Transcript Webinar Training on Assistive Technology: Tools for Transition
Wednesday, February, 15, 2017
Presented by: Laura Simmons-Martinez, Assistive Technology Program Manager, Team of Advocates for Special Kids
Technology can play a big role in successfully transitioning from high school to the adult world. We will introduce the different types of technology that may be useful in high school, college, in the workplace and to help foster independence. Attendees will leave with an understanding of what types of technology are out there to help older students and adults with special needs and where to obtain that technology.

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>> OKAY, WELL GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
I GET A COUPLE THUMB'S UP?
OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO COVER.
SO, IF I'M GOING TOO QUICKLY LET ME KNOW TO SLOW DOWN.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TASK AND WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE A PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER THAT SERVES ALL AGES AND DISABILITIES.
WE SERVE ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN DIEGO, IMPERIAL, LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA.
I PROVIDED A LIST OF SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
BASICALL,Y SINCE WE ARE A PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER OUR NUMBER ONE SERVICE WE OFFER IS TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR PARENTS, CARE GIVERS, PROFESSIONALS, AND OF COURSE, CONSUMERS.
THERE'S A LONG LIST OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO.
THE OTHER MAIN THING WE DO IS ONE-ON-ONE PHONE CALLS.
ALL OF OUR ADVOCATES HERE  --  I'M SORRY WE JUST CHANGED THEIR NAME TO FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
THEY ARE ALL PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS 
WE DO HELP BOTH PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS AND ALSO ADULT CONSUMERS.
WE HAVE A HUGE RESOURCE DATABASE THAT YOU CAN CALL AND GET REFERRALS TO OTHER AGENCIES AND SERVICES.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TECHNOLOGY CENTERS.
IN BOTH ANAHEIM AND SOUTHGATE.
OUR TECH CENTERS OFFER MANY SERVICES.
OUR NUMBER ONE SERVICE IS OUR INDIVIDUALIZED LAB APPOINTMENTS.
WHICH IS BASICALLY A ONE-HOUR APPOINTMENT WHERE YOU CAN COME IN AND TRY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
WE ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND AUGMENT ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION CONSULTATIONS, AS WELL AS CLINICS AND A LOT OF OTHER SERVICES.
OUR NEWEST SERVICE THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE VOICE OPTIONS PILOT PROGRAM.
AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T, THE C.F.I.L.C. IS FACILITATING THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
AND IT'S BASICALLY A WAY FOR CALIFORNIANS WITH SPEECH DISABILITIES TO TRY IPADS WITH SPECIFIC AAC APPS ON THEM.
AFTER THEY HAVE HAD A DEMONSTRATION AND A TRIAL, THEY CAN THEN BORROW THE IPAD WITH THE APPS ON IT FOR 14-30 DAYS AND IF SUCCESSFUL THEY CAN APPLY FOR A LONG-TIME LOAN OF AN IPAD AND THE APP THEY CHOOSE.
FOR MORE OPTIONS VISIT VOICEOPTIONS.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION OR GO AHEAD AND SEND ME AN EMAIL.
WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU AT THE END.
OKAY, SO WHAT IS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY?
WELL, IT'S BASICALLY AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT INCLUDES ASSISTIVE, ADAPTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE DEVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE PROCESS USED IN SELECTING, LOCATING AND USING THEM.
SOME OF THE TYPES OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY WILL INCLUDE LOW-TECH ITEMS.
AIDS FOR DAILY LIVING.
COMPUTER-BASED SUPPORTS SUCH AS SOFTWARE, EXTENSIONS AND ONLINE RESOURCES.
AND THEN FINALLY APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH IDEVICE AND ANDROID.
I WILL START WITH LOW TECH.
ON THE WEBINAR IT'S KIND OF STRANGE BECAUSE I USUALLY PASS AROUND MY LOW TECH, SO I WILL DESCRIBE A COUPLE THINGS ON THIS SLIDE.
FIRST OF ALL IT'S THE TWIST AND WRITE PENCIL, A U-SHAPED OR A WISH-BONED SHAPED PENCIL AT THE TOP AND IT JUST GOES DOWN INTO A POINT, INSERT YOUR FINGER THROUGH THE U-SHAPE AND IT HELPS WITH WRITING MORE ERGONOMICALLY.
YOU CAN SET UP TO FIVE ALARMS BASICALLY IN YOUR OWN VOICE THAT YOU CAN SAY TIME TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE, GET UP, DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A BREAK  --  THAT SORT OF THING.
SOME MORE LIGHT OR LOW-TECH OPTIONS INCLUDE OTHER ADAPTIVE PENCILS AND PENS.
WRITING GUIDES ARE HELPFUL FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR VISION IMPAIRMENTS AND THEY CAN INCLUDE GUIDES THAT HELP SIGN TEMPLATES, SO YOU CAN SIGN AND FILL OUT CHECKS, OR FILL OUT SPECIFIC LINES ON PAPERWORK OR ENVELOPES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALSO VISUAL SCHEDULES AND DIRECTIONS.
WE USE A LOT OF TIMES HERE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR TECH CONNECTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS AGES 12 AND UP, AND THOSE ARE CLIENTS THAT NEED HELP WITH SOCIAL, COMMUNICATION AND LIVE SKILLS.
WE USE THOSE VISUAL DIRECTIONS A LOT.
STEP-BY-STEP RECIPES, STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
THE OTHER IS DIGITAL RECORDERS SUCH AS VOICE CUE OR A REGULAR TAPE RECORDER TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOURSELF REMINDERS OR DIRECTIONS OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO AND THEN PLAY IT BACK.
THE VISUAL AND AUDITORY CUING DEVICES AND THEN THERE'S A TON MORE LOW-TECH OPTIONS.
THERE ARE A TON OF LOW-TECH VENDORS.
I WILL INCLUDE THE ONES WE USE THE MOST.
ENABLE MART, INDEPENDENT LIVING AIDS, THERAPRO.
LS & S PRODUCTS AND MAXI AIDS.
ON THE PAGE IS A PICTURE OF A READING GUIDE WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT ON A BOOK OR A PAPER THAT YOU ARE READING AND IT BLOCKS OUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE LINE YOU ARE READING AND THEN IT HAS A COLORED FILTER TO READ THROUGH, THAT COULD BE PINK, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN  --  WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU.
