. This program helps ensure accessibility by analysing markup for conformity to web accessibility guidelines, specifically Section 508 and W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. The software is available in Desktop and Server editions. Reports are generated on two levels. Level 1 reports are for developers. They are generated by an automatic analysis of markup, and
Accessible Web Publishing Wizard For Microsoft Office
The Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft Office is a Web page creation program that is designed to provide a simple way to create accessible and standards-compliant Web versions of Office documents. The Wizard is an add-in for MS Office which creates instead of an external program, a new option - "Save as Accessible Webpage" - in the "File" menu of MS Office documents (including Word, PowerPoint and Excel). The Wizard provides an alternative to the built-in Web publishing features of
Accrepair
AccRepair is Web site accessibility software designed for use by programmers to make Web sites accessible to individuals with disabilities. This desktop software guides the developer or content provider through steps to achieve Web content accessibility. Using a wizard format, the program locates inaccessible Web elements, prompts the user to correct them, and inserts the information the user provides into the HTML source code. When a Web element is repaired, the information is stored in the lib
Accverify
AccVerify is Web site accessibility evaluation software designed for use by programmers to check the accessibility of Web content to individuals with disabilities. This desktop test management program enables developers to validate Web content for compliance with standards-based and organizational policies for Web accessibility, privacy, content defects, usability, search engine effectiveness, site inventory, and site maintenance. It provides integrated report views and preview modes so users c
Activity Trainer
Activity Trainer is a lesson authoring program designed for use by teachers of children with autism or learning disabilities. This software program makes the Video Modeling teaching method practical for the classroom and home. It enables teachers to use videos to teach almost any targeted activity or skill, from simple to complex. The program includes a library of activities (Academic, Communication, Social, Speech, Non Verbal Imitation, Self Help, and others), which can be customized or modifie
Aeir Talk
Aeir Talk is a flashcard app designed for children who have communication disabilities that allows the user to record speech to go with the flashcards. Flashcards are created as either nouns or verbs. There are a small number of starter phrases which can be played before a noun or verb, which then puts them into a complete sentence. Existing vocabulary can be modified with new recordings and/or images. The voice output is a male recorded speech for pre-existing items, but this can be replaced wi
Ais Web Accessibility Toolbar
The AIS Web Accessibility Toolbar is web site accessibility evaluation software designed for use by web site designers and managers in evaluating web site accessibility. It consists of a range of functions that identify components of a web page; facilitate the use of third party online applications; simulate user experiences; and provide links to references and additional resources. COMPATIBILITY: For use on IBM and compatible computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 98, 2000, NT, or XP; Internet
Application Clicker (Models Sm-32, Sm-32R, Sw-32, & Sw-32R)
Application Clicker is a cause and effect lesson authoring program designed for use in creating learning activites for children with cognitive or severe physical disabilities. This program can be used for making cause/effect activities from websites, DVDs, videos, or music. The program opens a window on the left of a screen on which the target is open. The user then positions the cursor over the desired target and presses S to start the counter. The program clicks on the Play link, which changes
At&t Natural Voices Text-To-Speech Desktop Sdk
The AT&T Natural Voices Text-to-Speech SDK (Software Developers Kit) is a speech synthesizer and software authoring program designed for use by software designers in creating applications accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities. The program can be used to create applications that speak. It is available in multiple voices, called fonts, and multiple languages. Each kit comes with one voice font. OPTIONS: Additional voice fonts; Server SDK. COMPATIBI
Audio Internet
Audio Internet is web site accessibility software designed for use by owners of Internet sites to make their sites accessible to seniors and individuals who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities. The software translates and organizes web site content (including text, podcasts, RSS feeds, pictures, videos, HTML, Flash and a variety of other formats) into accessible audio or visual output. It provides access to the content for use on the Internet, mobile phones or any other Interne
Autoverbal Pro Talking Soundboard
AutoVerbal Pro Talking Soundboard is a voice output direct selection and symbolic communicator program designed for use by individuals with communication, cognitive, learning, developmental or speech disabilities, or autism. This application, or app, enables an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to function as an alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) system for people who cannot speak or have difficulty speaking. AutoVerbal Pro features three ways to speak: (1) using the hundreds of bui
Avaz Lite
Avaz Lite is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) mobile app designed to help children with Autism who are non-verbal develop their language and communication skills. This app allows children to communicate through either picture-based or text-based messages. When in picture mode, children can access an extensive list of symbols representing core words and tap the symbols they want to enter into the message box. And when they are in text mode, they can type out their message word-
BARD Mobile
