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Special Access To Windows
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This is a recommended project.
Latest release: Special Access To Windows Support_Pack
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An 85-page document takes you through all the stages of using the power of SAW5 to create new selection sets and environments for switch and pointer use.
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- Support Pack for SAW 5 now open source
SAW resources can also be found at http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/saw-resources/view
For the switch user, accessing the essentially mouse-driven Windows environment appears to be a formidable task. Not any more. Introducing SAW5 (Special Access to Windows) - it's software that enables Windows to be controlled by one or two switches,a joystick, a trackerball or a headpointer. SAW has many additions and features to make creating interfaces easy for those who use alternative inputs. SAW5 runs under Windows 98, ME and 2000 and XP, and it's FREE!
SAW replaces the mouse and keyboard with a series of onscreen Selection Sets - arrangements of letters, words, symbols, numbers and shapes that can be automatically or manually scanned, item by item, and selected using switches. You can write, draw, move the cursor around the screen - SAW5 gives you the access power to all aspects of operation.
We've created some freely-downloadable selection sets that cover mouse navigation, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and word processing (with integrated links to Prophet, PenFriend or WordAid) and mathematical drawing through AccessMaths. See the Selection Set page for more details. Of course, you're welcome to develop your own and we invite you to distribute them through this website.
The support pack for SAW has now been Open Sourced. Email and other support will be on a limited as-needs basis but training will still be available from the ACE Centre at their normal training rates.
