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Evergreen has a standard set of AT software for all of the College’s AT stations.
 
Evergreen has a standard set of AT software for all of the College’s AT stations.
  
*'''[http://www.nuance.com/talk/ Dragon Naturally Speaking v10]''': A speech recognition software package. Control and use your computer via voice command.
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*'''[http://www.nuance.com/talk/ Dragon Naturally Speaking v10]''': A speech recognition software package. Control and use your computer via voice command.  
 
*'''[http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/jaws-product-page.asp JAWS v11]''':(Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader, a software program for visually impaired users.  
 
*'''[http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/jaws-product-page.asp JAWS v11]''':(Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader, a software program for visually impaired users.  
*'''[http://www.aisquared.com/zoomtext/ ZoomText v9.1]''': A screen magnifier for Microsoft Windows. For users with limited vision.
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*'''[http://www.aisquared.com/zoomtext/ ZoomText v9.1]''': A screen magnifier for Microsoft Windows. For users with limited vision.  
*'''[http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.html Kurzweil 3000]''': Reading software with lots of extensions that make it useful for students with many kinds of deading difficulties, not just the visually impaired.
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*'''[http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.html Kurzweil 3000]''': Reading software with lots of extensions that make it useful for students with many kinds of deading difficulties, not just the visually impaired.  
*'''[http://www.inspiration.com/Inspiration Inspiration v8]''': Inspiration is a tool for visual learning.
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*'''[http://www.inspiration.com/Inspiration Inspiration v8]''': Inspiration is a tool for visual learning.  
*'''[http://www.audible.com/whatis?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=0ZD1T8M8N720JB95GYNA&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=1402858021&pf_rd_p=1268268562&pf_rd_s=top-2 Audible Manager]''': Audible is a reader for audio books and a wide variet of other digital material.
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*'''[http://www.audible.com/whatis?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=0ZD1T8M8N720JB95GYNA&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=1402858021&pf_rd_p=1268268562&pf_rd_s=top-2 Audible Manager]''': Audible is a reader for audio books and a wide variet of other digital material.  
*'''[http://tech.aph.org/pda_info.htm Icon and Braille+Sync]''': Software to work with the Icon and Braille Plus mobile manager.
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*'''[http://tech.aph.org/pda_info.htm Icon and Braille+Sync]''': Software to work with the Icon and Braille Plus mobile manager.  
  
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===== <br> Accessible Software often employs optical character recognition known as OCR, understanding how it [[Optical Character Recognition|works]] can help you make your content accessible. =====
  
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Revision as of 20:26, 18 August 2011

Accessibility Software

Evergreen has a standard set of AT software for all of the College’s AT stations.

  • Dragon Naturally Speaking v10: A speech recognition software package. Control and use your computer via voice command.
  • JAWS v11:(Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader, a software program for visually impaired users.
  • ZoomText v9.1: A screen magnifier for Microsoft Windows. For users with limited vision.
  • Kurzweil 3000: Reading software with lots of extensions that make it useful for students with many kinds of deading difficulties, not just the visually impaired.
  • Inspiration v8: Inspiration is a tool for visual learning.
  • Audible Manager: Audible is a reader for audio books and a wide variet of other digital material.
  • Icon and Braille+Sync: Software to work with the Icon and Braille Plus mobile manager.

Accessible Software often employs optical character recognition known as OCR, understanding how it works can help you make your content accessible.