The BARD Mobile app is a mobile reading application designed for the blind, those with low vision or other handicaps that make reading regular print difficult, that provides access to braille and talking books directly from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD). BARD contains nearly 50,000 books, magazines, and music scores in audio and braille formats, with new selections added daily. With BARD Mobile, one can play the audio materials on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. If the use
Buildability Software (Model Bu-07)
BuildAbility Software, model BU-07, is a lesson authoring progam designed for use by teachers of children with disabilities. With this authoring tool, teachers can create multimedia lessons and activities for reading, writing, math, and other curriculum topics, with drawings, pictures, text, video, and recorded sound. Files can be shared with other teachers and projects can be printed for off-computer use. Students can also use the software to create their own presentations. The program is touch
CaptionMeNow
CaptionMeNow is captioning software for digital audio and video designed for use by Web designers to make their web content accessible to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. This automatic captioning system for Web site audio or video content creates a written transcript of existing audio or video content on demand, whenever a Web user selects the CaptionMeNow button. The program also automatically synchronizes the transcript with audio and reintegrates it into the appropriate multimedi
Chooseit! Maker 2
ChooseIt! Maker 2 is a lesson authoring program designed to enable teachers of children with learning, cognitive, upper extremity, and fine motor disabilities or spinal cord injury to create customized, switch-accessible choice training programs for their students. This program is similar to SwitchIt! Maker (see separate entry) but is intended to create activities for students who have advanced beyond cause and effect programs and need to begin to make choices. It enables teachers and other user
Clevermind App
Clevermind is an interactive application designed for seniors and people struggling with the cognitive impairments that accompany Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Individuals can use the app to surf the Internet, connect with their loved ones and stay independently entertained while strengthening their cognitive proficiency. Key features of the app include a robotic assistant, MYIRA, voice command controls, large buttons and a magnified interface as well as quizzes and games for cognitiv
Deque Ramp Ascend
Deque Ramp Ascend is a Web site accessibility evaluation and repair tool designed to assist in making Web site accessible to individual with disabilities. This software checks sites for compliance against W3C-WCAG 1.0 and Section 508 standards. It combines robust algorithms with user input during the accessibility evaluation process. Users can configure the evaluation to suit an organization's accessibility policies and practices. Guided/automated remediation covers all violations including n-
Deque Ramp Grade
Deque Ramp Grade is Web site evaluation software designed to aid in making Web pages accessible to people with disabilities. This software checks for compliance with W3C-WCAG 1.0 and Section 508 standards. Users can configure the evaluation to suit an organization's accessibility policies and practices. The program produces reports for project supervisors and developers, such as listings of individual violations and summaries across checkpoints/ Section 508 rules. The program is accessible with
Deque Ramp Personal Editon (Pe)
Deque Ramp Personal Edition (PE) is Web site evaluation software designed to aid in making Web pages accessible to people with disabilities. This software offers a means of learning about accessibility and testing web pages for W3C WAI WCAG and Section 508 compliance one Web page at a time. This JAWS-accessible (see entry) tool has the same algorithms for evaluation as Ramp Ascend (see entry) and can generate reports as well. Evaluation can be configured to suit individual accessibility policies
Deque Undoc For Pdf
Deque UnDoc is accessible document software designed to make Portable Document Files (PDF) accessible to individuals with vision and reading disabilities. This software tool repurposes PDF documents into well-structured HTML and XML so that it can be made accessible for people with disabilities. Deque UnDoc is accessible with JAWS For Windows (see entry) and transforms embedded images into appropriate formats, such as EPS, TIF, PSD or JPEG, GIF, and PNG. This software supports tagged and untagge
Edmark Functional Word Series - Signs Around You
Edmark Functional Word Series - Signs Around You is a safety awareness and language tutorial and vocabulary enhancement software program designed to teach individuals with cognitive disabilities to recognize and read 100 common safety and informational signs. It teaches functional vocabulary necessary for independent living. This program teaches phrases such as "Do Not Enter," "No Smoking," "Taxi," and "Poison" and includes a teacher's guide and 300 reproducible worksheets. Students learn new si
English Talking Dictionary For Ipad
The English Talking Dictionary for iPad is a voice output dictionary and spell check program designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities. This application (or "app") is designed to work with the iPad's accessibility features. It contains over 250,000 words and phrases, including jargon and proper nouns such as geographic locations and historical persons. Also known as the Ultimate Talking Dictionary, this app reads the definition of a word to the use
Eye-Sign
Eye-Sign is an Android app that allows people who are not familiar with sign language to communicate with those who are. It translates text or spoken words into sign language and displays them as a series of video clips on the screen so that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can understand what the other person was trying to communicate. Eye-Sign is now available now with both a British Sign Language dictionary and an American Sign Language dictionary.
