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Access to Education

Accessibility tools for the classroom or homework.
Two children touching a tablet that has a white-on-black outlined picture of a head and brain. Below is a color rendition of the same pic.

A Braille tablet / mobile device that creates a full page of tactile text and graphics in real-time. It offers touch navigation, text-to-speech output, and Perkins-style keyboard application for users with low or no vision. Disruptive actuating technology is at the core and is still in a prototype stage.

"Stick figure" person sitting in a wheelchair at a computer. There is a cartoon illustration of another person leaning out of the computer screen waving hello.

Math skills training system designed for use with children with low vision or cognitive disabilities.

Screenshot of main screen showing 4x4 grid of communications options, such as "I'm Hungry" and "Thank you."

A communication system for people with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy. It can also be used for learning to read and write and to facilitate the use and control of computers.

A white computer monitor displaying a web article with various portions of the text highlighted.

Voice output, web browser, and text editor programs intended to help individuals with learning disabilities to read, write, study, and comprehend text more effectively.

Screenshot of a program dialogue box, displaying a User Guide and a menu bar at the bottom.

Digital talking book player program designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. This software can be used to play digital talking books that meet the international DAISY standards, including those distributed by Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D).

A rectangular, blue-and-white device with an LCD display screen on the left-hand side. On the right, there is a speaker and various menu buttons. Along the bottom edge of the device, there is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a number pad.

Dedicated device offering an e-book and audiobook version of the King James Bible, allowing users to read the text electronically, listen to it read aloud, or use both simultaneously.

Screenshot of PDF file, with a graph and other images.

Voice output program for PDF documents, designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities. This program can open files in any PDF version and read them aloud without going through a conversion or import process.

A medium-sized black device resembling a scanner.

The Portset Reader is a text reader in a compact table model for any visually impaired person. A page size up to A4 (28 x 20 cm) with a font as fine as 8-point can be read.

Two, medium-sized white and blue devices. They feature blue number pads, menu buttons, and round built-in speakers.

Digital talking book player designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision.