Accessibility Assistive Technology Report Software 
Edsurge
AUGUST 14, 2017
That was the confounding question assistive technology specialist Neal McKenzie faced a year and a half ago from one of the 100-plus visually impaired students he helps in the classrooms of Northern California’s Sonoma County. The blind 5th-grader had to write a report on rural life and someone had suggested including an ox.
Edsurge
JANUARY 7, 2019
The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it? How does classroom video capture technology address this issue?
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The Innovative Educator
MAY 16, 2019
Also surprising is that f ewer than 10 percent are Braille readers according to a report from the National Federation of the Blind. Unfortunately, these supports are currently generally reserved for the elite in our society because of cost and access. There is also screen reading software. Surprisingly though, of the 1.3
Edsurge
JANUARY 7, 2019
The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it? How does classroom video capture technology address this issue?
eSchool News
JANUARY 1, 2024
Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. One thing that cannot be denied is the disconnect in today’s education technology between AV and IT and various domains.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 19, 2017
“Five years ago, these tools were considered purely assistive technology [for children with special needs]; now everyone’s using them. And the reason is, everyone has access to it. It still takes a very big human lift by the teacher to help them access entry points [different ways to engage with material]. Dr. Sean J.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2017
Matt Huenerfauth (right), director of the Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, records video and motion-capture data from someone performing American Sign Language (ASL). His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. Photo: John Myer.
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