List of assistive technologies generally we come across  are

  • Alternative Keyboard
  • Alternative Mouse
  • Head Wand
  • Mouth Stick
  • Refreshable Braille Display
  • Screen Magnifier
  • Screen Reader
  • Voice Recognition software
Example tools:-
  1. NVDA (opens in new window)– free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. (https://www.nvaccess.org/download/)
  2. JAWS(opens in new window) –  A popular screen reading software. Uses internal speech synthesizer and computer’s sound card to read info from computer screen aloud. (https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/)
  3. You can also use ChromeVox (opens in new window) extension a screen reader for chrome browser (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screen-reader/kgejglhpjiefppelpmljglcjbhoiplfn?hl=en)
  4. Virtual magnifying glass (opens in new window) (http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/)

Watch an interesting video below on Assistive or Accessible technology by David banes. This video is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)