Assistive Technology Resources

• Audiotaped Texts
• Computer Accessibility
• Electronic Texts
• Internet Resources and Databases
• National Organizations and Resources

Audiotaped Texts

• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
  • provides information on RFB&D services to individuals who can not read standard print because of visual, perceptual, or other physical disability
  • provides information on how to access RFB&D services
  • Provides information on the collection of audiotaped books maintained by RFB&D

Computer Accessibility

• HELP Read
  • provides a supported reading environment for Windows that highlights and speaks outloud text resources
• IBM Accessibility
  • information on accessibility including accessibility guidelines and checklists
• Microsoft Accessibility and Disabilities Web Site
  • provides information on computer and software accessibility

Electronic Texts

• Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts
  • includes a catalog with approximately 2,000 entries of e-text
• Electronic Library
  • Barnes and Noble book store's online sales. Look for it as www.bn.com
• Electronic Text Center
  • includes an extensive listing of prose and poetry e-text available for downloading
• Electronic Text, Journals, Newsletter, Magazines, and Collections Organization
  • provides a collection of on-line listings of resources for obtaining e-text of magazines, newsletters, and scholarly journals
• Elibrary
  • subscription based electronic library service that provides the user with access to many forms of periodic materials
• ILTweb Academic Resources: Digitexts (Columbia University)
  • includes a listing of resources of e-text for academic text as well as links to other projects
• Internet Public Library
  • includes links to picture books, short stories, poetry, myths, fables, magazines, and information about authors
• Literature Online from Chadwyck
  • includes a fully searchable library of over 250,000 works of English and American Literature
• Project Guttenberg
  • includes e-text files of popular literary works in a downloadable format
• Texas Text Exchange
  • maintains an on-line digital library of electronic texts (e-texts)
  • provides information on the creation and uses of e-texts
  • holding are accessible only to consortium members in the state of Texas
• The Electronic Text Center
  • includes an extensive listing of e-text available for downloading
• The On-Line Books Page
  • includes a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet
  • includes information on computer accessibility and adaptive tools Microsoft's website explains accessibility, it highlights numerous rograms designed to aid access for persons with disabilities, and it spotlights current advances in technology

Internet Resources and Databases

• ABLEDATA
  • provides the most comprehensive listing of assistive technology devices
• Assistive Tehnology On-Line
  • provides a database containing assistive technology information and links
• WebABLE
  • provides a directory for disability-related resources on the Internet

National Organizations and Resources

• Adaptive Technology Resource Center/University of Toronto
  • includes an extensive listing of online resources about a range of assistive technology topics
• Alliance for Technology Access
  • includes information on ATA, a network of community-based resource centers
  • includes links to other organizations and resources
  • includes an online newsletter
• Center for Accessible Technology
  • includes information on the center
  • includes links to other online assistive technology resources
• The Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology
  • this site by the California Department of Education provides information about alternate formatting of textbooks and links to assistive technology resources
• Computers for Handicapped Independence Program
  • provides information on software and hardware for persons with disabilities
• Do-It Program
  • includes information on programs that use technology to maximize independence, participation, and productivity of people with disabilities
  • includes links to online resources and Do-It programs
• EASI: Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities Organization: Equal Access to Software and Information
  • offers online workshops on assistive technology
  • includes links to resources and products
  • provides basic definitions of assistive technology terms
• National Center to Improve Practice
  • provides information on the center
  • offers bulletin board discussion groups, online workshops, and a listing of technology resources
• Trace Research and Development Center
  • Comprehensive sites for information about shareware and freeware applications and utilities