GLENN GOODMAN PH.D., OTR/L ELL

[Pages:9]COMPUTER ACCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

GLENN GOODMAN, PH.D., OTR/L

Professor, Director Master of Occupational Therapy Program Cleveland State University E-mail: g.goodman@csuohio.edu

JEFFREY DELL

Assistive Technology Specialist Office of Disability Services E-mail: j.dell@csuohio.edu

WHAT IS ADAPTIVE ACCESS?

Alternate Access: Keyboard o Layout o Size o Virtual Mouse o Styles o Alternate Switch Rate Enhancement: o Word completion o Word Prediction o Abbreviation- Expansion

DECISION MAKING PROCESS

Commercial or Special Standard or Customized

 Simple or Complex Low Tech or High Tech

DO YOU REALLY NEED A COMPUTER?

Portable word processors Alpha Smart, Quick Pad Apple/ Mac or PC? Desktop or Laptop? PDA/AAC Palm Pilot, Pocket PC Portable Impact, Chat PC Mercury, Gemini eBook Readers Kindle or Nook Tablet or Smart Phone; iOS, Android, Windows

GETTING STARTED

Posture and Positioning person keyboard monitor

PREVENTING TYPING INJURIES

Elbows about 90 degrees Wrists straight Feet supported Back Straight Take frequent breaks kids/kids.html featured/area6/links/link02af.asp

KEYBOARDING

Basic Skill Alternative to handwriting

 Mouse alternative

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Can find by searching documentation for Hotkeys, Shortcut Keys or Access Keys F1 = Program Help ctrl + p = Print ctrl + n = New Document alt + f = Open File Menu Winlogo + f = Windows Search utility Winlogo + m = Minimize All Windows

SIMPLE ADAPTATIONS (FREE)

Windows Control Panel Ease of Access Center Narrator OnScreen Keyboard Magnifier StickyKeys Filter Keys Mouse Keys Appearance

Mac System Preferences Universal Access Center VoiceOver or TTS Keyboard Viewer Zoom Sticky Keys Slow Keys Mouse Keys Inverse Contrast and Large Fonts

KEYBOARD LAYOUTS

QWERTY ABC Dvorak Chubon Custom

COMPUTER I/O PORTS

PS2 USB

 Wireless (via PS2 or USB dongle) Bluetooth WiFi

ALTERNATE KEYBOARDS: SIZE

ENLARGED

Intellikeys Discover:Board Big Keys

MINI

TASH Infogrip

ALTERNATE KEYBOARD

CHORDING

BAT

VIRTUAL (ON SCREEN)

WiVik2 Screen Doors

RATE ENHANCEMENT

Word Completion Word Prediction Abbreviation - Expansion

VOICE RECOGNITION

Dragon Naturally Speaking Viavoice Elementary Voice Recognition comes with Accessibility Features of Windows XP, Vista,

and Windows 7

VOICE RECOGNITION ISSUES

Best for text Not for classroom use High cognitive requirement Correction of errors important Accuracy increases with use Voice stress precaution

MOUSE

STYLES

Trackball Track pad

JOYSTICK

Switch Activated Joystick (SAM)

ALTERNATE MOUSE

Touch Screen Hands Free

o Tracker Pro, Headmouse Mouth

o Jouse Eyes

MOUSE CLICKS

Dwell Voice WISP

CYBERLINK

Brain actuated mouse or switch EEG

 EMG Training exercises

SWITCH

Switch Interface Special Software Wireless Switch with Bluetooth devices!! Scanning Mouse

o Radar mouse, Scan Buddy Hands Free Bubbles Touch Free Switch

SCANNING STRATEGIES

Automatic Inverse Step Directed Switch: Morse Code 1,2 and 3 switch strategies Input devices o Jouse o Darcy Too and Darcy Card o Discover:Kenex No standard codes

o Morse o Darcy o EZ Morse

SIMPLE AAC

Portable Keyboards Link Windows CE Portables Enkidu Portable Impact

 Saltilo Chat PC IPAD has many Apps for Speech / Alternative Communication Integrated System: Gemini Portable Computer

o Multiple Input methods o Hardened case o Computer Applications o word processing, e-mail, web access o AAC o Dynamically Speaking & Boardmaker

SOLUTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES

Screen Readers o JAWS, Window Eyes, NVDA, VoiceOver

Screen Magnification o Zoom Text, Magic, Zoom, iMax

Braille Output o Alva BC 6 Series, Focus, Brailliant Refreshable Braille Displays o Enabling Technologies, ViewPlus, or VersaPoint Braillers

Braille Translation o MegaDots, Duxbury (same company), Braille 2000, Dancing Dots

Video Magnifiers that connect to computers o LVI Magnilink, Onyx, Twix

Scanning and Reading o Kurzweil 1000, Openbook

SOLUTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING

DISABILITIES

Kurzweil 3000, WYNN, Read and Write Gold o Allows scanning of hard copies, text reading, organization tools such as note taking, highlighting, dictionary and thesaurus, dictation.

Inspiration o Software designed to assist with organization and writing of papers

 Co-writer o Auditory feedback to assist with catching errors in writing o Word completion and word prediction

One Note ? Microsoft Office Suite- Indexes Notes, stores information by subject LiveScribe Smartpens

o Records written words, audio input and plays it back. o Very portable- can be taken to class! o Can record a lecture o Indexes the recording based on the written text High tech solution with Low Tech simplicity

SOLUTIONS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Induction neck loops will interface with hearing aids to amplify audio on computers that utilize the settings already pre-programmed by the audiologist

On line videos are more likely today to have close captioning Some videos have Second Audio Programs that reduce background noise and enhances

vocal tracks Video relay and IP relay is available over the Internet through providers like AT and T,

Snap, and Sorenson. Computers can provide alternative communication offer haptic feedback (vibration) or

visual feedback for auditory alerts Ubiquitous communication systems such as UbiDUO (like texting). Voice to text conversion systems

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES

Eye Gaze ? becoming cheaper and more reliable Integrated Technologies- Use the same control interface to drive your wheelchair, open

the door, use your computer and speak Touch Screens - Apple is a leader in making these more accessible

SUMMARY

Assistive Technologies can help students with disabilities to be more productive on the computer

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