Vermont Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program (VTEDP)

http://vtedp.org/

Accessibility challenges with mobile phones

What mobile phone is the most accessible phone? I think the question really is Which mobile phones are the most accessible? Personally I am tired 5 or 6 different devices and found them all use in different ways. Blackberry's are by far my favorite but only the ones with a keyboard. Android is the os that i am using now on my motorola droid from the verizon wireless network. The moto Droid has a great screen and keyboard but is lacking spell check, which was a life saver on my blackberry. The motorola droid makes up for the lack of spell check with voice dictation and with predictive text on the screen keyboards. In fact most of this posting I wrote with the voice dictation feature on the motorola droid. The voice dictation is both faster than typing and more accurate if you have difficulty with spelling but you able to verbalize what you intend to write.

What cellphones do you find most accessible?

Has anyone found a good book reader for cellphone?

how to use google as a spell checker

Have you ever wanted to spell somethine and you weren't even sure where to start? Try typing a sentence in to Google when using the your guess of that word. Google will guess what you were trying to write in its "did you mean?_______________" field. Check for clues to tell if google was right by checking the results it pull up with your search. Even if you make a mistake its likely that it will be a mistake that many people make. Also it your errors in writing could be also be more then spelling so don't be shy to add "is this the right way to spell____________" or "is this the right way to say_____________".

Useing Google as a spell checker can be a useful to people learning written language as an adult. If you know what you want to say but don't know how to write well.

BLBD Conference at UVM May 17-19

Can't wait the better learning by design conference. more news will be posted soon.

BETTER LEARNING BY DESIGN CONFERENCE

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT • MAY 17-19, 2010

DUDLEY H. DAVIS CENTER


Expand your pedagogical repertoire to include UDL principles and practices.
Deepen your understanding of the neuroscience of learning.
Enhance your knowledge of instructional technology applications.



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USDA TARGET Emergency Planning Page for people with Disabilities

Great page on emergency planning for people with disabilities

 http://www.dm.usda.gov/oo/target/subjects/ep.html

Accessibility features in Firefox 3

This site has a lot of ideas to get started with screen reading tools. I use screen reading tools even though I can see because often it is easier for read boring material when it is read to me.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/New+Accessibility+features+in+Firefox+3