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For information regarding accessibility issues on the web, see our web accessibility links page.

Below is a list of the assistive technology programs used at the AT Center:

A-Prompt (Free)

Designed to help web developers and content authors create sites that are accessible to the widest possible audience.

http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/research.html

AT&T Natural Voice Engine ($)

Additional high-quality voices for use with etext program such as Kurzweil 3000.

http://www.naturalvoices.att.com

Click-n-Type (Free)

A virtual keyboard designed for anyone with a disability that prevents him or her from typing on a physical computer keyboard.  As long as the person can control a mouse, trackball or other pointing device, he or she can send keystrokes to virtually any Windows application or DOS application that can run within a DOS window.

http://www.lakefolks.org/cnt/

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred and Pro ($)

A fast, easy and accurate way to turn speech into text more than three times faster than typing.

http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/

Inspiration ($)

Provides you with the tools that let you create a picture of your ideas or concepts in the form of a diagram. It also provides an integrated outlining environment for you to develop your ideas into organized written documents.

http://www.inspiration.com/

JAWS ($)

Text to speech solution for blind or visually impaired individuals working in the rapidly growing computer industry.

http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp

MAGic ($)

MAGic lets you magnify your computer screen from 1 to 16 times its usual size. You can choose from a number of different adjustable views that let you see both a magnified and unmagnified portion of the screen at the same time.  For visually impared students.

http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_magic.asp

Pacemaker plugin (Free)

PaceMaker is a free plug-in for the WinAmp multimedia player that allows the user to change the tempo, pitch, and playback rate of sound files.

http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/pacemaker/

Read & Write ($)

Designed to provide help to computer users with reading and writing difficulties. It can read text aloud and help you construct words and sentences. It also has advanced spell checking, document scanning, screen reading, and pronunciation facilities.

http://www.texthelp.com/home.asp?

TextAloud MP3 ($)

TextAloud MP3 lets you listen to text you copy to the clipboard. It uses 'Text to Speech' technology to synthesize natural sounding speech from ordinary text. 

http://www.textaloud.com/


   

Electronic Text (E-text) Programs That We Use:
 

Adobe Reader (Free)

A free program which allows users to view and listen to PDF documents.

http://www.adobe.com/reader

Duxbury Braille Translator ($)

Software used to convert digital text into braille characters suitable for embossing on braille paper

http://www.duxburysystems.com/dbt.asp

E Text Reader (Free and $)

A program which allows users to view and listen to DOC, RTF, HTML, and PDF documents. The older version (2.0) is free, while the newer (3.0), with additional features costs $40 and includes AT&T Natural Voices.

http://www.premier-programming.com/elib/etext_reader.htm

Kurzweil 3000 ($)

Kurzweil 3000 is our scanning, reading and writing solution for people with learning disabilities or reading difficulties.

www.kurzweiledu.com

Microsoft Reader + TTS + Read in reader (Free)

Allows you to buy, download, and read eBooks from Web-based eBook stores in the LIT format.

http://www.microsoft.com/reader/

Read Please 2003 (Free)

ReadPlease will read any text you see on your screen. This can be from your Browser, Email, Word processor, Spreadsheet or any program which displays text.

www.readplease.com

ReaderWorks (Free)

Innovative desktop software application designed to help you build and customize eBooks for Microsoft® Reader.

http://www.overdrive.com/readerworks/software/



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