Odds are that in your lifetime, if you do not need assistive technology (AT), someone you know and/or love will. The need for AT may be due to many different issues such as a repetitive stress injury, limited movement due to Multiple Sclerosis, injuries related to...
Thanks to Possibility Makers, over the last two years, Renee, Susan, Chris, Calvin, Debra, Cindy and over 35 other people from ages 2 to 99 have received assistive technology (AT) through the IPAT Pedaling for Possibilities Fund to help them live fuller, more...
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of working with Greg, a wonderful man, who composed this letter below with the very technology he tells us about. He is an inspiration to anyone who knows him, and now, after reading his beautiful letter, hopefully to you!There...
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of working with Greg, a wonderful man, who composed this letter below with the very technology he tells us about. He is an inspiration to anyone who knows him, and now, after reading his beautiful letter, hopefully to you!...
This past year, I received several calls from people with low vision who purchased large computer monitors ( 23-27"), but still had trouble navigating and reading the text, icons, and pictures on the screen. If this has happened to you, there are some easy and...
A few years back a gentleman with a reading disability came to IPAT, needing some way to read the manuals, parts boxes, forms and signage in the shop where he was going to work after graduating from college. He was already making use of text-to-speech (TTS)...
In our IPAT Centers, we have dedicated talking identifiers for money, colors, and UPC barcodes that can help people with vision loss that, for the most part, work extremely well. However, these devices basically do one thing, cost between $140-$1300, and are...
I have to admit that out of all of the social media outlets available, Pinterest had not yet captured my interest (a saying that is probably cliché by now). However, I was recently doing some research with Google on apps for reading with speech output and came...
During a recent consult, I was asked the following questions by someone caring for an individual with dementia: “Is there a device that will sound an alarm when the individual leaves their bedroom that I can clip to my belt?” “I also want to be able to talk to...
Whether you need an on-screen keyboard because you are using an alternative input such as a mouth joystick or you need one because your keyboard just stopped working like mine did when I was writing this article, Microsoft has a decent onscreen keyboard already...