GalaPro
GalaPro is a mobile application designed to help individuals with hearing loss access free real-time closed captioning in order to participate in live performing arts shows. This mobile application is designed to be used in airplane mode so no phone calls or texts disturb the performance. The GalaPro has low screen brightness such that non-users in the audience are not disrupted. Users can select either dark pink or gray lettering on a black background which is by design so that only the individ
Goodreader 4
GoodReader 4 is an iTunes application that can help individuals with communication problems by organizing PDFs of very large size, TXT documents with high-resolution graphics and pictures, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML files, and Safari web archives. Regarding audio and video files it is natively supported by IOS. Compatible with iPhone and iPad. Version 4.3.0 offers a “WiFi only” option for scheduled Auto Sync in App settings. SIZE: 40.7 megabytes.
LANGUAGE: English only.
HaloTalk
HaloTalk is a communicator program and prompter designed for use by individuals with communication cognitive, learning or speech disabilities or autism. This program enables an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad to function as an alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) system for people who cannot speak or have difficulty speaking. The program comes with over 50 pairs of responses commonly used daily. Each pre-defined response/adjective is natural voice-enabled, with visual cues to help
Hims Chat
HIMS Chat is a communicator program designed for use by that allows people with or without disabilities to communicate with individuals who are deaf blind using an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. This application (or app) facilitates face-to-face communication between the deaf-blind person and another person via a Bluetooth connection between an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, and a Braille Sense notetaker (Braille Sense U2, OnHand or U2 QWERTY) or a Braille EDGE 40 braille display and keyboard (s
Hisoftware Compliance Sheriff Accessibility Module
The HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff Accessibility Module is Web site accessibility evaluation software designed for use by programmers and managers in evaluating the accessibility of Web sites to people with disabilities. The program allows managers to create and manage corporate standards for Web accessibility and verify compliance with Federal and international accessibility guidelines, including Section 508, the World Wide Web Consortium's XML Accessibility Guidelines (XAG) and Web Content Acce
Ibm Adesigner
IBM aDesigner is Web site accessibility software designed for use by web designers to aid in designing web sites that are accessible to individuals who are blind or color blind or have low vision. To help Web designers identify potential design issues, including issues of usability as well as accessibility, this simulation tool enables designers to experience their site as a user who is blind, color blind, or has low vision might experience it. The simulator can make adjustments such as blurring
Ibm Easy Web Browsing
IBM Easy Web Browsing is a web site access utility designed for use by individuals with low vision. By providing large print and voice output options directly on a web site, this program enables visitors with low vision to access sites without their own assistive access features. This program is installed as a usability tool on a web site and started by users who visit the site. The user clicks the utility link to download, and the necessary program components are set up automatically. The progr
IBM Viascribe
IBM ViaScribe is captioning software for digital audio and video, designed for use by individuals who are deaf or hard or hearing. This software creates a written transcript of existing audio or video content, and automatically captions live audio content as it occurs. It can be used in classrooms, business meetings, and other situations in which presentations are made. The speaker spends approximately an hour creating a voice profile that helps the program learn his or her particular speech pat
IBM ViaVoice Speech Recognition Sdk
The IBM ViaVoice Speech Recognition SDK (Software Developers Kit) is a voice output and software authoring program designed for use by software developers to create software accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision or upper extremity or severe physical disabilities or spinal cord injury. This kit contains documentation, samples, and tools to help the developer to speech enable applications using IBM ViaVoice dictation and/or command & control Runtimes. This large vocabulary
IBM ViaVoice Text-To-Speech Sdk
The IBM ViaVoice Text-To-Speech SDK (Software Developer Kit) is a software authoring and voice output program designed for use by software developers in making their programs accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities. This program can be used to create voice output for Windows or Linux applications, including applications with limited system resources such as ATMs. An almost unlimited number of voices can be generated by modifying gender, pitch, head siz
Infocus Suite
The InFocus Suite is web site accessibility evaluation software designed to to aid in making Web pages accessible to people with disabilities. The suite comprises InFocus Enterprise and InFocus Desktop. InFocus Enterprise provides users with information on the ongoing compliance of their site, enabling them to assess accessibility risk and plan accessibility initiatives. InFocus Desktop provides Web developers and QA engineers an automated way to implement compliance enhancements. Features of In
iPad/Tablet Switch Interface (H-66)
The iPad/Tablet Switch Interface (H-66) is a Bluetooth Switch Interface (BSI) for the iPad and tablets allows 1-2 switches to control 'switch-friendly' apps and some global aspects of an iPad for use by individuals with severe physical disabilities. Switch-friendly apps are those written by developers in the Assistive Technology or AAC field, and are 'looking' for specific signals that my BSI transmits (space/enter). There are about 80 switch-friendly apps.
