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Windows and
Macintosh: All modern operating systems have an
extensive
number of adjustments to increase usability by people with
disabilities.
- Visual Impairment:
Both
Windows and Macintosh have features,
such as enlargement of fonts, icons,
and pointer, text to speech, and
audio alerts.
- Physical Impairment:
Features include speech recognition,
handwriting recognition,
help for one-handed keyboarding,
and slowing things down.
Windows has an on-screen keyboard.
- Hearing Impairment: Visual alerts for
sounds and support for captioning. The newest
Macintosh system (Tiger) has video
conferencing that allows sign
language.
- Learning
Disabilities:
Features that can help include speech
recognition, text to speech, and adjusting fonts and colors.
Visit the Windows
OS
or Macintosh
OS subtopics for details on these operating system
features.
Shareware: Visit this
subtopic for many pieces of
valuable freeware and shareware
that address cursor size, keyboarding, mousing, art, ASL, and symbols.
Software Features:
Commonly used software and devices
may provides support for assistive technology, text to speech, and
alternate access to written materials. Software features, such as voice
recognition, work well for some students with physical disabilities.
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