AND THE BOLD WRITER PEN FOR PERSONS WITH LOW VISION, IT'S KIND OF A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO A SHARPIE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT STRONG ODOR.
OKAY, TIME MANAGEMENT TOOLS.
TIME MANAGEMENT IS AN ISSUE FOR A LOT OF US, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE TRANSITIONING INTO EITHER HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, THE ADULT WORLD.
I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE JUST SOME IDEAS.
DIGITAL CLOCKS FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T READ A REGULAR ANALOG CLOCK.
VISUAL AND AUDITORY TIMERS TO REMIND YOU, IT'S TIME TO GO, OR TO PRE-WARN YOU, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO GET OUT THE DOOR.
DIGITAL WATCHES SUCH AS THE APPLE WATCH, THE TIME TIMER WATCH, WHICH IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF TIME.
THE PEBBLE WATCH.
THE WATCH MINDER IS SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE ATTENTION ISSUES.
AND YOU CAN PRE-PROGRAM IN SHORT MESSAGES AND IT WILL VIBRATE AND SAY THINGS LIKE "PAY ATTENTION" OR "TAKE YOUR MEDS" OR "CLASS IN 5 MINUTES" OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IN.
AND THEN THERE ARE TALKING AND BRAILLE WATCHES AND CLOCKS.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE VISUAL REMINDER OR CALENDAR APPS.
THERE ARE SO MANY OUT THERE.
BY NO MEANS IS THIS ALL OF THEM.
I JUST LISTED FOUR THAT I USE QUITE A BIT.
THE FIRST IS CALLED THE CLEAR APP.
THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE RIGHT AND IT JUST SHOWS BASICALLY A SCHEDULE 8:30 YOGA CLASS, 11:00 DENTIST APPOINTMENT.
SORRY, THAT'S THE PEEK CALENDAR.
THE CLEAR APP BASICALLY IS A LIST.
YOU PUT IN GROCERY SHOPPING, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, AND WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH IT YOU SLIDE TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, IT EITHER CROSSES IT OUT OR JUST DELETES IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND THERE ARE LITTLE REMINDERS THAT YOU CAN SET THAT CAN RING OR BEEP OR BUZZ.
TIME TIMER APP IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF TIME.
SO BASICALLY, A LARGE CIRCLE THAT COUNTS DOWN VISUALLY FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T TELL TIME.
AND THEN THE VISUAL SCHEDULE PLANNER IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED.
HERE IS A SCREEN SHOT.
OR TWO SCREEN SHOTS OF IT.
BASICALLY, YOU CAN PROGRAM IN DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, HOURLY, HOWEVER YOU NEED TO PROGRAM YOUR, OR THE PERSON YOU ARE WORKING WITH'S DAY.
ON THE LEFT SIDE WE HAVE MONDAY AT 8:02 THIS IS THEIR EVENING, SO THEY HAVE CHORES.
AT 7:30, FREE TIME AT 8:30, BED TIME AT 9:00 AND SO ON.
IF THEY HAVE CHORES AND THEY NEED THAT CHORE BROKEN DOWN, THEY CAN CLICK ON CHORES AND EITHER SEE A FILM, A VIDEO, OR A CHECKLIST.
SO ON THE RIGHT THERE'S LAUNDRY CHECKLIST.
SORT THE CLOTHES, CHECK THE POCKETS.
ADD THE CLOTHES TO THE WASHER, SET THE TEMPERATURE, AND SO ON.
SO THEY CAN CHECK OFF STEP-BY-STEP WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS UP TO THIS POINT?
OKAY, ONTO READING SUPPORTS.
THERE ARE A TON OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF READING SUPPORTS.
I'M GOING TO JUST START WITH E-BOOKS OR AUDIO BOOKS.
SO BASICALLY ELECTRONIC BOOKS OR E-TEXTS.
BASICALLY CAN PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO A TRADITIONAL PRINTED BOOK OR TEXT FOR READERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHERE THEY CAN'T HOLD A BOOK, OR TURN A PAGE.
AND THEY CAN TYPICALLY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET ONTO A COMPUTER, OR ONTO AN IPAD, AND THEY CAN EITHER BE READ ALOUD USING TEXT-TO-SPEECH SOFTWARE, OR YOU CAN READ THEM YOURSELF.
OKAY, WE WILL GET THERE D.O.R.
SO SOME E-BOOK OPTIONS INCLUDE LEARNING ALLY.
BOOK SHARE.
PROJECT GUTENBURG.
AND LIT 2 GO.
THOSE ARE ALL SITES YOU CAN JOIN AND DOWNLOAD BOOKS.
PROJECT GUTENBURG, LIT 2 GO AND FREE LEARNING SHARE YOU NEED TO HAVE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
LEARNING ALLY ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE RECORDED THE BOOKS, SO IT'S IN A HUMAN VOICE.
WHEREAS BOOK SHARE ARE TYPICALLY TEXT-TO-SPEECH BOOKS.
JUST A COUPLE WAYS TO ACCESS IT OTHER WAYS.
THE KINDLE APP IS UNIVERSAL AND IT WORKS ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS.
IBOOKS ON THE IPAD.
AND THEN OVER DRIVE, IN WHICH YOU COULD DOWNLOAD BOOKS FROM YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
IT'S AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS, BUT DIFFERENT LIBRARIES HAVE DIFFERENT SOFTWARE.
JUST SOME QUICK  --  I WANTED TO TALK QUICKLY ABOUT DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS.
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND BOOKS IN A DIGITAL FORMAT.
YOU CAN FIND JUST READING BOOKS, MORE EASILY.
BUT A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE DOING DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS INCLUDING BOOKSHARE, IBOOKS, KINDLE AND THEN THERE'S COURSE SMART WHICH IS SUBSCRIPTION BASED.
ONE WORK AROUND FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT NEED VOICE OUTPUT THAT DON'T WANT TO USE A FULL-ON SCREEN-READER LIKE VOICE OVER, ON THE IPAD YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT, TOUCH, DRAG AND HIGHLIGHT WHATEVER TEXT YOU WANT TO READ ALOUD.
