Adaptive Technology
The Access Center for Disability Accommodations and Adaptive Technology offers a wide selection of hardware and software. The Access Center has only the most sophisticated and up-to-date Adaptive Technologies available on the market today. From Screen Reading software to controlling the entire computer with your voice, we can ensure that our students have the opportunities every student should have.
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JAWS® 8:Jaws is the most fully featured Screen Reading Software on earth, and because of that, the ACCESS Center has utilized this tool as the majority of our students have requested it due to its versitility and ease of use. JAWS has the ability to read any text, be it in basic ASCII Code, HTML or even just plain text from a Microsoft Word Document.
ZoomTEXT 9.1®:ZoomText is the unparalleled leader in Screen Enlargement technology. Now, with their new XFonts system, you can see your text clearer than ever. The ACCESS Center employs the use of ZoomTEXT Xtra! for both Limited Screen Reading and the best Screen Enlargement Tech available!
Dragon Naturally Speaking 9®:Dragon Naturally Speaking by Nuance (formerly ScanSoft) is the best possible quality Speech-to-Text engine available in the world. With version 8 (used in our ACCESS Center) you have THE MOST ACCURATE TOOL available for turning your speech into a Microsoft word document or even controlling your entire Windows XP based PC with the sound of your voice.
Inspiration®:Using the proven power of visual learning, Inspiration® helps students strengthen critical thinking, comprehension and writing skills across the curriculum. Students build graphic organizers to represent concepts and relationships and use the integrated outlining capability to further organize ideas for reports. What used to be a hurdle is now an inspiration!
Neo by AlphaSmart®:"Designed with students in mind. Neo is a rugged and lightweight learning tool that can be used anywhere, with 700 hours or more of operation on 3 AA alkaline batteries. Instant on/off and autosave eliminate startup delays and accidental data loss." AlphaSmart Technologies
The Neo offers productivity tools other than just note taking and document management. It also includes a Calculator, Spell-Checking and Thesaurus features.
The World's Most Popular Text to Speech Tool!
TextAloud reads text from email, web pages, reports and more, aloud on your PC. TextAloud can also save your daily reading to MP3 or Windows Media files ready for playback on your iPod, PocketPC, or even on your TV with Tivo's Home Media Option. Be more productive or just be entertained wherever you go with our text reader. Our TextAloud 2.0 release is here and packed with new features!If you haven't heard computer speech lately, you'll be amazed at how human-like the latest voices really are. Click Here for a sample audio file created using our text to speech converter with the optional AT&T Natural Voices™. We also offer exciting premium voices from NeoSpeech™ and Cepstral™ to bring you the best quality and personality in speech for your PC.