Lifestyle Empowerment and Enhancement via Computer, for people with a disability and/or chronic illness and their carers

Please contact me about URL's which have information about accessible software programs suitable for this section. Thanks.

Links

Microsoft Accessability  "Microsoft is dedicated to developing technology that is useable and accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities."

Screen Magnifiers homepage "Provide free information about software and hardware to improve access to computers, information and the Internet by people with vision problems."

Ability Hub "Assistive Technology for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible. This web site will direct you to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers."

Computers Assisting The Handicapped "For the first time in their lives, many disabled people find themselves able to belong somewhere, a virtual community where they can be swept along by daily events, as in any other community."

Click-N-Type virtual keyboard "Click-N-Type is an on-screen virtual keyboard designed for anyone with a disability that prevents him or her from typing on a physical computer keyboard."

About one Hand Typing "For one hand typists their friends, and those who want to type with one hand."

Gus Communications "In this, our 12th year of serving people with communication disorders and physical limitations."

ScanSoft "ScanSoft application products are used around the world, providing productivity for personal and business use. Integrators and developers use ScanSoft's toolkits to add   imaging, speech and language capabilities to their products."

Levelgames "Accessible Computer Games."

Bifocal Notepad Notepad using enlarge font.

Robo Type Type in Shorthand using RoboType which saves keystrokes by letting you type short abbreviations in place of longer blocks of text.

Macro Express "The premier Windows macro utility. With Macro Express, you can record, edit and play back mouse and keyboard macros. Its powerful tools and robust features will make you more productive."

AutoAct "If you always click a button, check box, option button, or menu item as soon as it appears, you can teach AutoAct to click it for you."

EZ MACRO "EZ Macros is an easy-to-use keyboard and mouse macro recorder designed to help you eliminate repetitive tasks on your computer."

Shorthand 7 "The award winning keyboard automation/text assembly tool that works inside existing windows applications!"

Perfect Keyboard "Why type the same phrases again and again?  Why mistype?  Why not let the computer do repetitive and boring tasks?  Why not have macros working in any Windows application?"

Adobe - access.adobe.com This site is a jumping-off point for information on the accessibility features and capabilities of Adobe products. There are also links to resources to help people with disabilities work more effectively with Adobe software, and to aid content creators in producing content that is as accessible as possible.

All links on this page were checked 23.11.2010