4th
Annual
Accessing Higher Ground:
Assistive Technology in Higher Education
Nov 14-16
Assistive Technology/ Adapted Computing Product
Information
I. Physical
Disabilities:
A. Key guards:
1. Key
guards - range in price from 25.00 35.00
A wide range of styles is available from:
Keyboard Alternatives and Vision Solutions
537 College Avenue,
Santa Rosa, CA, 95404
1-800-953-9262
http://www.keyalt.com/keyboards/keyguards.htm
B.
Alternative Keyboards:
1. Magic
Wand keyboard
In Touch Systems, 11 Westview Road, Spring Valley
New York 10977
800-332-6244
Price:
$1875.00
http://www.magicwandkeyboard.com/
2. Tash Mini
keyboard
Tash Inc.
3512 Mayland Ct.
Richmond VA 23233
1-800-463-5685 or (804) 747-5020
Price:
$750.00
3. Intellikeys Keyboard
IntelliTools, Inc.
1720 Corporate Circle
Petaluma, CA 94954
phone:
1-800-899-6687 or 707-773-2000
Price:
$395.00
4. Many
others good catalogues and web sites for finding many styles of alternative
keyboards are:
|
Keyboard
Alternatives and Vision Solutions 537
College Avenue Santa
Rosa, CA, 95404 1-800-953-9262 |
Options
by Infogrip 1794
East Main Street Ventura,
CA, 93001 1-800-397-0921 |
C. Ergonomic Keyboards: a huge variety of ergonomic keyboards are available on the
market.
Good catalogues and web sites for finding
these options include:
|
Keyboard
Alternatives and Vision Solutions 537
College Avenue Santa
Rosa, CA, 95404 800-953-9262 |
Options
by Infogrip 1794
East Main Street, Ventura, CA, 93001 1-800-397-0921 |
Alimed
Ergonomics 297
High Street, Dedham, MA 02026 800-225-2610 |
|
http://www.keyalt.com/keyboards/keyguards.htm |
|
D.
Alternative Pointing Devices: a huge
variety of these devices are available on the market as well and can also be
found at the web sites listed under ergonomic keyboards.
1.
Headmouse:
Words+,
Inc
1220
W. Avenue
Lancaster,
CA 93534-2902
800-999-4660
Price: $1695.00
http://www.words-plus.com/website/products/input/headms.htm
2. No Hands
Mouse:
Keyboard Alternatives and Vision Solutions
537 College Avenue,
Santa Rosa, CA, 95404
1-800-953-9262
Price: $285.95
http://www.keyalt.com/keyboards/keyguards.htm
E. Alternate Input:
1.
Voice recognition/voice activated software:
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Prices range from $49.00- $1000.00
L&H Dragon Systems, Inc.
320 Nevada Street, Newton, MA 02460, USA
Phone: 617-
965-5200
Fax: 617-965-2374
http://www.lhsl.com/naturallyspeaking/
IBM Via Voice
Prices range from $29.00 $219.00
IBM Corporation, 1133 Westchester Avenue, White
Plains, New York 10604
888 shop ibm
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/speech/
2. Switch Access switches can be purchased
from Intellitools or Tash ( see above)
a. Morse code:
|
Discover
Ke:nx |
EZ
Keys |
Darci
Too |
|
Don
Johnston, Inc 800-869-8521 |
Words+, Inc 1220 W. Avenue Lancaster, CA 93534-2902 |
ADA
Worklink 2566-A Telegraph Avenue 800 732 0522 |
|
Price: $780.00 |
Price: w/speech $1395.00 |
Price: $995.00 |
b. Scanning: ( same as Morse code)
3. Word Completion/Prediction Software:
|
Read
and Write |
Aurora
for Windows |
Key
Rep |
Co:Writer |
|
textHELP!ฎ Systems Ltd. |
Aurora
Systems Inc., Box 43005, 4739 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby, B.C., V5G-3H0, Canada (888)290-1133 |
Prentke
Romich Company |
Don
Johnston, Inc 800-869-8521 |
|
|
http://www.aurora-systems.com/ |
http://www.wivik.com/html/prc.htm |
|
|
Price:
$249.00 |
Price:
$395.00 |
Not
available must call local rep |
Price:
325.00 |
F. Positioning and Support:
1. Ergonomic Positioning devices (see Alimed above)
2. Adjustable Tables:
|
Xybix
Systems, Inc. 8160
Blakeland Dr., Unit G Littleton,
CO 80125 303-683-5656 |
Tiffin
Systems 450
Wall Street Tiffin,
Ohio 44883 800-221-1994 |
Anthrocart ALL-IN-ONE
Supply 800-794-6477 |
II. Sensory
Impairments:
A. Vision
1. Graphic Enhancement:
PIAF Pictures in a Flash
HumanWare, Inc.,
6245 King Road, Loomis, California 95650
(800) 722-3393
Price: $1299.00
Thermo Pen
Repro-Tronics
75 Carver Ave. Westwood, NJ 07675
800-948-8453
Price:
125.00
http://www.repro-tronics.com/index.html
2. Scanning and Reading Software:
Kurzweil 1000
Lernout & Hauspie Speech
Products N.V.
