1. Assistive Technology : an overview
Université Ibn Tofail, Kénitra: 25 mars 2015

2. Assistive Technology : an overview
Plan
Introduction
Requirements Analysis
List of assistive technology
Perspectives
Assistive Technology : an overview
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3. Assistive Technology : an overview
Introduction
An increasing number of students with disabilities are attending universities. To meet the educational demands of these students and improve their learning, the use of assistive technology became essential. This presentation is an overview of the list of assistive technologies that our university has ordered for the Accessibility Center.
Assistive Technology : an overview
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4. Requirements Analysis
It is clear that not all technologies are suitable for all students. A technology that may be useful for one student may be useless for another. Hence the choice of the assistive technology is depending on the type of disabilities that we have in our university (Visually impaired and Mobility).
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5. List of Assistive Technology
iPad Air2 Tablet
Apple products are simple, intuitive, and easy to use.
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6. List of Assistive Technology
iPad Air2 Tablet
Vision. VoiceOver is the world’s first gesture-based screen reader for Mac and iOS devices. It lets users who are blind or have low vision know what's happening on their device. And helps them control it.
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7. List of Assistive Technology
iPad Air2 Tablet
How to activate VoiceOver on iPhone and iPad
Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on General.
Tap on Accessibility.
Under Vision at the very top, tap on VoiceOver.
Turn On VoiceOver by tapping on the On/Off toggle.
You can scroll down with three fingers to view VoiceOver options and customize your experience.
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8. List of Assistive Technology
iPad Air2 Tablet
Physical and motor skills. People with physical and motor challenges can use AssistiveTouch in iOS to enter common Multi-Touch gestures, like pinch, with just one finger.
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9. List of Assistive Technology
Screens LX Desk Mount LCD Arm
This screen allows flexibility position
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10. List of Assistive Technology
Snow 7 HD Handheld Video Magnifier
The Snow 7 HD is a high definition handheld video magnifier designed by Zoomax. It is a 7 inch unit with a high contrast LCD screen, ensuring a clean and crisp image when using the device.
This magnification aid can be used while out and about and also in the home as well so it is ideal for reading and magnifiying newspapers, books, price tags, labels, medicine bottles and more.
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11. List of Assistive Technology
Braille EDGE 40
Create and save notes, or read books and documents with the notepad.
Read and save your data to the SD card. 
Braille EDGE 40 contains 2 four-way navigation keys and 8 function keys (Escape, Tab, Control, Alt, Shift, Insert, Windows and Applications) combining the convenience of entering text in Braille with the intuitive functionality of a PC keyboard.
Braille EDGE 40 offers the convenience and flexibility of multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.
Connect Braille EDGE 40 to a computer or PDA via Bluetooth 
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12. List of Assistive Technology
Braille EDGE 40
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13. List of Assistive Technology
Basic-D V4
100 characters per second
High-quality single & double sided braille (recto-verso)
Braille & text labeled interface panel
Horizontal and vertical braille printing
Multilingual speech feedback
Tractor-fed - the most reliable paper feeding method …
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14. List of Assistive Technology
Sony - Digital Voice Recorder
Voice-activated recording
Activates the recorder only when audible sound is present.
4GB flash memory
Lets you record up to 1,073 hours of audio. The memory card slot allows easy expansion of storage space (card not included).
Track-mark function
Makes it easy to identify important parts of recordings for quick recall.
Add/overwrite functions
Allow you to make corrections to your notes.
Noise-cut mode
Helps ensure clear speech playback.
Scene select
Adjusts recording settings automatically.
PC and Mac compatible
Easy connection to computer.
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15. List of Assistive Technology
SwiftPoint - Mini souris sans fil
VIDEO
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16. List of Assistive Technology
JAWS keyboard comfort
The JAWS keyboard comfort allow blind people to use more easily than ever the JAWS screen reader software.
The most used functions JAWS are assigned by default to simple keys, providing quick access to software features.
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17. List of Assistive Technology
Duxbury Braille Translator for Windows
Is a software program that translates a script into braille cells
• Runs on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows (including Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8).
• Supports all commercial braille embossers.
• Localized into English, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Italian, Russian, and
others. Translators support over 130 languages.
• Imports files from HTML, Word 2003/2007/2010/2013, Open Office, and other
formats.
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18. List of Assistive Technology
JAWS for Windows
JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world's most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC.
Talking installation
Works with Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and much more
Supports Windows 8, including touch screens and gestures
Access any image on the screen that includes text with Convenient OCR …
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Perspectives
• Training about the use of the assistive technology for students with disabilities. • Convince the teachers to use the assistive technology.
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20. Perspectives development of a platform for disabled student
This platform will be presented by Mr Youssef
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21. Assistive Technology : an overview
Thank you
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