[oats-sig] FW: recommendations for AAC tablet devices

>From the american resna list, with no prompting!

Awesome, finally someone using a rugged tablet as a device... Be good to
advertise this if you do a little writeup?

I was also pointing out the independent thought from the resna list of
'wouldn't it be good to have a browser based aac device' ! 

Cheers.

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Karl Dean
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:10 PM
To: OATs Project Special Interest Group
Subject: Re: [oats-sig] FW: recommendations for AAC tablet devices

I have this tablet as my aac on my chair, its great!

http://www.ergo.co.uk/products/rugged/rugged_tablet_201/index.html

Cheers
Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Judge" <simon.judge at nhs.net>
To: "'OATs Project Special Interest Group'" <oats-sig at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: [oats-sig] FW: recommendations for AAC tablet devices

> >From the american resna list, with no prompting!
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RESNA's Assistive Technology Forum [mailto:AT-FORUM at LIST.RESNA.ORG] 
> On
> Behalf Of Kocsis
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:59 AM
> To: AT-FORUM at LIST.RESNA.ORG
> Subject: Re: recommendations for AAC tablet devices
>
> Just a random thought here, but wouldn't it be interesting to see some 
> type
> of open source program for an HTML-based comm device using cascading style
> sheets & variety of access options (USB ports,etc) and platforms (pc,
> handheld, tablet, etc)?
>
> What would it take to really make such a device "universal" - at least as
> far as dynamic display devices go? perhaps a program that allows folks to
> choose between text-based or icon based pages, vs text (a la
> Words+), though I think something as unique as dasher would be tough to
> incorporate...
>
> What do you think should go into an all-inclusive aug comm box? How
> about a clear silicone raised button overlay that you can see the screen
> icons through but still have button "feel appeal"? That might be a nice
> little product to design & manufacture, kind of a reverse keyguard. :)
> Any other fun ideas?
>
>
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>
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> Kocsis Assistive Technology Services
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> Margaret Cotts wrote:
>> Hi Geoff-
>> I think part of what was making me nervous about this question is it
> sounds
>> like the school district wants to have a hardware/software combo that 
>> they
>> can hand out to students.
>>
>> I wanted to echo what Carrie said about providing the needs assessment
>> first. When I provide an AAC evaluation, I provide an extensive needs
>> evaluation before I even think about what device to show the individual.
>> There are lots of different kinds of software which are "well-designed" 
>> in
>> certain aspects, but don't necessarily meet the needs of the individual.
>> Does the student need to use email and have internet access? Can the
> student
>> use a core vocabulary program? Which core vocabulary program works best
> for
>> the student? Do they need a symbol based program? Does the student do 
>> best
>> using an eye gaze based system? Do they need a smaller, more portable
>> system?
>>
>> I don't honestly believe you can find one piece of software that will 
>> meet
>> the needs of the school district.
>>
>> Margaret Cotts, MA, ATP
>> The ALS Center at UCSF
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RESNA's Assistive Technology Forum [mailto:AT-FORUM at LIST.RESNA.ORG]
> On
>> Behalf Of Geoff Sittler
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:30 AM
>> To: AT-FORUM at LIST.RESNA.ORG
>> Subject: recommendations for AAC tablet devices
>>
>>   I'm an OT working in the school system in Oregon and am looking at
>> tablet/slate PCs that can be used as communication devices as 
>> alternatives
>> to specialty built devices like the Mercury or DynaVox.  In an effort to
>> decrease costs, I'm hoping that we could use hardware that is designed 
>> for
>> the the general public and then install software for communication.
>>
>>   I was wondering if anyone had recommendations on hardware/software that
>> are well-designed and affordable (I know those things don't always go
>> together, but I'm hoping someone might be able to help on this).
>>
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>
>>   Geoff Sittler
>>   Occupational Therapist - NWRESD, Columbia County
>>   Office: (503) 366-1715, x-236
>>   Cell: (971) 678-6793
>>   Fax: (503) 397-0796
>>   800 Port Avenue
>>   St. Helens, OR 97051
>>   gsittler at nwresd.k12.or.us
>>   www.nwresd.k12.or.us
>>
>>
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