NCATP
North Carolina Assistive Technology Program
Lynne Deese
919–850-2787 (voice/TTY)
www.ncatp.org
- Assistive Technology (AT)
- “any piece of equipment or device that a person with a disability uses to make everyday living easier and be more independent”
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NCATP
- serves all ages
- serves all disabilities, not just major life changing ones
- example: repetitive typing injuries
- Dragon Naturally Speaking 8
- IBM Via Voice
- Raleigh NCATP center
- Microsoft Accessibility Resource Center (MARC)
- Sony & Olympus voice recorder/dictator
- talk into recorder, then import file into Dragon NS
- Office 2003 (not XP) or Vista
- pretty good error rate
- dictation separate from correction
- natural body/neutral position
- wrists slightly bent, arms in front
- correct position for typing and for speaking
- AT solutions typically have slower rate of input than typing
- better than having no input
- strategy: rotate several forms of input (type, voice, etc)
- OrbiTouch keyless keyboard
- slower rate of input
- dials with color coding
- keyboard with travel
- distance between key press and activation
- keyboard with trackball on same plane as keys
- micromini glide pad
- trackpad built in
- 3M renaissance mouse
- amplify mouse movement (like joystick)
- mac mini keyboard
- smaller keyboard
- good for carpal tunnel, cerebal palsay
- hunter digital no hands mouse/foot mouse
- use feet to control mouse
- uses separate pads for cursor and clicking
- iMate
- xkeys programmable keyboard
- macro capable
- good for programming and coding, ie cut and paste same thing over and over
- frog pad
- frogpad.com
- one hand keyboard
- good if have one hand or need other hand for phone (ie sales rep)
- palm mouse
- good for limited range of motion
- stop watch like design
- trailing mouse
- easier to see mouse
- altra micro pointing device
- good for limited range of motion
- tash star pad
- tash.com
- wafer switches
- pinta
- microsoft on-screen keyboard
- scanning style keyboard
- switches
- magnification
- index apps and desktop like google does web pages
- lunar
- zoom text
- google desktop
- all three have large zoom (5x, 8x, 16x, 32x) and small zoom (between 1 and 2x)
- custom cursors
- index apps and desktop like google does web pages
- speaking dynamically
- scanning system for switch users
- eye gaze systems
- very expensive
- hard to seup
- natural eye movements aren’t still
- good for beginning degenerative neuroogical disorders
- origin head mouse
- ir system
- can be interferered with by other infrared devices like cordless mic
- radio frequency is more flexible
- jaws
- window eyes
- more accessible alternative pricewise to jaws
- congnitive problems
- memory problems
- ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder)
- head trauma
- alarm devices
- timex data link
- calendar, alarms, synchronization
- palm and pocket pc
- fossil watch
- vibra lite
- bindependent.com
- words plus keyboard
- scanning
- only allow one button to be pushed
- attainment step pad
- steps of task
- alpha smart dana
- phone line
- speaker phone style
- writing bird
- arthritis
- turning lever
- use for small knobs like stoves
- minspeak
- timex data link
- link plus
- minspeak pathfinder
- much more rapid for people with degenrative
- program own words, rather than limited to pre-programmed
- big keys
- good for kids
- good for seniors with vision problems
- finger works mini
- gliding keyboard
- tash winmini