Podcast: Play in new window | Download Show Notes: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with special guests Craig Burns and John Effinger Q1: What is AAC? Q2: High Tech or Low Tech? Q3: Literacy vs Picture Based? Q4: iPads vs Dedicated Devices? Q5: How is AAC funded? Q6: What About Do It Yourself AAC? Panel: […]
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AM127 – RayGO
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology. Those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs. Project RAY is a company on a mission to make smart devices more accessible to all, especially […]
ATU204 – Tongue Mapping, Daredevil on Netflix, Free K-12 Android Apps, RESNA early bird registration, ATIA call for papers, Functional Communication System Lite
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Your weekly dose of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Show notes: Tongue Mapping: JJ Moritz & Dr Leslie Stone, Colorado State University ATFAQ show with Brian Norton www.ATFAQShow.com […]
Samsung’s DOWELL app makes smartphones more accessible
For some individuals with mobility impairments, “simple” taps and swipes on a smartphone screen can be quite challenging. Samsung Electronics has come up with a potential solution to help make their smartphones more accessible to these users, an application called DOWELL. DOWELL is an app that will allow said users to operate their smartphones with existing assistive computer products such […]
Changing Expectations through Sport
Writer: Tiffany Whisner, Coles Marketing Back in the 70s, Ross Lilley was a bigtime windsurfer. A tough sport to break into, this surface water sport combines elements of surfing and sailing, and it requires technique, balance, strength and determination. An ordained minister, Lilley made “radical inclusion” a life mission, believing it wasn’t worth taking the […]
VisiTalks: Connecting Deaf and Hearing People
Communication between deaf and hearing individuals can be quite challenging. Fortunately, there are devices already available to help knock this communication barrier down such as Uni by MotionSavvy. There is also another piece of technology in production called VisiTalks. According to its website, VisiTalks is the first of its kind as it is a unique combination of software and hardware which allows […]