Assistive technology
Databases of assistive technology
- TechDis Accessibility Database - a database of assistive technology products, hardware, software.
- [de] Barrierefrei kommunizieren - Online-Datenbank behinderungskompensierender Techniken und Technologien.
Browsers, screen readers
- W3C: Alternative Web Browsing - specialized browsers, screen readers, adaptive browsers, voice browsers etc.
- Article: Web Authoring Strategies for Voice Browsers
- Joe Clark's AccessiBlog: Screen readers (collection of articles and resources).
- IBM Home Page Reader
- JAWS for Windows
- HAL (and other Dolphin Access Software) [US] [UK]
- outSPOKEN
- Windows-Eyes.
- Emacspeak.
- Speakup for Linux.
Screen Reader Simulations
- Human Factors: How a blind person will "see" your Web page - audio comparison of inaccessible and accessible Web pages.
- WebAIM: Screen Reader Simulation.
Screen magnifiers
- Supernova Reader Magnifier (Combined magnification, speech & Braille for Windows).
- ZoomText (Trial Download).
Articles
- Joe Clark's AccessiBlog: Screen readers (collection of articles and resources).
- Controlling Computers With Neural Signals - article in the Scientific American about controlling computers with electrical impulses from nerves and muscles.
- Eye Controlled Media: Present and Future State - thesis that explores the use of eye-gaze tracking. Includes reviews of current eye-gaze based systems.
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