Isaac Author
ISAAC Author is a macro creation software program designed to enable occupational therapists and rehabilitation practicioners with patients who use the ISAAC System (see separate entry) to develop and update of each patient's individualized system content in English or Spanish. The ISAAC Author looks like a simple word processor when in use. When the content elements for an ISAAC system user have been fully developed, so the practitioner simply connects the user's ISAAC System to the serial port
Iseeclearly
iSeeClearly is a video magnification program designed for use by individuals with low vision. The program enables an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to function as a video magnifier. The user launches the application, or app, points the device's camera toward the image to be magnified, and selects the desired magnification (up to 10 times original size). The user can select from either landscape or portrait mode and images can be saved to the device's camera roll. Other features include built-i
Livedescribe
LiveDescribe is audio description authoring software for digital video sesigned to make video accessible to individuals with vision disabilities. This software enables users to share audio descriptions created for video via the LiveDescribe website. The site stores only the audio description; users must have their own copy of the video. Descriptions on the site may be searched by video type (movie, music video, television show, or Web video), by genre (action, animation, comedy, crime, documenta
Loquendo Tts Director
Loquendo TTS Director is a software authoring tool designed for use by application designers in adding voice output to their software or application to make it accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision, or have learning disabilities. This multi-platform Java development tool helps the application developer to write vocal messages for applications and to add voice output using any kind of text. The developer may change the voice, adjust the reading mode, and modify acoustic and p
Magpie 2.0
MAGpie is telecaption authoring software for digital video and audio description authoring software for making digital video that can be displayed using QuickTime, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player accessible to people with vision or hearing disabilities. This software is designed to aid developers of Web- and CD-ROM-based multimedia in making their materials accessible to persons with disabilities. COMPATABILITY: For use on IBM and compatible computers or Macintosh computers. SYSTEM REQUIREME
Marvel Math
Marvel Math is a math tutorial program designed for use by students who are blind or have low vision. This program enables teachers to create multi-media versions of math tests. Tests can be created by converting a printed test or math book page into an electronic test, or the program can generate questions based on the teacher's specifications. The program supports addition, subtraction, multiplication, division with or without remainders, exponents, and decimals. Test questions can be presente
My Words
My Words is a voice output direct selection and symbolic communicator program designed for use by children with communication, cognitive, developmental, learning or speech disabilities, or autism, and by caregivers, educators, therapists and parents working with children with these disabilities. This application, or app, enable an Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to function as an alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) system for people who cannot speak or have difficulty speaking. The
My-T-Mouse
My-T-Mouse is a keyboard interface program designed to allow a mouse or any other pointing device (including track balls, pens, touch screens, joysticks, puffing devices, head mice, InfraRed, switches and digitizer pads) to operate within Windows without, or as an addition to, a keyboard to minimize movement and simplify multi-keystroke actions to a single action for persons with physical disabilities. The software contains 5 different U.S. (including ABCD, DVORAK and QWERTY) and 20 internationa
Ngt Lite App
The Next Generation Text (NGT) Lite is an application designed to help individuals with hearing or speech impairments make phone calls across different devices while on the move. This app can be installed on a range of compatible internet connected devices, such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The NGT Lite works together with the home, office, or mobile phone and provides a text connection in parallel with the phone call users make through the NGT Service. This parallel connection uses the
Odysseyware
OdysseyWare is a math, science, language arts, history, and geography curriculum program designed for use by children with learning disabilities. This multimedia curriculum program automatically performs teacher tasks such as grading, lesson planning, and record keeping. It covers the four core subjects of Language Arts, Math, History and Geography, and Science, plus a variety of electives, including Spanish, Consumer Math, and Health. The curricuum can be configured for use in a classroom (mult
Pdf Magic Pro
PDF Magic Pro is accessible document software designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. This software converts PDF files to one of eleven different formats, including Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, HTML, ASCII text, and CVS. Documents can be processed in batches of up to 2,000 PDF files. The program can be used to convert textbooks supplied to schools in electronic format with each page of the book in a separate PDF file. Once the files are queued, the program processe
Perfect Ocr
Perfect OCR is an optical character recognition (OCR) program designed for use by individuals who have low vision. Using the camera of an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, the program scans letter-size or A4-size page documents using image-processing algorithms and offers SureScan 3x scanning mode which outputs sharper images than normal mode. Perfect OCR’s “Email to myself” feature allows the user to send documents to email addresses or upload to online storage services such as Evernote and Box
Pill Monitor App
Pill Monitor is an application designed to manage medications. Key features of the app include scheduling for each pill, reminders to take medication whether the app is in use or not, and a built in manager to document each medication's info, such as side effects, doctor prescribed dosage, etc. The application also allows a consumption log to be printed or emailed directly to your doctor. POWER: Apple products required. WARRANTY/GUARANTEE: As stated by the manufacturer.
