Visually Impaired Assistive Technology and UDL available!

Do you have a student with an visual impairment? Consider these products we have in stock!

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ZoomText keyboard

ZoomText offers a student an opportunity to type their assignments without the difficulty of searching for keys. This keyboard has large keys that would assist students who are visually impaired. This keyboard could be used in all grades and set up with any form of technology. As a special bonus this product also comes with software the works with both PC and Mac products. The software  is designed for users of all ages and can magnify items and reading tools. Zoom Text helps with access to all websites in all browsers.

Not sure how to use this product? Here is a brief video on this product!

Price: $399.00 for the complete package!

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Kurzweil 1000

Although similar to Kurzweil 3000, Kurzweil 1000 makes printed or electronic text accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. This technology uses traditional technologies such as scanning, image processing, and text-to-speech. The software will speak to any student to help with their students learning.  This software is useful to all ages after minor set up requirements.

Price: $995.00

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Dragon Dictation

Gragon Dictate is easy to use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows the student to easily speak and have what they said typed for a text or email messages. Although most schools do no allow for cellphones in a classroom, this would allow for communication with the parents or for the student to write e-mails to the teacher if required for an assignment. Useable by all grades and ages!

Price: free

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TapTapSee - Blind & Visually Impaired Camera

TapTapSee is designed to help the blind and visually impaired identify objects they encounter in their daily lives. This could be a pencil or even a specific assignment the student is looking for. This app helps the student identify items they are unable to determine what they are by feel.

All the student has to do is simply double tap the screen to take a photo of anything, at any angle, and TapTapSee  will  speak and identify the item. 

Here is an example on how it works!

Price: $24.99 for 3 months

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Color Identifier

By GreenGar Studios

Although not a common problem, there are students who have color blindness. This wonder Color Identifier uses the camera on an iPhone or iPod touch to speak the names of colors in real-time.

This wonderful augmented reality app is discovering the names of the colors around the student. This helps to include them in any lesson that may involve color recognition.  Available for all ages and grades! 

Price: $4.99

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JAWS for Windows

Screen Reading Software  by Freedom Scientific

JAWS is a screen reader that will read everything that is on a PC monitor. JAWS allows for navigating and accesses to all Web pages and all screen content. This is a very inclusive technology and available for all grades. There is minor training to use this software but will make computers less scary and more useful to any visually impaired student.

Price: $1095.00

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Tactile Rubik’s Cube!

Students needing a challenge and an opportunity to take a break from their school work. Will find this Tactile Rubik’s Cube a challenge! This a wonderful toy for all ages and grades! The description from this  Tactile Rubik’s Cube creator Brian Doom is as follows:

Each face has a unique color, shape, and texture, with the each face’s modification material chosen for ease of recognition relative to the other faces. This is a wonderful challenge for both visually impaired students and for students that are not. 

color	shape	texture	made with
yellow	round “mushroom”	smooth, wood	wooden plug
green	flat	smooth, plastic	label from a resistors
blue	flat with round fluff	circular, fluffy	Fabric
orange	raised circle	tacky rubber	Rubber
white	raised square	(less) tacky rubber	self-adhesive dot
black (formerly red)	protruding (screw)	metal screw, sandpaper	Screw or Sandpaper

Price: $12.99

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Match and feel blocks!

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20 matching wooden shapes that allow for tactile learning. These objects fit into specific wooden tiles. This can allow for group activities to find the correct items or just individual learning of objects. Usable for Grade 3 level children or lower to help with object recognition. 

Price: $17.99