Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology can be very useful and important in the classroom especially when a a teacher has a student with a specific disability. The job of a teacher is to teach her/his students to the best of her/his abilities; therefore if assistive technology increases the likelihood of learning, then it should be utilized. An example of Assistive technology is a Screen Reader. It is a piece of software that reads text and information aloud, providing audio for a person who is blind or visually impaired. It reads documents, menu selections, error messages, and internet websites.

The link below explains the difficulty visually impaired people experience in using computers. It describes how the talking computer (Thunder Screen Reader) helps visually impaired people master computer frustrations. With the Screen Reader's help, the visually impaired can use the computer and internet. This link explains how the Screen Reader works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCs48NjhHRg