PolyAndro-10 with Persona for Android
The PolyAndro-10 with Persona for Android is a voice-output tablet computer with a direct selection and text-to-speech communicator program. It is designed to be used as an augmentative and alternative communication device by individuals who have communication or speech disabilities. The PolyAndro-10 is an adapted Google Nexus 10 tablet computer with 16 or 32 gigabytes (GB) of memory, a Mali T604 quad-core processor with 2 GB RAM and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Nexus tablet has a 10-inch 2560
Predictable 4+
Predictable 4+ is a direct selection and scanning communicator program and a word prediction program. This Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) text-based mobile app is designed to help children and adults with communication or speech disabilities communicate via the app’s text-to-speech function. Predictable 4+ has an on-screen keyboard and offers word prediction and completion features. Based on letters the user has already typed in the message box, several different word predictio
Proloquo4Text
Proloquo4Text is a text-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) iOS mobile app designed for children and adults with autism, cerebral palsy, ALS, or a communication or speech disability. Users can type their message into the message box known as the Text Pad using the built-in keyboard and the app’s word prediction and sentence prediction features. Proloquo4Text also provides access to a number of other menus known as Quick Blocks which are designed to support faster communication
Reach Interface Author
The REACH Interface Author is an on-screen keyboard, word prediction, and software authoring program designed to increase computer accessibility for people with upper extremity or severe physical disabilities or spinal cord injury. REACH includes a variety of on-screen keyboards; word prediction with four vocabulary settings from 7,000 to 45,000 words, as well as customizable user dictionaries; two built-in augmentative communication systems, including one with a system of more than 120 "speech
Readability Application
Readability is a mobile application that turns any Web page into a clean, customizable view for reading now or later. Articles can be saved and read at a later time, as well. This application is also a tool for the blind and vision-impaired, as documents can be audibly read aloud to a reader, via a smart phone, tablet or computer. Additionally, the reading speech can be altered as needed and articles can be shared. POWER: Apple or Android devices required. WARRANTY/GUARANTEE: As stated by the ma
Readspeaker Docreader
ReadSpeaker docReader is a voice output text to speech digital document conversion program designed to provide a voice output option for a wide variety of Web-based content. ReadSpeaker docReader code is added to online documents to add the option for any user to click on a "Listen" button to hear the content of that document. Its thumbnail navigation function enables the user to navigate easily and directly to each page of the document. A toolbar at the top of the page enables the user to brows
Salsa Script Authoring For Sal
Salsa is a voice output program designed for use with individuals learning braille. This program reads braille files created by many braille translators and editors, including DBT and MegaDots (see entries), as well as programs such as Braille 2000, PokaDot, and others. To create lessons for SAL, the instructor creates the braille using the desired method and reads the braille into Salsa. The program shows the braille lesson on screen in Braille View. Color coding indicates Nemeth Math Braille
Sign Smith Studio
Sign Smith Studio is a software and lesson authoring tool designed to create digital media for use by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program allows educators, instructional system designers, and software designers to add animated SigningAvatar characters to web page, CD-ROM, DVD, and kiosk content in order to communicate through sign language. Signed English translations are generated automatically by the program, and authors who know American Sign Language (ASL) can create con
Speak It!