AND IT WILL GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FOR YOU, OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WHOLE SCREEN WHICH IS SPEAK SCREEN.
NICE BUILT-IN FEATURES ON THE IPAD.
I WENT AHEAD AND PUT THE STEPS THERE FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN TRY IT IF YOU HAVE AN IPAD.
I USE IT A LOT FOR MY OLDER STUDENTS WHO WANT TO READ INDEPENDENTLY BUT MIGHT GET STUCK ON A WORD OR WANT THAT AUDITORY FEEDBACK.
THERE ARE A TON OF TEXT-TO-SPEECH OPTIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO READ.
THE COMPUTER, THE INTERNET, DIGITAL BOOKS.
IT JUST DEPENDS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
I LISTED A FEW.
NATURAL READER, YOU CAN TRY FOR FREE.
AND IT'S KIND OF LIMITED BUT IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT A TEXT-TO-SPEECH READER, THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD WAY TO GO BECAUSE YOU CAN TRY IT.
READ OUT LOUD BY DON JOHNSTON IS GOOD, THEY USE THAT FOR YOUR BOOKSHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
FOR BLIND AND LOW-VISION STUDENTS, JAWS IS PROBABLY THE MOST WELL-KNOWN SCREEN READER.
AND THEN THERE'S WINDOW-EYES FOR THOSE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AS WELL.
ON THE APP SIDE FOR THE TABLET, ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS VOICE DREAM READER.
READ2GO IS AN APP CREATED BY FOLKS AT BOOKSHARE TO READ THEIR BOOKS.
YOU COULD IMPORT OTHER BOOKS AS WELL.
AND NATURAL READER HAS A TEXT-TO-SPEECH APP THAT IS FREE, OR IF YOU WANT THE DELUXE EDITION, IT'S $9.99.
THERE'S ALSO A GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION IF YOU ARE GOOGLE CHROME PEOPLE CALLED SELECT AND SPEAK.
FOR VOICE DREAM READER, IT IS HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE, SO IT COULD BE USED FOR ANYONE THAT IS TOTALLY BLIND ALL THE WAY THROUGH, SOMEONE WHO HAS ATTENTION ISSUES OR DYSLEXIA OR READING ISSUES.
THERE ARE 186 VOICES, 30 LANGUAGES.
YOU CAN SET THE FONT SIZE FACING COLOR, BACKGROUND, FOREGROUND, YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT AND PULL OUT NOTES AND IT READS ANY CONTENT.
I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY IT DOESN'T READ YET.
AND YOU CAN SPEED IT UP, SLOW IT DOWN, MAKE THE TEXT LARGER OR SMALLER.
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LINES LARGER OR SMALLER, VERY, VERY CUSTOMIZABLE.
THERE'S A FREE VERSION AND THERE'S AN UPGRADED VERSION THAT IS $9.99.
WE USE THIS IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS.
OKAY, TEXT LEVELED READING.
THIS IS KIND OF A NEAT OPTION FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, AND SOME OF MY ADULTS AS WELL.
SNAP AND READ JOHNSTON.
YOU CAN EITHER BUY THE SOFTWARE OR THERE'S A GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION YOU CAN DOWNLOAD.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT READS ACCESSIBLE AND INACCESSIBLE TEXT ALOUD.
SO IF IT'S ACCESSIBLE TEXT, YOU BASICALLY TURN ON SNAP AND READ AND YOU CLICK NEAR THE TEXT THAT YOU WANT TO READ AND A SPEAKER POPS UP AND IT READS IT.
IF IT'S TEXT THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE OR IN A PICTURE OR IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT, IT HAS A  --  IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE CROPPING A PICTURE, BASICALLY YOU SELECT THE TEXT YOU WANT TO READ.
IT DOES A QUICK OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND THEN READS IT ALOUD TO YOU.
IT WORKS ACROSS, GOOGLE DRIVE, EMAIL, WEBSITES, KINDLE, PDF.
THEY HAVE DYNAMIC TEXT LEVELING.
IF THEY ARE READING SOMETHING, OR YOU ARE READING SOMETHING AND NOT UNDERSTANDING IT, YOU CAN CLICK THE TEXT LEVELING TOOL AND IT WILL BRING IT DOWN.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH SCREENS REALLY QUICK BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXAMPLE ON HERE.
SO THE TIME TRAVELER WAS EXPOUNDING AN RECONDITE MATTER TO US.
SO IF THEY CLICK THE TEXT LEVELING IT SAYS THE TIME TRAVELER WAS EXPLAINING AN UNKNOWN MATTER TO US.
THAT'S REALLY A NEAT TOOL.
THEY DO HAVE A 30-DAY TRIAL THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD.
AND THEN THERE ARE BUILT-IN STUDY TOOLS WHERE YOU CAN PULL OUT TEXT AND THEY HAVE A BIBLIOGRAPHER SECTION THAT IS REALLY NEAT.
ANOTHER SITE THAT IS REALLY AMAZING WHICH IS FREE IS CALLED NEWSELA.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE OR DOWNLOAD THE APP.
IT'S ALL NEWS ARTICLES.
THEY TAKE DAILY NEWS ARTICLES, JUST WHATEVER IS CURRENT AND THEY RE-WRITE IT AT FIVE DIFFERENT READING LEVELS, SO WHEN YOU ARE ONLINE OR ON THE APP, YOU CAN SWIPE YOUR FINGER AND THERE MAKE THE TEXT EITHER EASIER OR HARDER.
IT GOES FROM FIFTH GRADE READING LEVEL TO 12TH GRADE READING LEVEL.
IF YOU WANT TO GO DEEPER, THERE ARE ACTUALLY READING TESTS, COMPREHENSION AND QUIZZES YOU CAN ADD AS WELL.
IT'S REALLY A NEAT WEBSITE.
THAT'S OUR EXAMPLE OF THE SNAP AND READ.
ANOTHER ONLINE TOOL I LIKE IS CALLED REWORDIFY.
IT'S A FREE ON LINE READING COMPREHENSION SOFTWARE.
YOU CAN TAKE E-TEXT OR ONLINE ARTICLES OR ANY DOCUMENT YOU WANT AND CUT AND PASTE IT IN, AND HIT REWORDIFY AND IT WILL SIMPLIFY IT FOR YOU.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TOOLS AND FEATURES BUILT IN.
