Double Robots Go for a Dress Rehearsal in Connecticut
The Connecticut Tech Act Project (CTTAP) is getting ready for its annual conference with help from two virtual-presence robots!
Category: Technology Spotlight
Accessible Video Making with Clips
Videos are powerful tools for raising assistive technology awareness, but only if they reach persons with hearing and visual impairments, too.
The Wonderful World of Adapted Pens
Recently I interviewed an AT Specialist and asked her for a favorite client success story. To my surprise, she immediately recalled providing an adapted pen to a man with ALS.
Xbox for All
Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller came out in September and already it’s popping up in State AT Program device loan libraries. Ben Jacobs, Accommodations Specialist at GA Tools for Life, and a gamer since childhood, doesn’t mince words about the significance of this release.
A Unique Partnership Brings the Jaco II Robotic Arm to AzTAP
The Jaco II attaches to a power wheelchair and makes simple daily activities possible: holding a fork or glass, picking up something from the floor, getting a snack from the fridge, whatever a person needs and wants to do.
The V.ALRT Personal Emergency Alert Device
Thanks to Tami Terns at North Dakota Assistive for this technology spotlight on an affordable emergency alert device for smartphone users.
Video-Assisted Speech-to-Speech Relay
15 states provide this little-known enhanced relay service. Could it assist you to make phone calls independently?
Speech Disability? Make Calls with Speech-to-Speech Relay
Bob Segalman founded exactly the service he needed. Now thousands of Americans make phone calls independently and many more need to know they can.
AT for Frozen Treats in the Summer Heat
Thanks so much to the Michigan Assistive Technology (AT) Program Blog for allowing us to re-post this just-in-time-for-summer AT advice!
Goldilocks and the Three Apps
Not all assistive technology (AT) success stories follow the simple fairy tale…
