Assistive Technologies for Learning Disabilities

The assistive technology that I chose to explore was Magnifier, offered by Microsoft Vista. The learning disability that Magnifier helps is those who are visually impaired (but not completely blind). Magnifier creates a faux magnifying glass for individuals to use in helping them see the text on the screen more clearly. By running the cursor over the text, it is then magnified onto another screen that shows the images in a larger version. The next three screenshots are examples of this process.

This is an example of me using Magnifier on OnCourse. Since the text is rather small, using Magnifier allowed me to see the announcements in a larger font, making them easier to read.

This screen shot offers another example. Sometimes tool bars offer a large amount of options, which in turn, could make it harder for the visually impaired to read them. So in this example, if one wanted to click on YouTube from a list of options, the Magnifier makes it easier to do so.

This final example shows a list of options on the computer that are offered to students. This amount of information could be overwhelming to a visually impaired student because the font is small and the text is close together. Therefore, the Magnifier will make it easier for the student to see his or her options by zooming to view each item more closely.

Station 6 Persuasive Speaking Survey (Language Arts Required)

Click here to take our survey about the addition of lanes to 45/46 in Bloomington, IN.

Three people in our W200 class took the survey. Their results can be found below by clicking on the screen shot.
















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