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ESCI: Intro to assistive technology for students who are blind/vision impaired

ESCI: Intro to assistive technology for students who are blind/vision impaired

National Webinar with Deirdre Madden (Access UCC Disability Support) & ESCI

What will I learn?
• What is assistive technology (AT).
• Advice on students using the computer well to make best use of Assistive Technology.
• About resources for students to learn or improve touch-typing skills.
• About Dragon Naturally Speaking – you talk, it types what you say and free alternatives in Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365 and on your phones.
• About free screen magnification and alteration options for the iPad and Windows.
• About magnification options for magnifying electronic and hard copies of text (incl. Zoomtext, Optiverso, Eclipse, Liberty Scholar.)
Brief introduction to Connect 12, Mercury 12, Reveal 16 & Polaris mini
• About a variety of scanning, OCR, typing and other useful apps including Seeing AI and Envision AI.
• About screen reading software (incl. JAWS and VoiceOver) and text to speech software
• How to get access to alternative learning materials and texts (electronic, audio, large print, Braille).

This webinar is suitable for for Primary and Post Primary teachers, SETs and SNAs.

Course Details

Course Date 06-02-2025 7:00 pm
Course End Date 06-02-2025 9:00 pm
Cut off date 06-02-2025 3:00 pm
Fee Free
Select Hours 2
Speaker Deirdre Madden
Location Online

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