Disability Assistive Electronic Devices and Software: Publications and Documents
Summary
Our Electronics and Software database at Disabled World (DW) includes a diverse range of publications related to assistive technologies and electronic devices for people with disabilities. The database contains published articles, research papers, and documents covering topics such as artificial intelligence, accessibility software, neural prostheses, augmented reality, virtual reality, brain-computer interfaces, and adaptive hardware devices. These publications encompass product releases, scientific discoveries, research studies, informative articles, and announcements about technological advancements aimed at improving the lives of individuals with various disabilities.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
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| NaviFut xStep Foot-Operated Wireless Mouse Review A review of the NaviFut xStep foot mouse, a hands-free assistive device for cursor control and clicking designed for users with a hand disability or injuries. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Daylight DC-1 Tablet Review: Distraction-Free Creating Personal review of the Daylight DC-1 tablet with paper-like display, perfect for outdoor use, distraction-free writing, and reducing screen time naturally. | ✓ ✓ | |
| VR Study Shows How Pain and Fear Disrupt Body Ownership Perception A study on how imagining pain in VR disrupts body ownership, offering insights into depersonalization and potential clinical applications. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Virtual Reality Treatment for Speech Anxiety Cambridge research reveals effective, accessible virtual reality therapy for speech anxiety, showing significant confidence gains in a single session. | ✓ ✓ | |
| VR Helps Youth With Autism Develop Safe Travel Skills As autism diagnoses surge, Easterseals SoCal utilizes Virtual Reality (VR) to help youth develop safe travel skills. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Risks of the Metaverse and Virtual Reality for American Youth Dangers of the metaverse and VR for US youth revealed in study that explores risks and harm by experiences, gender, prevention and response measures. | ✓ | |
| Touch-Feedback System Delivers Consistent Tactile Screens Research on TPIEA, a transparent electrotactile actuator that delivers consistent virtual touch sensations on VR, AR and smartphone displays. | ✓ ✓ | |
| HeardAI Making Voice Activated Artificial Intelligence Accessible HeardAI has advanced to Phase 2 of National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator program to make voice-activated AI accessible and fair to people who stutter. | ✓ ✓ | |
| A11yBoard Google Slides Extension Aids Blind Slide Creators University of Washington research on A11yBoard, a Google Slides extension and phone app helping blind users navigate and create accessible slide presentations. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Neuromorphic Chip Mimics Human Vision and Memory A neuromorphic chip built from doped indium oxide replicates human vision and memory on a single device, enabling real-time decision making with lower energy use. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Neural Prosthesis: Using Brain Activity to Decode Speech Speech decoding from a small set of spatially segregated minimally invasive intracranial EEG electrodes with a compact and interpretable neural network. | ||
| Study Confirms 20-20-20 Rule Eases Digital Eye Strain Aston University researchers validated the 20-20-20 rule, finding that a 20-second screen break every 20 minutes measurably reduces digital eye strain symptoms. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Panopreter Speech Software for Business and Personal Use Review of Panopreter, a text-to-speech program that reads words on digital devices like smartphones or computers with a touch or a click and converts them into speech or audio. | ||
| How to Stop X Feed from Auto-Refreshing Learn how to stop X (formerly Twitter) from auto-refreshing your timeline feed for better accessibility and a more stable reading experience. | ✓ ✓ | |
| 3dRudder Foot Mouse for Hands-Free Computer Navigation The 3dRudder Foot Mouse enables computer control using foot movements, designed for users with hand mobility limitations, injuries, or repetitive strain. | ✓ ✓ | |
| How to Enable God Mode in Windows 10 and Windows 11 Step by step instructions to create the Windows 10 and 11 God Mode folder, giving accessible single-folder access to control panel and administrative settings. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Xfinity X1 Eye Control TV Remote for People with Disabilities Xfinity X1 eye control technology lets people with spinal cord injuries, ALS, and mobility disabilities navigate TV channels using only their gaze on tablets. | ✓ ✓ | |
