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and see below! Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Hitchcock
Sent: Thu 2/18/2010 8:36 PM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Mac users--please help
Assistiveware is probably the biggest option I know of for mac, with a
pretty much full featured set of access for switch or other access
methods. They also run the text to speech stuff, and it is meant for
AAC purposes, as opposed to more of an LD focus with WOL and Co Writer.
David Niemijer (sp?) from Assistiveware is pretty helpful.
In terms of switch interface or other access methods, I am pretty sure that
any plug and play USB devices should work. I am certain that
StealthSwitch does.
Ed Hitchcock OT/L
Technology Center
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of lisa
Sent: Thu 2/18/2010 3:54 PM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Mac users--please help
I found this on the internet..
http://assistiveware.com/podcasts.php#frontiers
Episode 1: A pivotal role in the household
Marie-France, has lost her voice and can only move a jaw muscle, but
still
plays a pivotal role in the household thanks to assistive technology.
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Marie-France>
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Marie-France>
Video still of
Marie-France <http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Marie-France>
Marie-France has lost her voice and can only move a jaw muscle because
of
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Motor Neurone
Disease
(MND) or Lou Gherigs Disease. In this 4 minute video she shows how, with
a
single switch and AssistiveWare's Proloquo
<http://assistiveware.com/proloquo.php>
, KeyStrokes
<http://assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php>
and SwitchXS
<http://assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php>
software, she accesses her
Apple PowerBook computer and communicates with others. She explains how
she
continues to perform a pivotal role in the household by doing the
shopping,
managing the bank accounts and even designing her own web site
<http://www.als-testimony.org> .
Marie-France lives in Paris, France.
Subscribe:
<http://assistiveware.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?link=%09%09http://phobos.apple.co
m/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=205205526&src="" iTunes
<http://www.assistiveware.com/feeds/FrontiersOfAssistiveTechnologyCast.xml>
XML - View video in browser (QT7
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Marie-France&format=mov>
| mp4
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Marie-France&format=mp4>
) -
Download video (QT7
<http://assistiveware.com/videos/AssistiveWare_A_pivotal_role_En_600x480.mov
> | mp4
<http://assistiveware.com/videos/AssistiveWare_A_pivotal_role_En_600x480.mp4
> | full-size* <http://assistiveware.com/podcasts.php#FullSize#FullSize>
)
Episode 2: Everything I can't do in the real world I can do with my Mac
Joe Barnick was born with spinal muscular atrophy and cannot use a
keyboard
or mouse, yet thanks to assistive technology he can use his computer to
do
all those things he cannot do in real life.
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Joe_Barnick>
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Joe_Barnick>
Video still of Joe
Barnick <http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Joe_Barnick>
Joe Barnick was born with spinal muscular atrophy. In this 3.5 minute
video
he shows how, with an adapted trackball and AssistiveWare's KeyStrokes
<http://assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php>
on-screen keyboard, he is able to
do all those things with his computer that he cannot do in the real
world.
He explains how he uses his computer to design and edit the
AssistiveWare
<http://assistiveware.com/newsletter.php>
Newsletter with Adobe InDesign,
write college papers in Word, chat with family and friends with iChat,
and
buys exotic ingredients and Japanese anime figures on the internet. Joe
Barnick lives in Charlton, NY, United States of America.
Subscribe:
<http://assistiveware.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?link=%09%09http://phobos.apple.co
m/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=205205526&src="" iTunes
<http://www.assistiveware.com/feeds/FrontiersOfAssistiveTechnologyCast.xml>
XML - View video in browser (QT7
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Joe_Barnick&format=mov>
| mp4
<http://assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Joe_Barnick&format=mp4>
) -
Download video (QT7
<http://assistiveware.com/videos/AssistiveWare_Thanks_to_my_Mac_En_600x480.m
ov> | mp4
<http://assistiveware.com/videos/AssistiveWare_Thanks_to_my_Mac_En_600x480.m
p4> | full-size* <http://assistiveware.com/podcasts.php#FullSize#FullSize>
)
Lisa M. Bruening, M.S., CCC-SLP
Patient Services Coordinator
The ALS Association
Northern Ohio Chapter
phone: 216-592-2572
toll free: 888-592-2572
fax: 216-592-2575
Check out our webpage: www.alsaohio.org
Become an ALSA Advocate! It's easy!
Go to our website and follow the tab for Public Policy. Click on
Advocacy
Action Center and sign up today!
Where Patients Matter Most
_____
From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alisa Brownlee
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:42 PM
To: National ALS Association AT Listserv
Subject: Mac users--please help
Hello all,
Since I don't use Mac's, I often feel out of the loop about Mac
software.
Besides Write Out Loud and CoWriter, what other Mac softwares are there
that
offer text to speech for use on an existing computer? What type of
switch
interface is available?
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks,
Alisa
Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office and Greater
Philadelphia Chapter
Direct Phone: 215-631-1877
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