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Assistive Technology Showcase Devices

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Device(s) Solution For Description

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Assistive Listening Devices

Hearing

Hearing Aid Telephone Interconnect System used with in the ear and behind the ear hearing aids.

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Refreshable Braille Display

Blind

Output device with Braille cells that change (refresh) as the user scrolls through an electronic document.

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Braille Embosser

Blind

Output device used to produce the raised Braille dots on to paper. The Braille translation software program is required to convert text documents into Braille.

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Portable Closed Circuit TV

Low Vision

Mini closed circuit television that magnifies text or color images 5 to 15 times and will adjust to an individuals needs.

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Ergonomic chair

Musculoskeletal

An ergonomically correct chair for proper seating at a computer workstation.

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Screen Reader Software

Blind/Low Vision

Software that provides visual information in audio format for computer users.

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Ergonomic Fixed Split Keyboard

Musculoskeletal

Fixed split keyboard with Center-Peak and V-Shape which reduces the stress of inward hand-rotation and minimize outward hand-twisting.

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Ergonomic two handed keyboard

Musculoskeletal

Concave keyboard with split design to eliminate wrist twist and a central number cluster which can be used by right or left handed users.

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Ergonomic Split Keyboard

Musculoskeletal

Programmable Computer Keyboard and Mouse, qwerty layout, keys adjust both vertically and horizontally.

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Braille Enhanced Programmable Phone and Portable Ringer Alert

Low Vision, Hearing Impaired, Blind

Telephone with jumbo-size buttons and Braille characters with programmable features. Exceptionally loud portable ring alert adjusts up to 95dB.

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Alternative Pointing Devices and Switches

Mobility/Muculoskeletal

Trackballs, one which provides ergonomic comfort and other provides access for persons with limited mobility. Switches, used to operate a computer by some part of a person's body in which they have control.

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Reading Machine

Blind/Low Vision/Learning Disability/Second Language Users.

Hardware device that combines advanced speech synthesis, intelligent character recognition, and a scanner in a portable machine.

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Closed Circuit TV

Low Vision

Hardware device that uses a video camera connected to a computer to enlarge documents or objects that are placed under the camera.

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TTY

Deaf/Hard of Hearing

A telecommunications device that allows individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing converse via the telephone.

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Tactile Image Enhancer

Blind/Visually Impaired

Designed to assist Blind and Visually impaired individuals in the creation and understanding of tactile graphic images.