IT COULD HIGHLIGHT THE WORDS THAT IT CHANGED FOR YOU, OR NOT.
THE TEXT ON THE LEFT SAYS THE RAVENOUS THRONG SCAMPERED  --  [READING]
SO REWORDIFY.COM IS THE WEBSITE AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL.
THEY ALSO HAVE A SECTION THAT HAS PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOKS ON IT THAT YOU CAN OPEN AND IT WILL REWORDIFY THE WHOLE BOOK FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE READING SECTION?
ONTO THE READING SUPPORTS.
SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT I LIKE TO USE A LOT ARE CONTEXTUAL SPELL CHECKERS.
THESE CHECK THE GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION, IN CONTEXT OF THE SENTENCE YOU ARE WRITING, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO WHEN YOU ARE USING MICROSOFT WORD OR ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT HAS BUILT-IN SPELL CHECK IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CATCH YOUR GRAMMAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH AND WITCH, OR THREW THE BALL OR THROUGH THE TUNNEL AND THEN THE TO, TWO, AND TOO, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALL OF THESE LISTED ON HERE, GINGER, GRAMMARLY, THEY WILL DO THAT.
I USE GINGER SOFTWARE.
IN FACT, ALL OF OUR STAFF USES IT ON OUR COMPUTERS.
YOU CAN DO A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO GINGER SOFTWARE, THE ONLY CAVEAT IS YOU ONLY GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CORRECTIONS PER MONTH AND THEN IT WILL START POPPING UP SAYING DO YOU WANT TO BUY THE FULL VERSION?
WE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT THE FULL VERSION.
BECAUSE I HAVE IT, I CAN LOG INTO GINGER ANYWHERE.
I CAN USE IT ON, THROUGH MY GOOGLE CHROME ON ANY COMPUTER, ON MY IPAD, ON ANYTHING THAT I DO WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
ANOTHER GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION IS CALLED GRAMMARLY, IT WORKS VERY WELL AND WHITESMOKE WRITER AND THEN GHOTIT, WHICH IS AN APP AS WELL.
HERE IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF GINGER, AS YOU WRITE W-R-I-T-E, IT CORRECTS, RIGHT.
IT WILL POP UP AND GIVE YOU SUGGESTIONS AS YOU TYPE, OR IF THAT'S DISTRACTING YOU CAN TYPE EVERYTHING AND THEN RUN IT LIKE A SPELL CHECKER.
IT ALSO HAS A REALLY COOL FEATURE CALLED A SENTENCE REPHRASER.
SO IF YOU ARE WRITING SOMETHING AND YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY BUT NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO SAY IT, I USE IT A LOT WHEN I WRITE GRANTS BECAUSE I FEEL I'M SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT HAS A GREAT DICTIONARY, SYNONYM FUNCTION, AND IT WILL READ ALOUD AND IT DOES HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE.
AGAIN, YOU COULD GET IT AS SOFTWARE, APP, GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION OR A SAFARI EXTENSION IF YOU ARE A MAC PERSON.
ONTO WORD PREDICTION.
WORD PREDICTION PROGRAM -- BASICALLY WHEN WE TEXT WE USE WORD PREDICTION, PROBABLY MOST OFTEN.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT WHEN I'M TRYING TO TEXT MY PHONE PREDICTS RANDOM WORDS I'M REALLY NOT TRYING TO SAY.
IN THIS CASE WITH THE WORD PREDICTION PROGRAMS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, THESE ARE ALL SPECIFIC.
THEY ALL PREDICT WORDS ON THE BASIS OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THEY ARE A LOT MORE USEFUL AND HELPFUL.
SO ON THE COMPUTER SIDE THERE'S CO:WRITER UNIVERSAL, WHICH IS AMAZING.
YOU BUY WHAT THEY CALL A SEAT FOR SO MUCH A YEAR AND YOU CAN LOG ON THROUGH YOUR GOOGLE CHROME AND USE IT ON ANY COMPUTER, ANYWHERE YOU ARE AT.
READ AND WRITE GOLD IS BY TEXT HELP, VERY GOOD, HAS WORD PREDICTION.
IT HAS A LOT OF GREAT BUILT-IN FEATURES AS DOES WORD Q.
ON THE APP SIDE, ALL THE SAME COMPANIES.
CO-WRITER, IREADWRITE AND IWORDQ ARE ALL THE APP SIDE OF THE SOFTWARE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEY ARE ALL AVAILABLE AS GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSIONS.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF CO: WRITER UNIVERSAL.
ONE OF THE REALLY COOL FEATURES OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT FEATURES TOPIC DICTIONARIES.
SO IF YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT ANYTHING, YES, WHOEVER ASKED, ARE THESE AVAILABLE IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOGLE CHROME, YES, YOU CAN BUY JUST THE SOFTWARE OR THE APPS.
>> CAN MOST OF THESE APPS BE USED IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT?
SURE.
>> I WOULD SAY THE ONES WITH AUDITORY FEEDBACK YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT HEAD PHONES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.
WITH CO: WRITER UNIVERSAL YOU CAN LOAD JUST A REGULAR DICTIONARY.
THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT DICTIONARIES OR THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TOPIC DICTIONARIES.
SO WHATEVER YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT, THE EXAMPLE I HAVE IS ON BUTTERFLIES.
BUTTERFLIES GO THROUGH SEVERAL STAGES OF METAMORPHOSIS.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO SPELL METAMORPHOSIS, IF YOU HAVE YOUR DICTIONARY AND START TYPING M, IT WILL TYPE THOSE WORDS.
ALSO A WORD BANK TO STICK ON THE SIDE, IF ONE OF THE WORDS YOU WANT ARE ON THERE, YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON THAT WORD AND IT WILL INSERT INTO YOUR PARAGRAPH.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER THING CALLED FLEXIBLE SPELLING, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT FOR SOME OF MY STUDENTS THAT SPELL PHONETICALLY.
IF YOU ARE TYPING IN SOMETHING AND TRYING TO PUT LIKE PHARMACIST AND YOU ARE LIKE FF  --  AND THEY PUT IN AN F, IT WILL STILL PREDICT THE PH-WORD.
