1. TechDis Tuesdays Free and Open Source Software

2. FOSS library user aids

3. TechDis A.T. genres http://bit.ly/Aa7DGj http://bit.ly/Aa7DGj Grouped by task rather than impairment: reading writing recording planning communication visualisation alternative interfaces

5. LetMeType: http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/ Lingoes: http://www.lingoes.net/index.htmlhttp://www.lingoes.net/index.html Dasher: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/

6. Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Camstudio: http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/ Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing.htmlhttp://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

7. Xmind: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmind3/http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmind3/ FreeMind: http://freemind.sourceforge.nethttp://freemind.sourceforge.net RapidSet: http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/ *http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/ VuBar: http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk *http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk Virtual Magnifying Glass: http://sourceforge.net/projects/magnifier/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/magnifier/ * Denotes search for item on page (long list)

8. Free portable text to speech tools DSpeech http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/ http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/ Balabolka http://www.cross-plus- a.com/balabolka.htm http://www.cross-plus- a.com/balabolka.htm

9. Free TechDis Voices

10. JISC TechDis new FOSS pages http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/techn ologymatters/enablingtech/FOSS http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/techn ologymatters/enablingtech/FOSS

11. Questions for discussion 1. What are the barriers to widespread usage of these tools? Accessing exe files? How do we get around those? 2. Networking and/or portability? 3. How do we encourage uptake among staff / students? 4. Training on their use – how is this best effected? Youtube? 5. What other FOSS tools might be of interest? 6. Examples of deployment (institutional level)