| IoT Devices Should Deal with Privacy Impacts for People with Disabilities Future of Privacy Forum releases; The Internet of Things (IoT) and People with Disabilities: Exploring the Benefits, Challenges, and Privacy Tensions. | ||
| Alexa, be My Friend - Kids Talk to Technology, But How Does Tech Respond? While some interfaces have features aimed at younger users, research shows these devices generally rely on clear, precise English of adult users. | ||
| Google Glass Helps Kids With Autism Read Facial Expressions Children with autism improve social skills using smartphone app paired with Google Glass to help them understand emotions conveyed in facial expressions. | ||
| Augmented Reality for Special Needs Education and Learning Augmented reality offers students with dyslexia and autism spectrum disorder interactive, individualized learning tools that support STEM engagement and access. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Inventor Plays National Anthem on Jamboxx Quadriplegic musician Dave Whalen performed the national anthem on a Jamboxx, a breath-controlled musical device he invented for people with limited mobility. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Epihunter Classroom Detects Silent Epileptic Seizures Epihunter Classroom uses EEG headsets and a smartphone app to detect absence seizures in real time, alerting teachers and keeping parents informed. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Access Stylus Makes Touchscreens Accessible for Everyone Access Stylus allows motion-disabled user to select/activate apps; enter and select text; dial phone numbers; scroll, magnify and rotate view; manipulate images on a touchscreen. | ||
| GlassOuse Hands-Free Mouse With Custom Switches GlassOuse hands-free Bluetooth mouse offers customizable switches for users with limited mobility to control computers, phones, and tablets wirelessly. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Wearable Stretchable Electronics Aid Stroke Recovery Treatment New wearable designed to be worn on the throat could be a game-changer in the field of stroke rehabilitation. | ||
| Augmented Reality ProjectDR Lets Doctors See Under the Skin The system, called ProjectDR, allows medical images such as CT scans and MRI data to be displayed directly on a patient's body in a way that moves as the patient does. | ||
| Virtual Reality Goes Magnetic with Electronic 'Skin' Sensors Sensors will enable people to manipulate everyday objects or control appliances in the physical world and augmented or virtual reality with gestures. | ||
| JAMBOXX: Adaptive MIDI Breath Controller for Musicians JAMBOXX is a MIDI breath controller that enables people with disabilities to play over 100 instruments using minimal breath and slight head movements. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Athena Fund Distributes iPads to 3,000 Special Education and Kindergarten Teachers in Israel in 2017 Athena Fund announces around 3,000 special education teachers and kindergarten teachers in Israel received iPads in 2017 as part of the iPad for Every Special Education Teacher program. | ||
| Footime Foot Mouse and Programmable Pedal for PC Control Ergonomic foot-operated mouse with programmable pedal enables complete PC control for users with hand, arm, shoulder injuries, or carpal tunnel syndrome. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Israeli President Honors Special Education Teachers Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, welcomed outstanding special education teachers and kindergarten teachers at a ceremony in Jerusalem. | ||
| Athena Fund Distributes iPads to Special Ed Teachers in Southern Israel Israel - Athena Fund announce over 600 special education teachers received laptops during October as part of the iPad for Every Special Education Teacher program. | ||
| Smyle Mouse Control for AAC and Eye Tracking Devices Perceptive Devices partners with Tobii Dynavox to offer hands-free, voice-free computer control using head movement and smile gestures via webcam technology. | ✓ ✓ | |
| UCIC Launches Hardware Agnostic Alexa Voice Service Client Developers can now add Alexa Voice Service to their hardware projects with unprecedented simplicity and ease and using any compatible far field solution. | ||
| VR Mouth Gesture Control for Hands-Free Interaction Binghamton University researchers developed VR technology that enables users to control virtual reality environments through mouth gestures and facial movements. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Brain-Computer Interface Controls Gait Using VR Avatar Peer-reviewed research shows brain-computer interface with virtual reality avatar helps control walking, offering new therapy for stroke and spinal cord injury. | ✓ ✓ | |