IT'S AVAILABLE ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.
A REGULAR COMPUTER DOWNLOAD, LIKE REGULAR SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD, GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION AND ALSO AS AN IOS APPLICATION.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THE ANDROID SIDE AND ALSO THERE'S ONE OTHER THING.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN EVEN BETTER TOOL THAN IT IS NOW.
SO NOTE TAKING, I COULD PROBABLY DO A WHOLE WEBINAR, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC THING YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, PLEASE EMAIL ME AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT AND I WILL HELP YOU SORT.
THERE ARE JUST SO MANY.
I HAVE ABOUT 1150 APPS AND 1200 AND SOMETHING PIECES OF SOFTWARE.
I CAN PROBABLY HELP YOU FIND SOMETHING.
SO THE TWO NOTE-TAKING APPS I WANTED TO MENTION ARE AUDIO NOTE AND BASICALLY IT TAKES NOTES AND YOU CAN RECORD AUDIO AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN INSERT PICTURES.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT FORMATS.
VERY, VERY USEFUL.
THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED NOTABILITY.
AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO AUDIO NOTE.
I HAVE BEEN USING NOTABILITY LATELY AT CONFERENCES WHERE YOU GET THE HANDOUT LIKE THE POWERPOINT HANDOUT WITH THE THREE LINES ON IT WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR NOTES.
I IMPORT IT INTO NOTABILITY AND JUST TYPE RIGHT ON THAT HANDOUT WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL AT CONFERENCES.
ANOTHER JUST REALLY QUICK CHEAT, IF THERE ARE A LOT OF NOTES UP ON THE BOARD AND THEY HAVE AN IPHONE OR TABLET THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SNAPPING A PICTURE OF WHATEVER IS ON THE BOARD AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND TRANSCRIBE IT OR READ IT OUT LATER.
JUST A QUICK TIP.
ONTO MATH SUPPORTS.
SO THERE ARE A TON OF MATH SUPPORTS AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR STUDENT OR YOUR PERSON IS LOOKING FOR.
WE USE THESE EDUCATIONAL MATH APPS.
THERE'S A BIG COLLECTION AND THEY ALSO SELL THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND ALSO IN BUNDLES.
THE NAME OF THE VENDOR IS IDEVBOOKS.
EACH APP IS ABOUT $3.99 AND THE BUNDLES ARE ABOUT $9.99, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE YOU GET.
MATH THAT STARTS WITH ADDITION AND GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF ALGEBRA.
AND WHAT'S BEEN NICE ABOUT THESE APPS IS THEY TAKE YOU STEP-BY-STEP-BY-STEP.
I HAVE A LOT OF OLDER STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE MISSED, THEY MAY BE IN PREALGEBRA OR ALGEBRA BUT THEY MISSED THE FOUNDATIONS OF MULTIPLICATION.
OR I HAD ONE IN 10TH GRADE AND SHE MISSED BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS, SHE MISSED THE CALL AND SUBTRACTION.
EVERY TIME SHE CAME TO CALL AND SUBTRACTION, SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO BORROW AND CARRY AND ALL THAT.
SO THESE APPS ARE VERY HELPFUL, THEY ARE STEP-BY-STEP-BY STEP.
YOU CAN HIT A BUTTON AND IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
ANOTHER ONE IS GREAT KHAN ACADEMY IS A WEBSITE.
IT IS FREE.
THEY DO ASK YOU TO JOIN.
IT'S STILL FREE, BUT TO DO A LOG-IN SO YOU CAN DO WHAT THEY CALL CUSTOMIZED LEARNING BUT YOU CAN GO ON AS A GUEST AS WELL.
THEY HAVE OVER 4,000 VIDEOS ON EVERYTHING FROM ARITHMETIC TO PHYSICS, FINANCE, HISTORY, SCIENCES.
THEY HAVE GREAT TEST PREP MATERIALS FOR THE CAHSEE, FOR THE S.A.T. FOR DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
EVERYTHING IS IN VIDEO FORMAT.
MANY OF THEM ARE CAPTIONED.
I DON'T HONESTLY KNOW IF THEY WORK, HOW THEY WORK WITH THE SCREEN READER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE DESCRIBED OR NOT.
BUT IF YOU GO TO KHANACADEMY.ORG, IT'S FREE AND YOU CAN BASICALLY WATCH A PROFESSOR TEACH A LESSON ON WHATEVER SUBJECT IT IS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO LEARN.
EQUATE FORMULA SOLVER.
THIS IS A COOL FREE APP.
BASICALLY YOU CAN SOLVE JUST ABOUT ANY HIGH-UP MATH, PHYSICS OR CALCULUS OR THAT SORT OF STUFF.
YOU CAN EITHER PUT IN YOUR OWN PROBLEM, OR THEY WILL GIVE YOU PROBLEMS AND IT WILL BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN STEP-BY-STEP.
AND IT WILL TEACH YOU AND THEN IT WILL TURN AROUND.
THERE'S A LEARN-IT FEATURE.
IT WILL TEACH YOU AND THEN IT WILL ASK YOU TO PRACTICE IT.
REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
>> MATH PRO.
THIS IS A SIMILAR APP.
THIS HAS TUTORIALS, EXAMPLES AND BASICALLY SOLVES DIFFERENT KINDS OF  --  I HOPE THEY DO BUT I'M NOT SURE.
BASICALLY IT STARTS WITH HIGH SCHOOL MATH AND GOES THROUGH CALCULUS.
ANOTHER NICE HELPFUL APP.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T READ.
>> SOCRATIC.
THIS IS ANOTHER APP THAT'S INTERESTING.
YOU CAN TAKE A PHOTO OF YOUR HOMEWORK QUESTION AND IT WON'T JUST SOLVE IT, IT WILL GIVE YOU EXPLANATIONS, PULL UP VIDEOS ON THAT TYPE OF A PROBLEM AND SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO GET SUPPORT ON THAT TYPE OF A THING.
IT WORKS FOR MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY, ENGLISH AND ECONOMICS.
AND THAT'S A FREE APP.
OKAY, ONTO LIVING INDEPENDENTLY, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BLURB, TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP YOU OPERATE THE LIGHTS, TV, STEREO, TELEPHONE, OPEN, CLOSE AND LOCK THE DOORS ALL BY A SINGLE SWITCH.
