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Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies Are we really going free range? E.A. Draffan
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Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies

Oct 30, 2014

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E.A. Draffan

This is a very quick overview of some technologies that can be used in teaching and learning situations to help with study skill strategies.
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Page 1: Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies

Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies

Are we really going free range? E.A. Draffan

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Overview• Options

• Commercial• Free and Open Source

Need to think about the

• Delivery System

• Study Strategies

a combination?

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Many Facets of Assistive Technology

Assist

ive

Tech

nolo

gies

Mainstream

ing

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Think Strategy be STREET wise!

James, A. and Draffan E.A (2013)

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Types of Technology

Each example given is one of many!

All are different!

• Text to speech• Spell checking• Graphical

mapping• Reminders• Speech

Recognition

• Scanning and OCR

• Dictionaries• Calculators• Note taking• References

Think strategy – find the tools

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Text to Speech

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Spell checking

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Graphical mapping

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Reminders

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Speech Recognition

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Scanning and OCR

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Dictionaries

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Calculators

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Note taking

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References

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Thank You

E.A. DraffanWAISElectronics and Computer Science,University of Southampton.Mobile 07976 289103E-mail: [email protected]

http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/