Speak it! is a voice output program designed for use by individuals with communication, speech, vision or learning disabilities. The user enters text he or she wants to say on the screen and press the “Speak it!” button. The user can use this text to speech program to read emails, news articles, and documents utilizing its voice synthesis engine. The user can copy emails, documents, web pages and PDF file, paste them into the program, and have the text spoken aloud. The program also allows the u
Speaking Spelling
Speaking Spelling is a spelling tutorial program with voice output designed for use by students who are blind or have low vision. The program has both test-creation and record-keeping functions for teachers. The program can create an electronic spelling test from a printed spelling drill or word list. Tests can be in multiple choice format, or the program can read words from a list aloud for the student to spell on the computer. Instructions, tips, and encouragement can be added. Audio feedback
Switchit! Maker 2
SwitchIt! Maker 2 is a lesson authoring program designed to enable teachers of children with cognitive or severe physical disabilities to create customized, switch-accessible cause and effect programs for their students. This program turns text, images, movies and sounds into simple on-screen activities accessible using a mouse, whiteboard, touch monitor, keyboard, or switches. Children can also use it to make activities as part of a lesson. Export and import features allow activities to be tran
TapToTalk
TapToTalk is a voice output direct selection and symbolic communicator program designed for use by individuals with communication, cognitive, developmental, learning or speech disabilities, or autism. This application, or app, enables an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, Android device, or Windows 8 device to function as an alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) system for people who cannot speak or have difficulty speaking. TapToTalk comes with a sample AAC album, and the user can get
Teacher's Pet (Models D-03460-00 & D-03460-Ed)
Teacher's Pet, models D-03460-00 & D-03460-ED, is a test authoring program designed for use by teachers of children who are blind or have low vision. The program can be used to create and administer audio or large print drills, practice exercises, tests, and quizzes. Tests that can be created may be multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, single question/single answer, or simple matching. The author can enter a range of acceptable answers (so that, for example, the student can type in either "4"
Team Up With Timo: Lesson Creator
Team Up with Timo: Lesson Creator is a lesson authoring program designed for use by teachers, therapists, or parents of children with autism or communication or language disabilities. The program enables users to create customized multimedia vocabulary and language lessons featuring an animated onscreen tutor called Timo, who coaches students through each new lesson, offering encouragement and direction as needed. To create lessons, users import pictures such as photographs, clip art, or Mayer-J
Vizzle
VizZle is an academic, independent living and personal skills tutorial program and lesson authoring program designed for use by parents and teachers who work with children and adolescents with learning disabilities, autism and autism spectrum disorders. This subscription-based web application allows a user access to over 7,000 ready-to-use, customizable lessons. Users can also use flexible templates that can be modified for any age or ability level to build original content to meet exact student
Voicetext Tts Engine/sdk & Server/sdk
The VoiceText TTS (Text-To-Speech) Engine/SDK (Software Developers Kit) and Server/SDK are speech synthesizer and voice output programs designed to enable software developers to create programs accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities. The TTS engine generates synthesized speech from a given input text, and is generally used for building custom stand-alone applications such as desktop applications. It can also be used to output speech from an input text
Writing With Symbols - Spanish
Writing with Symbols - Spanish is a picture-based voice output word processing program designed for use by children with cognitive or learning disabilities. This Spanish-language program is a version of Writing with Symbols 2000 (see entry). It enables individuals who do not recognize text to write with pictures. Picture symbols appear with each word as it is typed. The program also allows teachers and parents to make picture-based instructional materials, and includes a pictorial spell checker.
Writing With Symbols 2000
Writing with Symbols 2000 is a picture-based voice output word processing program designed for use by children with cognitive or learning disabilities. This program enables individuals who do not recognize text to write with pictures. Picture symbols appear with each word as it is typed. The program also allows teachers and parents to make picture-based instructional materials, and includes a pictorial spell checker. The program includes over 3,800 Picture Communication Symbols, each in black an
Zoomreader
ZoomReader is a video magnification program and a voice output optical character recognition (OCR) program designed for use by people with low vision. This program enables an Apple iPhone 4 to function as a magnifier and to read text out loud for people who have difficulty seeing enlarged text. The program takes a picture of the item the user wants to see magnified, then converts the image into text using OCR technology. The user can read the magnified text or listen to it as ZoomReader reads th