VISION RELATED ADAPTIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

Jeffrey D. Stark
Environment Canada’s
Adaptive Computer 
Technology Program

Who are we and what do we do?

Tier 1 - 
Client Services 

• Needs assessment according to job function and disability
• Solution development
• Integration of the ACT tools within the users technical environment
• Research And Testing

Tier 2 -
Training Courses
• Hands On Training Program For Technicians
• Accessibility Boot Camp For Webmasters And Application Developers
• Customized Accessible training courses for persons with disabilities
• Awareness Training And Equipment Demonstration

Tier 3 -
Accessibility Testing
• Product Evaluations
• Application Evaluations
• Website Evaluations



Overview Of Presentation - Grouping ACT Tools

• LOW VISION
• VISION REPLACEWMENT



Adaptive Computer Technology
For Low Vision Users

• Windows Display Settings 
• Larger Font / Color / Background
• Anti-Glare Covers
• Screen Magnifiers
• ZoomText / AI Squared
• Magic / Freedom Scientific
• Lunar Plus & SuperNova / Dolphin
• Larger Screen (surface Area)
• Large Print Keyboard
• CCTV
• Aladdin Genie
• Portable CCTV
• MaxPort
• Flipper 
• Jordy 2



Adaptive Computer Technology
For Vision Replacement

• Screen Readers
• JAWS
• Window Eyes
• Hal
• Braille Displays
• 40 / 80 character
• Synthesisers
• DecTalk, TripleTalk, Proverb
• OCR Software
• OmniPage, OpenBook 6, Kurzweil
• Scanners (document feeder)
• Braille Printers
• Romeo, Juliet, Index Everest
• Portable Note Takers
• PackMate
• BrailleNote / TypeNote
• GPS
• LapTalk



Some Vendors

Aroga 
http://www.aroga.com

Frontier Computing http://www.frontiercomputing.on.ca 

VisuAide
http://www.visuaide.com

MicroComputer Science Center
http://www.microscience.on.ca