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS CAN ALSO BE CONTROLLED.
AND PEOPLE WHO DO SHOPPING ON THE INTERNET.
JUST SIMPLE AIDS FOR DAILY LIVING, I WANTED TO MENTION.
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT HELP WITH GETTING DRESSED, OR EATING INDEPENDENTLY SUCH AS A DEVICE THAT HELPS YOU HOOK YOUR BUTTONS.
BUTTON HOOK.
OR UNIVERSAL CUFF YOU PUT A SPOON OR A UTENSIL IN, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADAPTIVE EATING UTENSILS.
WE HAVE A TON OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE, ANYBODY IN THE AREA AND THEY WANT TO COME BY, JUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
CAN INCLUDE THINGS FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE, LIKE READING A BOOK, THERE'S PAGE-TURNERS AND BOOK HOLDERS AND BOOK STANDS.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF A CARD HOLDER FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN'T PHYSICALLY HOLD A HAND OF CARDS.
THERE ARE THINGS FOR HOME LIVING, SUCH AS MODIFIED DOOR OPENERS OR LAMP SWITCHES.AND THERE ARE SOME NEAT HEALTH MONITORING THINGS, LIKE A WATCH THAT COULD DETECT SEIZURES, AND THEN THERE'S A WATCH CALLED THE DIABETES CENTURY THAT COULD MONITOR YOUR GLUCOSE.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNITS, OR ELECTRONIC AIDS FOR DAILY LIVING, THERE ARE TONS, OF COURSE OUT THERE.
I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY HAVING FUN WITH MINE.  I GOT THE MINI VERSION OF THE AMAZON ECHO CALLED THE  DOT.
CAN REGIONAL CENTERS OR DEPARTMENT OF REHAB PAY FOR THESE APPS?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT.
I WOULD SAY IF YOU WERE GOING TO USE THEM LIKE FOR DEPARTMENT OF REHAB, IF YOU WERE GOING TO USE THEM IN YOUR DAILY LOCATION, I WOULDN'T SEE WHY NOT.
A LOT OF TIMES THE APPS ARE A LOT MORE REASONABLE THAN SOFTWARE OR OTHER DEVICES.
IT COULDN'T HURT TO TRY.
SORRY, BACK TO E.C.U. OR E.A.D.L.
BASICALLY THERE ARE A TON NOW OF THESE ELECTRONIC DEVICES YOU CAN USE WITH YOUR VOICE.
AND I DID A TRIAL THIS WEEKEND WITH FIVE DIFFERENT AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION APPS TO SEE IF MY LITTLE ALEXA DOT WOULD RESPOND AND SHE RESPONDED TO ALL OF THEM.
SO I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT THAT.
OOPS SORRY.
SO WITH THINGS LIKE THE AMAZON ECHO, YOU CAN TURN ON, IF YOU HOOK IT UP TO SOMETHING CALLED A WEMO, A PLUG THAT PLUGS INTO A SPECIFIC PLACE, YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS, YOU CAN OPERATE YOUR TELEVISION, YOU CAN TURN ON LIKE YOUR IHEART RADIO OR PANDORA OR MUSIC.
YOU CAN ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, IT CAN GOOGLE THINGS FOR YOU, IT CAN SET TIMERS.
REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THE ATTAINMENT COMPANY.
I'VE BEEN USING THEIR PRODUCTS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER.
THEY HAVE SOFTWARE AND APPS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR LIFE SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS, DAILY LIVING SKILLS, SAFETY.
I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING TO READ THIS SIDE.
HOOK WHAT UP?
UP TO WHAT?
D.O.R. SAYS HOOK IT UP TO WHAT?
CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC, I'M SORRY.
SORRY, GOING BACK TO THE ECHO, YOU CAN  --  THERE'S BLUETOOTH CONNECTION, THAT YOU CAN PAIR IT TO.
CALLED WEMO.
W-E-M-O.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE PLUG YOU CAN PUT IN A SPECIFIC SPOT THAT MAY HAVE A LAMP OR SOMETHING PLUGGED INTO IT.
AND YOU JUST PAIR IT, IT'S BLUETOOTH.
AND THEN YOU PLUG THE LAMP OR WHATEVER INTO IT, OR A FAN OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO RUN.
AND YOU CAN SAY ALEXA, TURN ON THE LIGHT OR ALEXA, TURN ON THE FAN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
NO PROBLEM.
IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
WE LIKE OURS.
BACK TO ATTAINMENT, THEY HAVE WONDERFUL SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS.
I INCLUDED SOME OF THE ONE'S THAT WE USE.
THE RETOOL.
INCLUDES LIFE-SKILL READERS, SOCIAL STORY READERS AND SAFETY SKILLS READERS AND THEY ARE ALL VERY RICH AND AIM TOWARD OLDER STUDENTS OR ADULTS AND THEY COVER THINGS LIKE THE SAFETY SKILLS READER, COVERS EVERYTHING FROM MEDICINE CABINET SAFETY TO PERSONAL SAFETY.
CHECK OUT ATTAINMENT COMPANY, ALL OF THEIR APPS HAVE FREE VERSIONS THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT ARE JUST ONE LITTLE SECTION.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING FROM FUNCTIONAL MATH, WHICH IS AWESOME.
THEY HAVE MONEY MATH, CALLED DOLLARS AND CENTS WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AND LEARN TO COUNT MONEY.
THEY HAVE SHOPPING WHERE YOU SPEND MONEY, YOU HAVE A WALLET AND YOU SPEND MONEY.
YOU HAVE TO FIND THE THINGS ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST AND THEN SPEND THE MONEY, AND THEN THEY HAVE ONE IN THE DOLLARS AND CENTS BUNDLE IN WHICH YOU ARE THE CASHIER.
THEY ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY SUCCESS, SOCIAL SUCCESS, PERSONAL SUCCESS, THINGS LIKE HYGIENE, BRUSHING YOUR TEETH, PUTTING ON DEODORANT, SHAVING AND ONE CALLED COMPUTERS AT WORK.
REALLY NICE, HELPFUL SOFTWARE AND APPS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE WEBSITE, IT'S CALLED GCF LEARNFREE.
