Adaptive Technology Lab - Available Software

Kurzweil 3000 - provides both an auditory and visual presentation of scanned text and images

• scans and displays colour pages from printed documents
• speaks and highlights text for auditory and visual representation
• talking dictionary with over 175,000 words with synonyms

Dragon NaturallySpeaking - speech recognition technology using continuous speech

• lets you speak naturally into your PC using true continuous speech
• handles specialty vocabularies - create custom commands to automate tasks
• hands-free Mouse control with simple voice commands

Inspiration - visual thinking tool that helps clarify and organize ideas and information

• designed for people who prefer to think in pictures rather than in words
• easy to brainstorm, create concept maps, process flows, knowledge maps, flowcharts
• outline view helps create clear, concise written proposals and reports

TextHELP! Read & Write - text to speech software package

• reads any text you can highlight
• will speak as you type, either letter by letter, word by word, or sentences
• includes thesaurus, spell check and word prediction

Readplease - text to speech software package *free download version available*

• reads any text you can highlight
• can type text directly into this window as well as use cut, copy and paste
• may be saved as text or rich text format

JAWS - text to speech and magnification software

• software designed for blind and visually impaired computer users
• compatiable with most computer applications
• speaks all visible text, including menus and dialog boxes

Non-AT Software in the Lab:

If the Adaptive Technology Computer Lab doesn't have the software you need for your program or for exams please contact Su Lyttle ext. 3643.