| iPad for Every Special Education Teacher in Israel About 10,000 special education teachers in Israel will receive iPads with specialized software and applications for students with special needs and various disabilities. | ||
| Taking Eye Fatigue Out of Virtual Reality With New 3D Display The key component for the new system is a spatial multiplexing unit that axially shifts sub-panel images to the designated depths while laterally shifting the centers of sub-panel images to the viewing axis. | ||
| MAS App - Mobile Workplace Accommodation Case Management App Mobile workplace accommodation case management app assists U.S. businesses create inclusive workplaces for employees with disabilities. | ||
| IpsiHand Brain Device Restores Hand Control After Stroke IpsiHand uses brain signals to help stroke patients regain hand control and function through a non-invasive electrode cap and computerized rehabilitation device. | ✓ ✓ | |
| LanguageLine InSight for iPhone Interpreter App App allows users to contact highly trained interpreters for limited English proficient, deaf, or hard-of-hearing with just one touch. | ||
| Virtual Reality and Other Technologies to Aid Mental Health Treatment Research suggests VR technology can be an effective part of treatment for phobias, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other mental health conditions. | ||
| Virtual Reality Used to Help Prevent Falls VR could be a big help in detecting balance impairments early and for reversing those impairments and preventing falls. | ||
| Big Keys App: Large Keyboard and Emoji Magnifier for Cell Phones Big Keys App for iPad and iPhone features custom made keyboard emoji sizes to make it the perfect size for you. | ||
| Connect by BeWarned: Simple App Assists Deaf to Communicate BeWarned launches new free app for deaf and hard of hearing people allowing them to communicate with the hearing. | ||
| Immersive Virtual Reality Helps Children with Autism Overcome Phobias Newcastle Blue Room service offered on NHS shows immersive virtual reality can help children with autism spectrum disorder overcome their fears and phobias. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Brain-Computer Interface Restores Communication to Disabled BCI enables locked-in patients to communicate by detecting thoughts, restoring basic interaction for those with severe paralysis. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Teleoperation and Autonomy Can Improve Mobility For Disabled Drivers Demonstration of teleoperated autonomous vehicle service for people with reduced mobility successfully completed as part of GATEway project led by TRL. | ✓ ✓ | |
| 3dRudder Foot-Powered VR Controller for Gaming & CAD Work Hands-free foot controller for VR gaming, CAD design, and PC navigation. Intuitive 4-axis movement while seated benefits gamers and those with mobility issues. | ✓ ✓ | |
| VR Technology May Improve Motor Skills in Damaged Limbs Research could be applied to patients in physical therapy programs who have lost the strength or control of one hand. | ||
| Amputees with Phantom Limb Pain Helped by Augmented Reality Method of treating phantom limb pain using machine learning and augmented reality. | ✓ | |
| Augmented Reality Technology Advances Learning Research project examines learning using Augmented Reality technology and the motivational and cognitive aspects related to it in an informal learning context. | ||
| BeWarned: Free App for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People BeWarned app aids deaf and hard of hearing to detect dangerous sounds, communicate with people, make emergency calls and dance to their favorite music. | ||
| Closed Captions and Transcripts Benefit Most Students As the use of video in higher education becomes more commonplace, making captions and transcripts more widely available should be a priority for institutions. | ||
| Chatstasy App Makes Smartphones Less Complicated for Seniors and Disabled Chatstasy App makes using smartphones easier and less complicated to use for the elderly and physically challenged. | ||
| Smyle Mouse: Hands-Free Computer Control via Face Gestures Smyle Mouse software enables hands-free computer control through facial gestures and webcam tracking for users with spinal cord injuries, MS, ALS, and stroke. | ✓ ✓ | |
| VocaliD Personalized Digital Voices for Assistive Devices VocaliD Inc. creates BeSpoke personalized digital voices for those living with voicelessness. | ||
| VADIA Virtual Reality Simulator Helps Teenagers with Autism Learn How to Drive New virtual reality simulator specifically designed to help teenagers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) learn to drive. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Virtual Reality Applications for People with Disabilities How virtual reality helps people with disabilities build skills, navigation, and independence, plus accessible VR headsets, therapy uses, and research. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Sitecues: Improving Patron Web Accessibility Sitecues software not only helps people with low vision, but also aids the millions of people who struggle with other forms of print disability. | ||
