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Five Finger Typist

Relevant Disability: Low Mobility

How Can Five Finger Typist Help You?

  • It teaches the accepted keyboarding technique for single-handed touch typing on a keyboard.
     
  • Users learn the home position and are then taken through a series of exercises which introduce new keys and revise keys already learned.
     
  •  Five Finger Typist is extremely easy, but flexible to use. You can follow the suggested learning sequence, or move ahead or back, as desired.
     
  • The application remembers the last lesson worked in a user's document file and opens at that lesson next time.
     
  • Typing sessions can be printed to show a pupil's progress.

ZoomText

Relevant Disablility: Low-Vision

ZoomText is a screen magnification and screen reading tool which provides complete access to all Microsoft applications.

How Can ZoomText Help You?

Level 1 - Screen Magnification

  • Magnifies levels from 2x to 16x.
  • 8 different zoom windows for full and partial screen enlargement.
  • Fast zoom in/out using mouse wheel.

Level 2 - Screen Magnification and Screen Reader

  • Fully synchronized magnification and screen reading.
  • Speaks all on-screen text, including menus, dialog boxes and controls.
  • Reads characters, words or lines of text by simply moving the cursor.

 
Photo: ZoomText

OPENBook

Relevant Disability: Low Vision

How Can OPENBook Help You?

  • OPENBook is a screen-reading program for people with low vision that can read books, magazines, memos, bills and other printed documents.
     
  • The OPENBook software translates a scanned picture back into words, then reads the words aloud.
     
  • Reading voices may be selected based on your own preferences.
     
  • Designed for people with low vision to view large print.

 
Photo: OPENBook

WordQ Writing Aid Software

Relevant Disability: Learning Disability, Low Mobility

  • WordQ software is a writing tool used along with standard Windows word processing software to provide spelling, grammar, and punctuation assistance.
     
  • It uses advanced word prediction to suggest words for you to use and provides spoken (text-to-speech) feedback.
     
  • Users of all ages who have problems writing and editing can benefit, including those who have a learning disability (LD) such as Dyslexia, or who are learning English as a second language (ESL).

 
Photo: WordQ

WordQ software uses word prediction and auditory cues

 

Choices

Choices is an internet career and job search program providing exercises and information for career planning.

Resources Include:

  • Self-assessment to identify your interests, values, and transferable skills
     
  • Customizable resume builder
     
  • Occupational information
     
  • Interactive interview (sample questions to ask in interviews)
     
  • Job search activities
     
  • Resume design and job search strategies planner

Choices is ideal for:

  • Dislocated workers
     
  • College and university students
     
  • Vocational rehabilitation consumers
     
  • Young adult job seekers
     
  • Adults in career transition
     
  • Business/industry employees
     
  • Military personnel
     
  • HRDC clients
WinWay Resume

WinWay Resume is a resume creation package with intelligent and automated features.  It provides tools that you need to search for jobs, create attention-getting resumes and cover letters, master the interview and salary negotiation process, and secure just the right job.

Key Features of WinWay Resume Include:

  • Resume writing
     
  • Letter writing
     
  • Interview simulation
     
  • Salary negotiation
     
  • Internet job search
     

 

Kurzweil 3000

Relevant Disability: Learning Disability, Vision    Impairment

How Can Kurzweil Help You?

  • Hear text spoken as it is highlighted on screen.
     
  • Type your own documents, hearing characters and words spoken out loud.
     
  • Use Tools like spell checking and word prediction to help you express your ideas.
     
  • Highlight, take notes, and add bookmarks in documents.
     
  • Hear web sites read aloud.
     

 
Photo: Kurzweil 3000

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

Relevant Disability: Learning Disability, Low Mobility

How Can Mavis Beacon Help You?

  • Customized lessons
     
  • Motivating speed tests
     
  • Progress reports
     
  • Dictation practice
 
Photo: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

 
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