2. VISION RELATED ADAPTIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Jeffrey D. Stark Environment Canada’s Adaptive Computer Technology Program Jeffrey D. Stark Environment Canada’s Adaptive Computer Technology Program

3. Who are we and what do we do? Accessibility Boot Camp For Webmasters And Application Developers Customized Accessible training courses for persons with disabilities Hands On Training Program For Technicians Awareness Training And Equipment Demonstration Product Evaluations Application Evaluations Website Evaluations Client Services Training Courses Accessibility Testing Solution development Research And Testing Needs assessment according to job function and disability Integration of the ACT tools within the users technical environment 32

4. LOW VISION VISION REPLACEWMENT Grouping ACT Tools PRODUCTS FOR:

5. Adaptive Computer Technology For Low Vision Users Windows Display Settings Larger Font / Color / Background Anti-Glare Covers Screen Magnifiers ZoomText / AI Squared Magic / Freedom Scientific Lunar Plus & SuperNova / Dolphin Larger Screen (surface Area) Large Print Keyboard CCTV Aladdin Genie Portable CCTV MaxPort Flipper Jordy 2

6. Adaptive Computer Technology For Vision Replacement Screen Readers JAWS Window Eyes Hal Braille Displays 40 / 80 character Synthesisers DecTalk, TripleTalk, Proverb OCR Software OmniPage, OpenBook 6, Kurzweil Scanners (document feeder) Braille Printers Romeo, Juliet, Index Everest

7. Adaptive Computer Technology For Vision Replacement Portable Note Takers PackMate BrailleNote / TypeNote GPS LapTalk

8. Some Vendors Aroga http://www.aroga.com Frontier Computing http://www.frontiercomputing.o n.ca VisuAide http://www.visuaide.com MicroComputer Science Center http://www.microscience.on.ca