IT'S WWW.GCFLEARNFREE.ORG.
WHEN YOU FIRST GO ON, IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TOPICS.
AND THEY HAVE TUTORIALS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
THEY HAVE EVERYDAY LIFE, WHICH WE USE A LOT HERE WITH OUR KIDDOS AND OUR OLDER STUDENTS.
CAN WORK ON USING AN ATM, TELLING TIME, FILLING OUT JOB APPLICATIONS, MONEY SKILLS, SHOPPING.
USING A MICROWAVE.
JUST EVERYDAY THINGS.
TAKING A BUS.
READING A BUS SCHEDULE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S ALSO COMPUTER TUTORIALS LIKE EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, INTERNET AND THEN SPECIFIC TUTORIALS ON MICROSOFT OFFICE AND SNAPCHAT AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN THERE'S A CAREER SECTION WHERE THEY HAVE CAREER PLANNING.
YOU CAN PRACTICE INTERVIEW SKILLS, FILLING OUT JOB APPLICATIONS, WRITING YOUR RESUME.
REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
THE ONLY, AND IT'S ALL FREE.
THE ONLY CAVEAT IS IT DOES NOT WORK ON THE IPAD BECAUSE SOME OF THE LESSONS ARE FLASH-BASED.
THE OTHER THING ON THIS WEBSITE IS YOU CAN GO THROUGH FOR EACH TOPIC AND YOU CAN PRINT OUT, OR SAVE TO PDF, TIPS AND HANDOUTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT SUBJECT.
REALLY SUPER HELPFUL.
OKAY, EMPLOYMENT.
NOT ALL THAT STUFF HAS TO DO WITH EMPLOYMENT BUT I TRIED TO CATEGORIZE.
CHOOSING A JOB AND IDENTIFYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PERFORM IT IS THE FIRST STEP.
ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PERFORM THE JOB, TECHNOLOGY CAN BE FOUND TO HELP SUPPORT.
FOR EXAMPLE, AN AMPLIFIED TELEPHONE COULD HELP YOU SERVE CUSTOMERS IN A MALE-ORDER BY PHONE JOB IF YOU HAVE HEARING LOSS.
AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF AN AMPLIFIED TELEPHONE.
SOME DEVICES MIGHT INCLUDE, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR HEARING IMPAIRMENTS.
LEARNING DEVICES LIKE FOR THE TELEPHONE, FOR THE DOORBELL.
THERE ARE DEVICES YOU CAN WEAR.
THERE ARE BRACELETS THAT VIBRATE.
LIGHTS THAT FLASH.
MY FAVORITE ONE IS THE ALARM WITH THE BED SHAKER.
IT'S A LITTLE DISK THAT GOES UNDER YOUR PILLOW.
WHEN THE ALARM GOES OFF IT SHAKES YOU.
I THINK THEY SHOULD PUT THESE IN ALL TEENAGERS ROOMS.
I KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE FOR MINE.
MAYBE ONE THAT EJECTS THEM OUT OF THE BED WOULD BE BETTER.
TELEVISION, CLOSED CAPTIONED DECODERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
CHAT SOFTWARE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THOSE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT AS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
OF COURSE, ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES.
AND THERE IS A REALLY NEAT DEVICE CALLED THE UBI DUO.
IT'S U-B-I D-U-O.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE.
BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD WORD PROCESSOR OR PORTABLE WORD PROCESSOR AND THERE ARE TWO OF THEM YOU KIND OF FACE EACH OTHER AND TYPE.
SO AS YOU TYPE ON ONE, IT SHOWS UP ON THE PERSON FACING YOU, IT SHOWS UP ON THEIRS AND VICE VERSA SO IT'S A WAY TO CHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE OR SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE.
YOU KNOW, WRITE ON PAPER.
VERY AWESOME SYSTEM.
WE DO NOT HAVE ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT PRICEY.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY ONE OUT, THEY ARE TYPICALLY AT THE CSUN CONFERENCE.
THAT'S IN SAN DIEGO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND YOU CAN VISIT THE EXHIBITS THERE, THE EXHIBIT HALLS FOR FREE.
AND TRY OUT A LOT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
AND THE EXHIBITS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 2ND AND 3RD.
AND IF YOU WANT INFORMATION JUST HIT ME UP.
ANOTHER THING THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL, SPECIALIZED TELEPHONES.
THEY HAVE SO MANY TELEPHONES NOW WITH LARGE BUTTONS, OR WITH PICTURES, WHERE YOU CAN JUST PUT THE PERSON'S PICTURE AND PUSH THAT AND IT WILL DIAL.
AMPLIFIED TELEPHONES, CAPTIONED TELEPHONES.
BRAILLE OR TTY TELEPHONES.
SOME THAT YOU CAN VOICE-DIAL.
I PUT A COUPLE OF RESOURCES AT THE BOTTOM.
CALIFORNIAPHONES.ORG.
AND THEN THE WEBSITE TO THE CPUC.
REALLY NICE OPTIONS FOR PERSONS THAT ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING OR BLIND OR PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED.
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES CAN BE REALLY HELP FOR SOME SOMEONE WHO IS HARD OF HEARING OR AUDITORY PROCESSING ISSUES.
THEY COME IN ALL DIFFERENT WAYS AND FORMATS.
BUT THE IDEA IS THEY CAN AMPLIFY THE SOUND OF SPEECH AND FILTER OUT ALL THE BACKGROUND NOISES.
A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE IN A MOVIE THEATER, YOU COULD PUT AN ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICE, LIKE HEAD PHONES ON YOUR HEAD SO YOU CAN HEAR THE MOVIE DIRECTLY INTO YOUR HEAD PHONES AND IT FILTERS OUT ALL THE POPCORN CHEWING AND PEOPLE TALKING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SORRY, I CLICKED ON ACCIDENT.
AGAIN, THEY COME AS SIMPLE AS HEADPHONES.
THEY HAVE BLUETOOTH NOW.
THEY HAVE SOME THAT WILL HOOK UP DIRECTLY TO YOUR HEARING AIDS.
LOTS OF REALLY GREAT, GREAT FEATURES.
