A DIY Accessible Hardware Solution
for Students with Disabilities

Ryan Vernon

BC College and Institute Library Services (CILS)

Falling through the cracks?

Sign: warning, danger of falling

Raise the floor...

MGM Grand under construction

Raising the Floor: Enabling everyone, regardless of extenuating circumstances, to obtain access...

DIY: do it yourself

Cooking with a computer

Recipe:

Hardware

Man with laptop on head

Hardware, continued

Software

Software: Thunder

Screen reader: A screen reader is a software program that uses a synthetic voice to read a computer screen out loud.*


Lightening strike

Software: Thunder

From the Thunder website:


Software: Webbie

An accessible browser

WebbIE "webpage" view

WebbIE displaying the graphical version of the neads.ca website

WebbIE "text" view

WebbIE displaying a text rendering of the neads.ca website

WebbIE also includes...

Webbie RSS reader screen capture

...an accessible RSS reader

WebbIE also includes...

Webbie Podc Catcher screen capture

...an accessible pod catcher

WebbIE also includes...

Accessible Gutenberg screen capture

...Accessible Project Gutenberg

WebbIE also includes...

Accessible Directory screen capture

...Accessible Directory
(providing access to the ODP)

ReadPlease


ReadPlease

ReadPlease screen capture

TextAloud


TextAloud

TextAloud screen capture

AMIS

DAISY book format

AMIS

DAISY book player

AMIS

AMIS screen shot

AMIS

AMIS screen shot

WinAMP

WinAmp screen shot

WinAMP with PaceMaker


PaceMaker screen capture

Pacemaker: a WinAMP plugin

WinAMP with PaceMaker

Allows you to speed up your MP3 without making it sound like a chipmunk:

A chipmunk sitting on a laptop

Magnifier


Three pictures of a man magnifying his face wit ha magnifying glass

Conclusion

Don't be afraid...

You can do it!

Questions?


Don't stop questioning

Thank you

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