| Windows 10 is Free for People with Accessibility Needs Microsoft states Windows 10 operating system will remain free to people with accessibility issues. | ||
| Website Vision Accessibility Checklist Digital accessibility checklist to help guide local government leaders in making online services available to people with disabilities. | ||
| YouTube and Tablet Computers Empower People with Intellectual Disability Concordia University research shows mobile technologies like tablets and smartphones help people with intellectual disabilities face challenges. | ||
| CaptiVoice Helps Students Read Better Captivoice, an online version of Capti Narrator, empowers English language learners and students with reading disabilities to listen to everything they want to read. | ||
| First Accessibility Compliant Electronic Laboratory Notebook LabArchives is the first Electronic Laboratory Notebook to announce compliance with major accessibility standards. | ||
| Touch Screen Technology Problems? Ask a 2 Year Old Study reveals 2 year olds are adept at using touch screens, swiping, unlocking, and searching for features on smartphones and tablets. | ||
| OptiKey Free On-screen Keyboard for Eye-Tracking AAC Overview of OptiKey, a free open-source on-screen keyboard for Windows that brings eye-tracking based typing, mouse control and speech to users with ALS or motor needs. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Capti Narrator for Education: Effective & Accessible Teaching & Learning Capti Narrator is an award-winning productivity application for listening to everything you want to read on iOS, Windows, and Mac. | ||
| Something Happened: Windows 10 Error Message Fix How to install windows 10 if you receive the something happened error message or Error Code 80240020. | ||
| XL-Viewer: Smartphone for Seniors and Disabled Launch of a brand new durable, easy to use smartphone for seniors and persons with disabilities. | ||
| GrizPaw One-Handed Gaming Controller for Left or Right Use GrizPaw gaming controller enables single-hand gameplay for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox systems, designed for gamers with hand or arm mobility limitations. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Chrome Accessibility: Animation Policy and Color Enhancer Overview of two Google Chrome accessibility extensions, Animation Policy and Color Enhancer, designed to help users with disabilities and color blindness browse. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Robotic Grasping Tools Using Brain Control For those with disabilities sensors inserted in the brain can cause actions like grasping or pressing a button directly through brain activity. | ||
| Kurzweil 1000 V14 Accessible Text-to-speech Software Kurzweil 1000 Version 14 text-to-speech software makes printed or electronic text readily available to people who are blind or have low vision. | ||
| Keeble Accessible IOS Keyboard Keeble, by AssistiveWare, is a keyboard that can be used in any iPad or iPhone app as an alternative to the standard iOS keyboard. | ||
| Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA Screen Reader Acapela TTS voices for NVDA enables blind and vision impaired people to use high quality and high performing voices with NVDA screen reader. | ||
| Wrise Accessible Mac Word Processor Wrise is a new word processor for Mac that makes reading and writing accessible for everyone. | ||
| Learning Math Through Movement with Kinect for Windows Study shows increased understanding of geometric angles by students who performed body-based tasks while interacting with Microsoft technology. | ||
| Tablet Computers for Educational Medium Touch screen tablet computers can support the learning process when used in an educational setting. | ||
| Window-Eyes 9 Screen Reader Released by Ai Squared Release of Window-Eyes 9, a software program used by people who are blind or have low vision to access and use computers. | ||
| Accessible Microsoft Office Online Options Microsoft new accessibility improvements to give users who are blind and have low vision a better Office Online experience. | ||
| Capti Narrator: Listen to Anything on Windows and Mac Computers Capti is a tool for listening to digital content useful to students, professionals, and people with print disabilities. | ||
| Introducing Seniors to Social Media Improves Health and Combats Isolation Training older people in social media improves cognitive capacity and has beneficial impact on mental health and well-being. | ||