Flanders Languages Valley, 50
8900 Ieper, Belgium
Phone: +32-57-228-888
Price: $1495.00
OpenBook
Freedom
Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group
11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805
800-444-4443 (within US)
http://www.freedomscientific.com/index.html
Price: 995.00
3. Screen Enlargement Software:
Magic (see Freedom Scientific above)
Price: $295.00
Zoomtext Xtra
AI Squared
P.O.
Box 669, Manchester Center, VT 05255
phone: (802) 362-3612
Price:
$395.00 595.00
4. Screen
Reading Software:
Window Eyes
GW Micro, Inc.
725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Price: 595.00
Jaws (see Freedom Scientific above)
Price:
$795.00
5. Braille Translation Software:
Duxbury for Windows
Duxbury Systems, Inc.,
270 Littleton Rd., Unit 6
Westford,
MA 01886-3523 USA
978)692-3000
http://www.duxburysystems.com/default.htm
Price:
$595.00
6. Braille
Note-takers:
Braille Note ( see Humanware above)
Price:
$3800.00
Braille n Speak see
Price:
$1300.00 (see Freedom Scientific above)
7. Refreshable Braille Display:
Power Braille (see Freedom Scientific above)
Price:
$5000.00 10, 000.00
Alva Access Group
Use distributors on their web site or sales
http://www.aagi.com/aagi/aagi_home.html
Price:
$5000.00-10,000.00
8. Closed
Circuit Televisions:
Many, many brands exist (see Freedom Scientific and Humanware above)
Use Beyond Sight as local vendor for some brands
(see below)
9. Keycaps:
(See Don Johnston above)
Hooleon Corp
411 S. 6th St
Cottonwood, AZ
86326
(800) 937-1337
Price: $14.00-20.00
Hearing Impairments:
1. C-Print see web site
http://www.robson.org/gary/writing/caption-cart0101.html
2. I-Communicator see web site
http://www.teachthedeaf.com/icomm/overview.php3
III.
Learning/Cognitive Disabilities:
1. Talking Word Processors:
Aurora for Windows (see Aurora Systems, Inc. above)
Price:
$395.00
TextHelp Read and Write (see TextHelp Systems
above)
Price:
$295.00
Read and Write free off of the web
Write: Outloud (see Don Johnston above)
Price:
$99.00
2. Word Prediction/Completion see table above under
physical disabilities
3. Scanning and Reading Software:
Kurzeil 3000 (see Lernout & Hauspie Speech
Products above)
Price: $2695.00
WYNN (see Freedom Scientific above)
Price: $1495.00
4. Scanning and
Reading Pens:
Quicktionary Pen
Wizcom Technologies Inc.
257 Great Road
Acton, MA 01720, USA
Tel: +1-978-635-5357
Toll Free: +1-888-777-0552
http://www.wizcomtech.com/index.php3
Price: $199.00
Siemens Pocket Reader
Pocket Reader, LLC
64 Main Street
New Canaan, Connecticut 06840
800-665-8445
http://us.pocketreader.com/home.emm?cfid=419051&cftoken=22746150
Price: $99.95
5. Voice Recognition/Voice Activated
Software: see vendors listed above
6. Franklin Spell Checkers and E-Book Readers
Franklin Electronic Publishers
One Franklin Plaza
Burlington, NJ 08016-4907
Franklin Electronic Publishers
800-266-5626
Price:
E-Book Readers - $130.00
Price:
Electronic Spell Checkers $50.00 200.00
7. Portable Note-Takers
Alphasmart, Inc.
20400 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 300
Cupertino, CA 95014
888-274-0680 (toll-free)
Price:
basic model is $199.00
infrared
model is $229.00
IV. Local
Vendors: these vendors can you save you a ton of work and act as a reseller
of most if not all of the above products.
If they do not carry the product, they will probably get it at your
request.
Specializes
in vision products:
Beyond Sight, Inc.
5650 South Windermere Street
Littleton, CO 80120
Phone: 303-795-6455 ~ Fax: 303-795-6425
Specializes
across assistive tech products:
Adaptive Technologies
35446 Running Brook Lane
Elizabeth, CO.
80107
303-646-4124
http://www.adaptive-technologies.com
Marla C. Roll, MS,
OTR/Director
Assistive Technology
Resource Center
Department of Occupational Therapy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Co 80523
email: mcroll@cahs.colostate.edu
web:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC
phone: 970-491-2016
fax:
970-491-6290