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Presenter: Stuart Lawler, NCBI
Training And technology: The Tools
For Success!
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Introduction• About NCBI• About our Technology Service• What is Assistive Technology?• Matching Technology with People• Technology in the Workplace• Case Studies
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About NCBI• Founded in 1931, provides services
and supports for over 16,000 people• Most registered blind have some
level of usable vision• One in every five people who can
work are currently in employment
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About our Technology Service
• Technical assessment/demonstration• Reports issued to employers
detailing suitable technical solutions• Installation/configuration and
training• On-going technical support and
options for further training
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What is Assistive technology?
• Definition: technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible (University of Washington)
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Technology for blind users
• Screen reading (Jaws, Window Eyes, Voiceover)
• Refreshable Braille Terminals• OCR output to synthetic speech or
refreshable Braille
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Technology for low vision users
• Screen magnification (with or without synthetic speech)
• CCTV magnification systems, to allow for reading of printed text
• Mobile applications to allow for magnification of text, E.G. menus in restaurants
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Matching Technology with People
• A thorough assessment of the individual’s needs is essential before Assistive Technology is introduced
• In a workplace setting, tasks being undertaken and accessibility of same need to be carefully considered
• Best solutions will be flexible enough to accommodate change, either in reduction of vision or change in job perspective
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Demonstration• Time to see some of the technology
we’ve just discussed
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Further Information• Stuart Lawler• Rehabilitation Centre Manager• NCBI• Telephone: 087 9926360• Email: [email protected]