| New Intel System Provides Professor Stephen Hawking Better Communication The Intel-created advanced communications platform can be adapted for 3 million people afflicted with motor neuron diseases and quadriplegia. | ||
| Eye Tracking Mouse for People with Disabilities from Samsung EYECAN+ eye-tracking mouse allows disabled to compose and edit documents and browse the web with simple eye movements. | ||
| Secure 3D QR Codes with No Internet Required Article examines how QR codes can be a means to display 3D images and secure visual communication. | ||
| Launch of Web Portal on Accessible Workplace Technology U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy announces launch of PEATworks a comprehensive Web portal spearheaded by ODEPs Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology. | ||
| Reviews of Free and Commercial Screen Readers A list of both commercial and free mobile and computer screen readers for the blind and visually impaired. | ✓ ✓ | |
| TabAccess Device Helps Make Computer Tablets More Accessible TabAccess provides easier access to Android and iOS tablet devices for people who have hand and arm mobility challenges. | ||
| HAFEM Matrix: Accessibility Features for Disabled eLearners: Microsoft Windows vs. Mac OS X Recent studies indicate that the rate of distance learning is on the rise and it changes the options for disabled eLearners. | ||
| Accessible ReadSpeaker docReader - Online Document Viewer of Choice New customizable version of ReadSpeaker now provides accessible online reading and viewing experience of PDFs and other documents on the Internet. | ||
| Mind Reading Robots are Coming University of Cincinnati discusses research and current progress on brain-computer interface at the International Human-Centered Robotics Symposium (HuCeRo) Nov. 14 to 17 at UCs Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center. | ||
| Google Glass: Revolutionary Uses for Persons with Disability Article looks at some of the future uses of the Google Glass project as an aid for persons with disabilities. | ||
| Tobii Brings Gaze Interaction for Tablet Control Tobii EyeMobile enables hands-free tablet control through eye tracking for people with ALS, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, and mobility disabilities. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Vocally Voice Activated Phone Dialer A review of Vocally3 Infinity a device added to your phone line for dialing stored and new phone numbers using voice command only. | ||
| Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Accessible Graphing Calculator The Orion TI-84 Plus talking calculator is ideal for students who are blind and visually impaired. | ||
| Developments in Online and Technological Accessibility The US may have a series of laws related to online accessibility but the laws have not had the effect of making the Internet widely accessible for people with disabilities in America. | ||
| Access4Kids Device Helps Disabled Kids Access Touch Screens Researchers are trying to open the world of tablets to children whose limited mobility makes it difficult for them to perform the common pinch and swipe gestures required to control devices. | ||
| Accessibility Features in Microsoft Windows 8 Review of Microsoft Windows 8 operating system accessibility options and programs that make it easier for people to hear see and use a computer. | ||
| Accurate Brain Controlled Computer Cursor Brain sensors measure signals from individual neurons and use them to control computer cursors with thoughts. | ||
| iPad Mini Accessibility Features for the Disabled Apple iPad Mini accessibility features including VoiceOver, Mono Audio, and Siri for people with visual, hearing, and mobility disabilities. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Lip Reading Computer Interprets Human Emotions Research details a genetic algorithm that reads lip patterns to interpret seven human emotions and may help disabled people use communication devices. | ✓ ✓ | |
| NPointer Uses Hand Arm Gestures to Control Computer Free NPointer software works with a webcam and hand or arm gestures for people with disabilities head gestures can be used to scroll click double-click and other navigation functions for Windows programs. | ||
| JayBee AAC System - Speech Aid Using Eye and Head Triggers JayBee is an AAC system that converts hand, head, and eye movements into realistic speech and SMS messages for people unable to communicate verbally. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Apple Mountain Lion OS X Accessibility Features The Mountain Lion OSX operating system by Apple offers several accessibility features for people who experience various forms of disabilities. | ||
| Amaze Website Accessibility Software Amaze provides faster and easier process to make websites accessible to web users who are disabled. | ||
