Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1996 |
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How Can Someone With One Hand Use A Computer? This New Resource Book Has the Answers!
As electronic technologies become more and more a part of daily life, people with disabilities find themselves looking for adaptations and products which can help make tools like computers and CD-ROM players accessible to them. Locating this type of equipment can be a real problem. Where can a blind person go to find a talking computer or Braille printer. Where can a person with a spinal cord injury look for a remote control system for home appliances?
The newest edition of a book published by the Trace Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will make it easier for people to find assistive products. The 1996-97 Trace ResourceBook: Assistive Technologies for Communication, Control and Computer Access lists over 1,500 items and provides descriptions and pictures to assist readers in understanding what is available.
The Trace ResourceBook concentrates on equipment used for communicating, controlling the environment, and operating computers.
To make it easier for readers to locate what they need, products in the Trace ResourceBook are cross-referenced by functions, by input-output features, and by manufacturer.
The 972-page volume is priced at $50. People wishing to place an order can contact the Trace Center Reprint Service at (608) 263-2309, TDD (608) 263-5408.
Education Initiative Takes Flight
ADA Consultants: What to Look For and What to Look Out For
Information Needs Study to be Conducted
Guide to Toys for Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Computer Children's Software Resource
FINANCING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
How Can Someone With One Hand Use A Computer? This New Resource Book Has the Answers!