Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies Are we really going free range? E.A. Draffan
Oct 30, 2014
Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies
Are we really going free range? E.A. Draffan
Overview• Options
• Commercial• Free and Open Source
Need to think about the
• Delivery System
• Study Strategies
a combination?
Many Facets of Assistive Technology
Assist
ive
Tech
nolo
gies
Mainstream
ing
Think Strategy be STREET wise!
James, A. and Draffan E.A (2013)
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
Text to Speech
Spell checking
Graphical mapping
Reminders
Speech Recognition
Scanning and OCR
Dictionaries
Calculators
Note taking
References
Thank You
E.A. DraffanWAISElectronics and Computer Science,University of Southampton.Mobile 07976 289103E-mail: [email protected]
http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/