| Apple iPad Helps Boy Find His Voice Children with autism often need a communication system like the iPad they can carry with them when they need it. | ||
| Level Access: Assistive Tools for Website Accessibility How Level Access, formerly eSSENTIAL Accessibility, offers downloadable assistive tools that help people with disabilities navigate websites and the Web. | ✓ ✓ | |
| How to Get an iPad for a Disabled Child iPad funded by UCP Bellows Fund a national program that provides funds to individuals for disability related equipment. | ||
| iPad Gives Voice to Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders The iPad for children with disabilities gives hope and promise that a child with an autism spectrum disorder does have a voice and can be heard much sooner. | ||
| How to Connect an iPad or iPhone to TV or Projector Information on which cables to use to connect iPhone or iPad to your Television set or projector. | ||
| BodyWave Reads and Reacts to Brainwaves and Provides Interactive Feedback BodyWave reads brain activity through the human body via a brainwave monitor that attaches to the arm or leg and activates and deactivates computer simulations by mind alone. | ||
| DVDVideoSoft Programs Fully Accessible for People with Visual Impairments DVDVideoSoft made its software compatible with screen readers and releases new updates for YouTube software which includes a special compatibility mode for such software. | ||
| Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablets - Paperless Society Moves Closer to Reality Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet is now shipping to North America Europe and other select global locations for purchases made through Brookstone Amazon and Improvelectronics.. | ||
| Tobii PCEye: Eye Tracking Control for Computers The Tobii PCEye eye tracking system allows you to put away the mouse and use your eyes to tell your computer what to do. | ||
| Apple iPad 2 Accessibility Features Review A review of the new Apple iPad 2 accessibility features for visually impaired and persons with disabilities. | ||
| Tired Eyes from 3D TV and Mobile Phone Displays Prolonged viewing of mobile devices and other stereo 3D devices leads to visual discomfort fatigue and headaches. | ||
| People with Disabilities: Jobs and Technological Accessibility Some of todays technologies enable us to interact with each other on business levels despite a persons disability. | ||
| DynaWrite Keyboard Communication Device Allows Persons with Speech Disabilities to Type and Talk DynaWrite 2.0 special education software allows people with good literacy skills and typing abilities to simply type and talk. | ||
| Developmental Disabilities Software Version 9 New individual activity and behavior tracking medication schedules and advanced directives in Therap 9.0 developmental disabilities software. | ||
| FrontFace for Windows 7 Tablet Functionality FrontFace for Netbooks and Tablets helps overcome limited user experience of Windows based tablet computers while maintaining compatibility with existing applications. | ||
| Inclusive Technology's MyZone wins prestigious Award for Best Special Educational Resources or Equipment involving ICT MyZone helps children and adults with learning difficulties to find things on the computer. | ||
| IVONA Text to Speech for Developers IVONA Text to Speech is an award winning developer and provider of text-to-speech technology. | ||
| Apple's iPad Helps Special-Needs Kids Communicate iPad is being used as a communications tool for children with speech and communication problems. | ||
| Human Cues to Improve Computer User Friendliness Research in computer graphics and computer vision tries to make using computers easier. | ||
| Shared Control Brain Computer Interfaces Shared control brain-computer interfaces reduce user fatigue by allowing rest and multitasking while maneuvering brain-powered wheelchairs and prosthetics. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Brain Computer Interfaces for Spinal Cord Injuries BCI technology enables spinal cord injury patients to control prosthetics and devices with their thoughts through neural signals processed by advanced interfaces. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Apple iPad Accessibility Features A review of many of the accessibility features incorporated in the new Apple iPad version 7. | ||
| All-in-one Literacy Support Software Package WriteOnline ToGo offers students with dyslexia and others who struggle with writing a solution that is cost-effective and easy to use. | ||
| Ipads Help Autistic Children Communicate iPads are being used as a means of communication between children with autism who have difficulty speaking and the teachers. | ||
| More Choice and Access for Print-Disabled Americans Download publications to the book cartridges used in the new Digital Talking Book (DTB) players provided to patrons by NLS. | ||
