Blog 6

Blog 6

There are many new innovative tools for people with disabilities.  Find two, describe what they are, who they might help, how they work, and if possible, how much do they cost?  Please make it more than one or two sentences....it is worth 10 points so I expect a little effort this time.

Mac OS X has a built in screen reading. This is a voice over program that tell you via the speaker what is going on, on your screen. It will tell you windows, menus, and more. This voice over program will let you control your Mac with your keyboard. Mac has braille display or you can use its multi touch trackpad. A Mac runs from $1000 to $3-4000

Another one of my favorites is Dragon Naturally Speaking. It will type as you speak, this helps visual impaired with letters, emails and several other programs on your computer It is very accurate and faster than typing. Dragon ranges from $99 standard to professional at $900.

Then there is my ultimate program. Its called Signtel Interpreter. This is for the deaf, hard of hearing, blind-deaf or visually impaired. This program translates speech and text to sign language. This is a program you load onto your computer. Laptops mostly. This program will run you $4,900.00 (text only) to text and voice for $5,400.00. Laptops can be added for another couple thousand.