IF YOU ARE SPEAKING AND SOMEBODY IS JUST, AS A TIP, AND SOMEBODY HAS, IF YOU ARE TALKING DIRECTLY INTO SOMEBODY'S EAR, REMEMBER TO TURN OFF YOUR MICROPHONE WHEN YOU GO TAKE A BREAK.
I DID THAT ON ACCIDENT ONCE.
I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.
NEXT, VISION ENHANCEMENT.
OH MY GOSH, THE GARDENER IS RIGHT OUTSIDE.
VISION ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS MIGHT INCLUDE SCREEN MAGNIFICATION, SOFTWARE AND APPS.
THERE ARE JUST TONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
TEXT-TO-SPEECH SOFTWARE AND APPS.
OPTICAL.
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION SOFTWARE WHICH YOU SCAN IN YOUR DOCUMENT ON SOME SORT OF A SCANNER.
THEN THE SOFTWARE TURNS AROUND AND PROCESSES THAT AND TURNS IT INTO EDITABLE TEXT THAT COULD BE READ ALOUD.
THERE ARE CCTV'S AND PORTABLE MAGNIFIERS.
TALKING DICTIONARIES.
LARGE PRINT OR TALKING CALCULATORS.
LARGE PRINT KEYBOARDS.
THE PICTURES ON HERE ARE A LARGE IN SIZE AND LARGE PRINT CALCULATOR.
LARGE CURSOR AND A HAND-HELD MAGNIFIER.
SOME SCREEN MAGNIFICATION VENDORS, THE MOST POPULAR SOFTWARE IS MAGIC, BY FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC.
OR ALSO ZOOMTEXT, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COKE AND PEPSI KIND OF THING, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU LIKE.
SCREEN MAGNIFIER DOES JUST THAT, IT MAKES THE ICONS ON THE SCREEN LARGER.
IF YOU AREN'T USED TO IT, IT COULD MAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT SEA SICK BECAUSE IT TYPICALLY ENLARGES A PORTION AND WHEN YOU MOVE THE MAGNIFIER AROUND, SOMETIMES IT COULD MAKE YOU A LITTLE SICK TO YOUR TUMMY UNTIL YOU GET USED TO IT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE FREE DOWNLOADS ON THERE, THE ICONICO MAGNIFIER AND VIRTUAL MAGNIFYING GLASS.
AND ALSO THERE'S FREE MAGNIFICATION BUILT RIGHT INTO YOUR WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT, JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL.
SO DIFFERENT KINDS OF MAGNIFIERS OUT THERE, THERE ARE DESKTOP MAGNIFIERS OR CCTV'S.
WHICH ARE THOSE LARGE MACHINES THAT HAVE A LARGE MONITOR THAT LOOKS LIKE A TV OR AN OLD COMPUTER SCREEN, OR A COMPUTER SCREEN.
YOU PUT THE DOCUMENT OR BOOK OR WHATEVER YOU ARE TRYING TO READ UNDER THIS CAMERA AND IT SHOWS UP ON THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN MANIPULATE IT.
THERE ARE TONS OF PORTABLE HANDHELD MAGNIFIERS OUT THERE NOW AND I'VE NOTICED THEY HAVE COME DOWN IN PRICE WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
THERE'S A COUPLE APPS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TO YOUR IPHONE OR YOUR IPAD THAT WORK IN A PINCH.
I LISTED A COUPLE.
THERE'S THE SUPER FAST MIRROR 3-IN-1, I THINK A COUPLE DOLLARS AND THEN THE MAGNIFIER TEXT ZOOM 30 TIMES THAT IS FREE AND SOMETIMES THAT WILL HELP YOU IN A PINCH AND DON'T HAVE A MAGNIFIER OR CAN'T READ REALLY TINY FONT.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOME HELPFUL APPS FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.
IT'S CHANGED NAMES A FEW TIMES BUT THERE IS THE NANTMOBILE MONEY READER THAT'S FREE.
BASICALLY YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP AND YOU USE YOUR PHONE OR YOUR IPAD'S BUILT IN CAMERA AND JUST WAVE ANY KIND OF A BILL IN FRONT OF IT, AND IT WILL TELL YOU ORALLY WHAT THAT BILL IS.
SO THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED CALLED THE LOOKTEL RECOGNIZER, SAME COMPANY.
IT'S $9.99.
IT'S SIMILAR IN WHICH YOU USE THE CAMERA, BUT IT COULD IDENTIFY CANS, PACKAGES, ID, CREDIT CARDS, D.V.D.S, ANYTHING WITH A BAR CODE.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
IT'S REALLY HELPFUL IN THE GROCERY STORE, THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF A CAN IS A CAN OF PEAS OR CORN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A HELPFUL APP IN A PINCH.
AND THEY ARE BOTH MADE BY LOOKTEL.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS?
ASK AWAY.
JUST A SECOND.
I'M GOING TO CUT AND PASTE IT INTO THE CHAT BOX.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND YOU WILL ALL GET COPIES OF THE HANDOUTS, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
MY EMAIL IS LAURASM@TASKCA.ORG.
>> CAN SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES GET ACCESS TO THE FREE APPS.
WELL FREE APPS ANYONE CAN GET ACCESS TO.
YOU JUST DOWNLOAD THEM.
DO YOU HAVE THE LINK FOR THAT?
CAN YOU PUT IT IN THE CHAT BOX?
I LOVE NEW TOOLS.
OKAY, I HAVE A CONSUMER THAT'S BLIND BUT INSISTS ON USING AN OLD FLIP PHONE.
SO THAT HE CAN FEEL THE BUTTONS.
HOWEVER, I'M SEEING THERE ARE LOTS OF APPS THAT CAN HELP HIM.
OPINIONS?
HMMM.
IT DEPENDS WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO, WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME, WE CAN CHAT ABOUT IT.
IF YOU WANT TO BE SPECIFIC.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST.
IS YOUR CONSUMER OLDER, THE ONE WHO WANTS TO USE THE FLIP PHONE?
GOOD IDEA.
HAVE HIM GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REHAB.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS?
AGAIN, MY EMAIL IS UP HERE, LAURASM@TASKCA.ORG.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP EVALUATION FORM, IF YOU WOULD PRETTY PLEASE FILL IT OUT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR PARTICIPATING.
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