Title: Assessment Tools for Assistive Technology | Assistive Technology
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Assessment Tools for Assistive Technology
Accessibility in everyday electronic devices
Accessibility in everyday electronic devices
List setting options available for people with vision impairment.
List setting options for people with hearing impairments.
List setting options for difficulties in using the keyboard.
Definition
Define StickyKeys, FilterKeys, ToggleKeys, Soundsentry setting, ShowSounds option, High Contrast Schemes and MouseKey Settings
Exploring other systems : The Macbook
FaceTime
Closed Captions
Messages with iMessage
Screen Flash
Mono Audio
iTunes
Purple App (available in Apple store)
Video Remote Interpreting
Video Relay Services (VRS)
Other features of Apple devices for a variety of disabilities
VoiceOver (Across disabilities)
Siri (Across disabilities)
Speak Screen (Across disabilities/Visual Impairment)
Dictation (Across disabilities)
Font Adjustments (Visual Impairment)
Invert Colors and Grayscale (Visual Impairment)
Braille Displays (Visual Impairment)
Assistive Touch (Across disabilities)
Switch Control (Across disabilities)
Predictive Text (Across disabilities)
Support for Third Party Keyboards (Across disabilities)
Guided Access (Across disabilities)
Safari Reader (Across disabilities)

Content: Perhaps in the future we could be online shopping, chatting with one another and even working on google glass together ;)
All images courtesy of Google images, Wikipedia and Youtube. References
Marks, P. (2013). A healthy dose of Google Glass. New Scientist, 219 (2936), 22. Posted 7th December 2014 by Anonymous
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Assessment Tools for Assistive Technology
Assessment Tools for Assistive Technology
Introduction
An assistive technology (AT) assessment is a tool used to determine a person’s specific needs and how AT will meet those needs to maintain, improve or increase functional capabilities. An AT assessment starts by collecting relevant medical, educational, and work information. These areas include: seating and positioning, mobility, communication, learning, computer access, environmental adaptation, recreation and sports, aids for daily living, vehicle modifications and transportation, vision, and hearing. The assessment also includes a discussion of all AT that has been tried in the past and the outcomes. AT assessments are most effectively performed by a team consisting of the person with the disability, family member