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| [senit] from the conference at CSUN | |
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Steve Lee
steve at fullmeasure.co.uk
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| Article: [senit] from the conference at CSUN | |
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And your students can take it home to use on their own machines and give copies to their friends. On 3/23/07, Ira David Socol <socolira at msu.edu> wrote: > It is an easy CD to build on your own from the download sites, and it would > be worth creating a download file on your own website providing direct > linking. When you consider what you can do with these programs combined with > Google tools (docs, notebook, gmail, calendar) - which could become your own > school's full-powered, fully accessible email and study support system... > well, there are some great opportunities. > > Ira Socol > > Steve Lee writes: > > > These Mozilla Live CDs are proving extremely popular with visitors and > > I sadly doubt that there will be any left for me to bring back to UK. > > > > To fill in a few details, Charles has created a CD of software that > > autoruns without any installation on Windows. Installers are provided > > for Mac and Linux. Apart from making it easy to try this software the > > CD can be used to access the web via a screen reader on any Windows PC > > which does not have a screen reader already installed. > > > > The spoken start menu allows launching of the following software and > > also contains tutorials and documentation on Mozilla's Open Source > > Accessibility and Assistive technology activities. > > > > * Firefox - the web browser with many accessibility features including > > high visibility themes > > * FireVox - the screen reader add-on to Firefox giving access to both > > browser and the web. > > * CLiCk, Speak - the add-on that speaks and highlights the web under > > user direction > > * NVDA - the open source windows screen reader. > > > > FireVox includes support for the very latest W3C standard that enables > > screen readers to work more effectively with the proliferating Web 2.0 > > and Ajax websites (like gmail). A demonstration is included on the CD. > > > > We've had at least one visitor delighted that there is no charge for > > this quality software. > > > > NVDA is also proving popular and the author Mick Curran is in much > > demand. Mick uses it himself so NVDA can claim to be the screen reader > > used to develop itself. > > > > For more information and downloads see these sites. > > > > www.accessfirefox.com > > www.firevox.clcworld.net > > www.clickspeak.clcworld.net > > www.nvda-project.org/ > > > > Enjoy > > > > -- > > Steve Lee > > www.fullmeasure.co.uk > > www.oatsoft.org > > www.schoolforge.org.uk > > > > > > On 3/23/07, Richard Walter <richardwalter at ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> Ira David Socol wrote: > >> > Once again, I'll update you as I can from the CSUN International > >> > Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities at > >> > http://speedchange.blogspot.com/ > >> > I hope some find it useful. > >> > Ira Socol > >> > Special Education Technology Scholar > >> > CEPSE > >> > College of Education > >> > Michigan State University > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> There are some interesting things on > >> the conference report. > >> > >> The new speech add on to Firefox to > >> replace the old one which didn't > >> work on the newer version looks good. > >> > >> http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2007/03/csun-2007click-speak.html > >> > >> and there are some thoughtful > >> discussions on the nature of > >> literacy and the role of assistive > >> technology > >> > >> Richard Walter > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Ira Socol > Special Education Technology Scholar > CEPSE > College of Education > Michigan State University > > > > > -- Steve Lee www.fullmeasure.co.uk www.oatsoft.org www.schoolforge.org.uk |
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