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DSS Lab Station 4 |
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The DSS Adaptive Computing Lab is located in Rasmuson Hall
room 103. Lab Station 4 is equipped with a Braille
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ABBYY FineReader
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ABBYY FineReader is Optical Character Recognition software
that can be used to convert scanned material into text that
can be read out loud by filereading programs. This can be
done manually or automatically with the wizard.
http://www.abbyy.com
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Adobe
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Adobe Reader is a free program that can be used to magnify
documents and read them out loud. Adobe Professional can be
used to create accessible documents that are tagged to read
in the correct order.
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/index.html
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Duxbury
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Duxbury supports grade 1 and grade 2 translation in
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic,
Malaysian, Swedish, and other languages. The software can
produce contracted and uncontracted braille, mathematics,
and technical braille.
http://www.duxburysystems.com/
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Inspiration
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Inspiration is software that can be used to create graphic
organizers and outlines simultaneously. It also provides
templates that can help jump start the writing process.
http://www.inspiration.com
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JAWS
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JAWS for Windows is a powerful accessibility solution that
reads information from the screen using synthesized speech.
JAWS provides many useful commands that allow computer
users who are not using visual input to navigate in and
between programs.
http://www.freedomscientific.com
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Operating Systems
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Both Windows and Mac have incorporated accessibility
features into their operating systems.
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Read and Write
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This software supports literacy through a comprehensive
set of tools including text-to-speech,
dictionary, phonetic spell checker, word
prediction and more. Videos showing how to use each
feature are built right in.
http://www.texthelp.com
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ReadingBar
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The Reading Bar is not a program by itself, but rather, is
a toolbar that can be added to Internet Explorer to allow
webpages to be read out loud. It also allows users to
convert text from webpages to audio files.
http://www.readplease.com
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ReadPlease
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ReadPlease is a filereader that comes in either a free
version or a plus version. Either version will open text
files and read them out loud, highlighting each word, but
the plus version features AT&T voices and control over
appearance.
http://www.readplease.com
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Text-to-Audio
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Text-To-Audio is one of Premier Assistive’s leading
products. It is a part of the Accessibility Suite that UAA
has an unlimited site license for through the Breaking Down
Barriers Assistive Technology Grant.
http://www.premier-programming.com
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TextAloud
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TextAloud is a filereader that can quickly convert text
files into sound files. It can also be set to ready any
text that is first copied to the clipboard and even
features a TextAloud bar to be used in other program like
Internet Explorer.
http://www.textaloud.com/
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