4th
Annual
Accessing
Higher Ground:
Assistive
Technology in Higher Education
November
14-16
University of Colorado
Demo’s, Freebies and Resources:
*Aurora for Windows – (Word
Completion/Prediction Software, Talking Word Processors)
Aurora Systems Inc., Box 43005,
4739 Willingdon Ave.,
Burnaby, B.C.,
V5G-3H0, Canada
(888)290-1133
http://www.aurora-systems.com/
Demo Versions of Aurora's
Products
If
you are interested in finding out more about Aurora, they strongly recommend
going through the Aurora
Tour (http://www.aurora-systems.com/fast/page_1.html)
first.
Download Aurora Compact
Demo Version. (9M) http://www.aurora-systems.com/fast/demodown.html
The Aurora Compact Demo is a slimmed-down version of Aurora software with one
sample dictionary and without several rarely used speech synthesizer drivers
and the male Aurora RealVoice speech synthesizer.
Download Aurora Full
Demo Version. (16M) http://www.aurora-systems.com/fast/fulldown.html
The
Aurora Full Demo is Aurora software exactly as it appears on the CD.
*Read&Write (Word Completion/ Prediction
Software)
textHELP!® Systems Ltd.
Enkalon Business Centre,25 Randalstown Road,
Antrim, Co. Antrim, BT41 4LJ
N. Ireland
Download Product Walk thrus -- These product
demos can show you how WordSmith and Read & Write can help you with your
literacy. You have the choice of running them from their site or saving them on
to your computer where you can run them again and again.
Wordsmith (Mac ) http://www.texthelp.com/flash/Wordsmith.sea.hqx
(Scanning & Reading, Word Completion/ Prediction Software)
Wordsmith (Windows) http://www.texthelp.com/flash/Wordsmith.exe
(Scanning & Reading, Word Completion/ Prediction Software)
Read&Write
(Mac) http://www.texthelp.com/flash/readandwrite.sea.hqx
(Word Completion/ Prediction Software)
Read&Write (Windows)
http://www.texthelp.com/flash/ReadandWrite.exe
(Word Completion/ Prediction Software)
*Co:Writer
(Word Completion/Prediction Software)
Don Johnston, Inc
800-869-8521
Try any Don
Johnston product FREE for 30 days. Solutions to help students learn to read and write:
NO purchase order required!
Try the best learning intervention products RISK-FREE
You receive full product—not a scaled-down demo
30-day preview period gives you time to use products with your students to see
real results. And time to demonstrate this powerful technology to your
administrators!
Enjoy free technical support during your preview period 800.889.5242 http://www.donjohnston.com/catalog/leaderguarfrm.htm
*Key Rep (Word
Completion/Prediction Software)
Prentke Romich Company
1022 Heyl Road
Wooster, OH 44691
(800) 848-8008
http://www.wivik.com/html/prc.htm
All
demo software works for 30 minutes per session for a maximum of 30-days. At
that time, if you are satisfied with the product, please order the complete
version from Prentke Romich Company.
1. Click on indicated links
to download free software. All demo software files are in self-extracting
zipped format.
2. Once downloaded, copy files into individual folders. Run or double-click a
file to extract its installation components. Run the extracted INSTALL.EXE to
install the software.
3. Complete manuals are available in the Manuals section below, in Adobe
Acrobat Reader PDF format.
*Kurzweil (Scanning and
Reading Software )
Lernout & Hauspie
Speech Products N.V.
Flanders Languages Valley, 50
8900 Ieper, Belgium
Phone: +32-57-228-888
A demonstration version of
Kurzweil 3000™ (Scanning and Reading Software) , Kurzweil 1000 (Scanning and Reading Software), or MagniReader™
(magnification software). Demonstration versions function for a total of
30-days at a time, available free of charge, for either PC or Mac®. A demo
version functions for a total of 30-days, after which point it is uninstalled.
*Zoomtext Xtra (Screen Enlargement Software)
AI Squared
P.O.
Box 669, Manchester Center, VT 05255
phone: (802) 362-3612
About Ai
Squared Trial Software--Ai Squared trial software
allows you to fully evaluate the product on your system before making a
purchase decision. Trial software is available free of charge and may be
downloaded from this website or requested on disk by contacting Ai Squared.
*Window Eyes (Screen Reading Software)
GW Micro, Inc.
725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Window-Eyes Demo http://www.gwmicro.com/demo/ For the demo on a free CD, please contact the
sales department at 219/489-3671.
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
Assistive
technology software developed by Freedom Scientific:
Freedom Scientific offers
free , downloadable trial versions of all its software. A CD version is often available for a small
fee, which is then applied to purchase cost.
JAWS for Windows (Screen Reading) http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp
MAGic (Screen Magnification )- http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_magic.asp
OPENBook (Scanning
& Reading) - http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_open.asp
Connect Outloud (Web Access) http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_connect.asp
WYNN (Literacy Scanning & Reading Software --Learning Systems Group
Website) http://www.freedomscientific.com/WYNN/index.html
For a free demo CD of WYNN 3.0, contact Freedom Scientific's Learning Systems
Group by phone (888) 223-3344 or email, wynn@freedomscientific.com.
* Duxbury for Windows (Braille Translation Software)
Duxbury Systems, Inc.,
270 Littleton Rd., Unit 6
Westford, MA 01886-3523 USA
(978)692-3000
http://www.duxburysystems.com/default.htm
DBT Mac Demo http://www.duxburysystems.com/downloads/dbtmacd.bin
Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) for Macintosh
DBT Win http://www.duxburysystems.com/downloads/dbtwids.exe
Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) for
Windows Demo
**Talking Word Processor Freebies!
HelpRead – free off the web
Read
and Write – free off of the web
Trace Center http://trace.wisc.edu/–
is housed out of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. They have an amazing web site with
glossaries, product information, research and more. They also produce a wonderful product information directory that
features listings of shareware and freeware.
Microsoft
Windows 95/98/ME/2000 Software Toolkit - shareware and freeware for
Microsoft Windows 95 and 98[http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/win95/win95sha.html]
Apple
Macintosh Software Toolkits- shareware and freeware for Macintosh
Computers.
[http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/mac/macshare.html]
DOS
Software Toolkit shareware and
freeware for DOS.
[http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/dos/dosshare.html]
Virtual Assistive Tech Center Offers lists of Freeware and shareware! http://www.at-center.com
EconoNet
International Speech Series
Simply Web 2000 (http://www.econointl.com/sw/) : A free
Talking Web Browser for Windows 95, Windows 98, WindowsMe Millennium,
Windows NT4(SP6) and Windows 2000.
Cath Stager-
Kilcommons
Assistive Technology Support and
Web Accessibility Coordinator
Assistive Technology
Resource Center
Department of
Occupational Therapy
Colorado State
University
Fort Collins, CO. 80523
cath.kilcommons@cahs.colostate.edu
970-491-6258