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formEdit and the Web Page Communicator Package 2
This is a revised version of the Web Page Communicator Package which contains a set of templates that are used to create web pages that behave similarly to dynamic display speech generating devices. The templates now work in many popular browsers and can be used on many platforms to produce simple, portable, and virtual communications devices. The pages support multiple access methods including single switch and two switch scanning, linear or row-column scans, and auditory scanning. formEdit is a template editor that makes it easy to build a useful communications page using the Web Page Communicator templates. The current template set offers choice grids with 4 to 24 cells. Supported browsers include Windows versions of Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox 2.0, Opera 9, and to a certain extent Safari 3.1 (point and click method only.)
mouseTrap
mouseTrap is an application that intends to provide control of the mouse pointer using a Web Cam and face detection. The users can move the pointer using the face or other parts of it.
Accerciser
Accerciser is an interactive Python accessibility explorer for the GNOME desktop. It uses AT-SPI to inspect and control widgets, allowing you to check if an application is providing correct information to assistive technologies and automated test frameworks.
Orca
Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech, braille, and/or magnification.
formEdit and the Web Page Communicator Templates
The Web Page Communicator Templates are a set of Internet Explorer compatible web pages that are used to create web pages that behave similarly to dynamic display speech generating devices. Now many platforms capable of running Internet Explorer 4.0 or newer can be used as simple communications devices. The pages support multiple access methods including single switch and two switch scanning, linear or row-column scans, and auditory scanning. formEdit is a template editor that makes it easy to build a useful communications page using the Web Page Communicator templates. The current template set offers choice grids with 4 to 24 cells.
Power Reader
A dyslexic text reader/learning tool, a graphical, interactive text reader integrated with computer text-to-speech whose level of focus, complexity, and detail is adjustable according to the user's needs.
E-triloquist
The program has an input area on the screen for entering a text or audio phrase which is to be spoken or played. With the touch of the "Enter" key or a mouse click, the text is converted to speech and sent to a voice synthesizer which conveys the message in mellifluous tones. Audio phrases are played as recorded.
SymVoc
SymVoc is aimed to help less able people to communicate with others using symbols and speech synthesis.
SteadyMouse
SteadyMouse is free software designed to assist people with the hand tremors that commonly go along with Parkinson's disease, Multiple sclerosis, etc.
OpenEducationDisc
This software builds on the OpenDisc and is aimed directly at schools and students aged 10-21+ giving the necessary tools to help them complete homework/coursework assignments.
at-spi
at-spi (assistive technology service provider interface) is the primary assistive technology infrastructure for the Solaris and Linux operating environments.
Hotspots
Hotspots is now open source and public domain or free software. It may be used by a number of users on one computer or by one user on a number of different computers.
Game Accessibility Suite
Code library and utilities to enhance accessibility to existing and future games (Win32).
WordAid
WordAid is a lexical word listing program (as opposed to a word predictor) with text-to-speech support that can aid the development of literacy.