I thought this weeks work on assistive technology was interesting. I did a posting in the conference so I thought I would post it here as well so here it goes...
I have done some research in other classes concerning assistive technology. I really enjoy reading about the different types of technology that is available for children with the disabilities. My favorite piece of technology that is available voice recognition software. I've actually had experience with this software. Adobe has the feature in some versions of their software. I could create a document in Adobe and have it read back to me or I could have it read a document that was e-mailed to me. I'm not disabled, I found the feature by accident. I used to work for a legal division of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and they had the software for blind people that worked for the agency. It did help me because reading cases all day can get a little boring and this makes it easier. Without the feature it would be more difficult for the blind to do a lot of thing. They will always have braille, but it takes time for documents to get converted to braille and then have them returned. I hope that a lot of schools are making change to allow for this software, because will feel more involved in their activities with this feature.
I think that the voice recognition could also be used with blogging. It would allow blind students to be able to hear what is posted on the blog and respond. It's such a cool software option. I hope that teachers could also use if they decide to create a class blog.
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That's a really good idea. I wouldn't think to use it to assist blind students. Allowing students to speak into a microphone and then have their peers respond is a great way to show them that they are REALLY apart of the class.
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