| National Industries for the Blind Calls for Increased Internet Accessibility National Industries for the Blind calls for websites and information services to become more accessible to people who are blind. | ||
| USB for Medical Diagnosis Plug-in interface for the microfluidic chips that will form the basis of the next generation of compact medical devices. | ||
| Using Mind Power to Control a Computer Manipulating complex visual images on a computer screen using only mind power of the brain. | ||
| infovox3 Portable Talking Companion for Visually Impaired Users Accessibility provided by Infovox Desktop and Infovox InKey have been combined and improved to create a single powerful solution called infovox3. | ||
| Hot Virtual Keyboard for Persons with Disabilities Hot Virtual Keyboard for persons with disability speeds up screen typing by replacing Windows built-in On-Screen Keyboard. | ||
| K-NFB Launches Blio Free E-reader Software Blio e-reading application now available featuring a library of full color interactive media content and bestseller books. | ||
| ROKTalk Multi-Language Text-To-Speech Service for Websites ROKTalk text to speech enhances website accessibility and usability in making websites talk in multiple languages. | ||
| Internet Explorer 9 Beta Release Microsoft Corp worldwide beta availability of its new Web browser Internet Explorer 9. | ||
| IVONA Text-To-Speech - Lifelike Text-to-Speech IVONA human equality voices for e-books navigation devices and telephony systems in America. | ||
| NFB Commends The New Accessible Kindle Reader National Federation of the Blind commends Amazon on unveiling of the new Accessible Kindle. | ||
| Librarian of Congress Says Blind Have Right to Access E-books Circumvention of digital rights management (DRM) technology by blind people seeking equal access to e-books. | ||
| HP Supports Disabled American Veterans in Benefit Outreach Efforts The DAV MSO vehicles travel nationwide to local communities to help disabled veterans and families gain access to veteran benefits. | ||
| Digital TV Changeover Made Simple Ricability provides support for the elderly during the digital TV switchover. | ||
| DocNog Mobile App Medical Provider Search Pioneering new healthcare application highlighted in App Store. | ||
| Talking Touch-screens on Computer Devices Talking Touch-screens and Patients Computer technology targets underserved populations in health care. | ||
| Wireless Industry Advances Accessibility for Disabled Individuals Wireless industry initiatives to enhance accessibility for individuals with disabilities, technological advancements and disaster response contributions. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Blio e-Reader Software Information and Accessibility Blio is an accessible e-reader software platform from Ray Kurzweil and K-NFB Reading Technology Inc. | ||
| Jedi Mind Comments on Typing With Brainwaves Video The video shows the use of an EEG device used to help patients communicate through a computer by interpreting their brainwaves. | ||
| Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet Features for the Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablet based on heavy demand.. | ||
| Jedi Mind Focuses Medical Division on $220 Billion Disabled Market Jedi Mouse allows user to navigate the computer open and close programs compose and send email all with the power of their mind. | ||
| Brain Power: Thought Controlled Computer Mouse This application (App) allows user to navigate computer click and open programs send email with the power of their brain. | ||
| Camera Mouse: Control Your Mouse Pointer with Head Movements Camera Mouse is a free program that allows you to control the mouse pointer on a Windows computer just by moving your head. | ||
| Accounting Software for Vision Impaired, World First Accounting software able to be used efficiently by the blind and vision impaired. | ||
| Heal Your Body and Mind with Apple iPad App Affordable app shows how different lifestyle factors interact and offers expert advice on health and fitness. | ||
| FBN ITPro Wireless to Provide Free Nationwide Wireless Service FREE Government Assisted Wireless Service to individuals receiving government assistance. | ||
| Kindle E-reader Motivates Less-enthusiastic Readers Kindle electronic readers allow children to interact with text in different ways than they do with printed words. | ||
| Independent Learning in the Classroom with Read&Write GOLD Assistive Technology Lostock College promotes independent learning in the classroom with latest Read&Write GOLD assistive technology. | ||
| Apple iPad Information Price and Accessibility Features Information and specifications on the Apple iPad including accessibility features for persons with disabilities. | ||
| IBM to Collaborate With Universities to Make Mobile Devices More Accessible Research initiative to explore an open common user interface platform for mobile devices. | ||
| The Tech-Aid Institute and People with Intellectual Disabilities The Tech-Aid Institute focuses on promotion and development of computer-based learning tools for persons with intellectual disabilities. | ||
| New Tool to Help Visually Impaired Perform Online Banking Web accessibility tool improves online experience and access for customers with visual impairments. | ||
| Brain Waves Write Directly to Computer Brain waves used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. | ||
| Universities Will Not Deploy Kindle DX As Textbook Reader NFB applauds the decision of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University to not deploy Kindle DX as a means of distributing electronic textbooks to students. | ||
| Sony VAIO X Series World's Lightest Notebook Sony notebook VAIO X Series computer weighs just 1.6 pounds and is just over a half-inch thin roughly the width of a cell phone. | ||
| Webwide Symbol Supported Internet Browser Webwide is a browser that makes browsing the web more accessible by simplifying the layout through symbols while providing full speech support in any view. | ||
| vOICe Learning Edition Browser for the Blind The vOICe Learning Edition's Internet Sonification Browser for persons who are blind. | ||
| WebbIE: Web Browser for Blind and Visually-Impaired WebbIE is a free web browser for persons who are either blind or visually-impaired. | ||
| SpeakOn: Audio and Text Media Screen Readers SpeakOn is a free media suite program that runs on your personal computer which is a speech-enabled environment. | ||
| Simply Talker 2000 Screen Reader for Windows Simply Talker 2000 is a screen reader for Windows 2000, XP, NT4, ME, 98 and Windows 95. | ||
| Homer - Voicing Web Browser for the Blind Homer is a small self-voicing web browser built for the GTK web browser dedicated to blind users. | ||
| The Kindle 2.0 Book Reader: Facts and Accessibility Information and facts on Kindle version 2.0 including accessibility features for blind and vision impaired. | ||
| Microsoft Windows Version 7 and Accessibility Factors Microsoft Windows Version 7 Operating System and Accessibility features for persons with disabilities. | ||
| Removing Barriers of Autism Via Keyboard Children with autism use alternative keyboard to communicate with their families and their world. | ||
| Faster Computer Chips Using Graphene The key to new superfast computer chips is the use of a material called graphene a form of pure carbon. | ||
| Free Radmin for People with Physical Disabilities Famatechs social program assists people with restricted mobility to receive a Radmin license for free. | ||
| ConfidentReader Review - NaturalSoft Products ConfidentReader is assistive reading software designed to help persons with dyslexia improve their reading and spelling skills. | ||
| NaturalSoft's NaturalReader Review A review of NaturalSofts NaturalReader and ConfidentReader software packages for persons with disabilities. | ||
| Ghotit Spell Checker for People with Dyslexia Ghotit releases innovative context-based spell checker enabling people with poor spelling to write correctly. | ||
| Wheelchair Workstations for Computers and Work Areas A wheelchair workstation provides adjustability and stability adjustments of horizontal and vertical position angle of equipment and distance from the user. | ||
| Computer Screen Magnifier Software for Low Vision Users Reviews of computer screen magnifier software for visually impaired users, covering features, magnification ranges and accessibility options across leading tools. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Windows Speech Recognition and Narrator Guide Step-by-step instructions for using Windows built-in speech recognition and narrator features to control your PC with voice commands hands-free.. | ✓ ✓ | |
| List of Hotkeys and Computer Keyboard Shortcuts Explore a complete list of computer keyboard hotkeys and shortcuts that boost efficiency and accessibility for people with disabilities and seniors. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Using Sticky Keys for Accessibility On PC and Mac Computers Sticky Keys is an accessibility feature that simplifies keyboard shortcuts for users with physical disabilities by allowing sequential key presses. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Windows Vista - Lowering Screen Resolution Instructions for lowering screen resolution for better readability for the vision impaired using Windows Vista operating system. | ||
| Computerized Writing Aids for Aphasia Patients Improve Skills University of Gothenburg research demonstrates computerized spell-checkers and word prediction programs significantly improve writing abilities for aphasia patients. | ✓ ✓ |
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