The following products are also designed for use by individuals with disabilities:
| Product: | Dragger |
| From: | Origin Instruments Corp., 854 Greenview Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 |
| Phone: | 214-606-8740 |
| Fax: | 214-606-8741 |
| Email: | sales@orin.com |
| Internet: | http://www.orin.com |
| System: | Windows 95 and Windows |
| Price: | $95.00 |
| Demo: | Downloadable from Web site |
| Notes: | Program for generating mouse click functions throughout the Windows environment using "dwell" (AutoClick) selection techniques. Left and right single clicks, double clicks, and drag operations are all possible. Dragger for Kids is a special mode for use with children's programs. Dragger requires a mouse, Origin Instruments HeadMouse, or other mouse emulator. |
| Product: | HandiPHONE |
| From: | Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 |
| Phone: | 800-828-2600 or 508-879-9000 |
| Fax: | 508-879-1069 |
| BBS: | 508-875-8009 |
| Email: | hware@microsys.com |
| Internet | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, MS-DOS |
| Price: | Windows/Windows 95: $295; MS-DOS: $595 |
| Demo: | Via Internet (FTP), BBS or Mail |
| Notes: | Hands-free access to the telephone. PopDIAL software stores up to 10,000 names / 30,000 phone numbers allowing the user to dial out, receive calls, and access voice mail systems, paging, call transfer, call waiting, and other popular services. Complete system includes a specially-modified modem, a hands-free speakerphone or headset, and cables. |
| Product: | Open Book Unbound |
| From: | Arkenstone, Inc., 1390 Borregas Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089 |
| Phone: | 800-444-4443 or 408-752-2200 |
| Fax: | 408-745-6739 |
| TDD: | 800-833-2753 |
| Email: | info@arkenstone.org |
| Internet: | http://www.arkenstone.org |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, MS DOS |
| Price: | $995 |
| Demo: | Call 800 number for the dealer nearest you |
| Notes: | Reading software for people with vision impairments or reading difficulties. Combined with a scanner, it turns a talking PC into a complete reading machine. Open Book makes reading print material as eas y as pressing a single button. By automatically adjusting for skew, contrast, and page orientation, Open Book reads the page as accurately as possible. Open Book works under Windows 95 but is not recommended. An upgrade is underway. |
| Product: | SeeBEEP For Windows |
| From: | Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 |
| Phone: | 800-828-2600 or 508-879-9000 |
| Fax: | 508-879-1069 |
| BBS: | 508-875-8009 |
| Email: | hware@microsys.com |
| Internet | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, MS DOS |
| Price: | $20 |
| Demo: | Via Internet (FTP), BBS or Mail |
| Notes: | Visual beep utility for persons with hearing impairments. Will flash screen in reverse video or present visual beep bitmap on-screen each time the computer makes a sound. |
| Product: | VisAbility |
| From: | Ai Squared, P.O. Box 669, Manchester Center, VT 05255-0669 |
| Phone: | 802-362-3612 |
| Fax: | 802-362-1670 |
| Email: | zoomtext@aisquared.com |
| System: | MS-DOS (PIF included to run from Windows) |
| Price: | $495 ($395 for registered ZoomText users) |
| Demo: | Available free by mail. |
| Notes: | VisAbility is a low-vision reading and form-filling program. It works in conjunction with a scanner to enlarge printed or handwritten material, from 4x to 32x, on your computer screen. Hands-free readin g modes pan smoothly through the entire image or within columns. Printed forms can be scanned and filled-in, while being enlarged on the screen. The completed form can be printed at normal size or a magnified size, up to 8x. |
| Product: | WiVox |
| From: | Prentke Romich Company, 1022 Heyl Rd., Wooster, OH 44691 |
| Phone: | 800-262-1984 or 216-262-1984 |
| Fax: | 216-263-4829 |
| System: | Windows 95, Windows 3.1 |
| Price: | $160 |
| Notes: | Enhances writing and reading by providing auditory feedback of text entered into any Windows or Windows 95 application. Works with standard keyboard, and with the WiVik2 series of on-screen keyboards, i ncluding KeyREP. Set it to speak characters, partial words, full words, or sentences. Requires an external speech synthesizer. |
Microsoft Windows 95 includes a variety of features for people with limited vision or dexterity, color-blindness, or who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. All the Access Pack features are now integrated into the operating system, and are found in the Control Panel under Accessibility Options. (See Access Pack entry under "Keyboard enhancement utilities" for a description of those features.)
| Product: | Microsoft Windows 95 |
| From: | Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6393 |
| Phone: | 800-426-9400 (Microsoft Sales Information Center) |
| BBS: | 206-936-6735 |
| TDD: | 800-892-5234 |
| Price: | $99 |
| Notes: | New helpful features included in areas of the Control Panel other than Accessibility Options:
System improvements to Windows 95 that are useful for people with disabilities include:
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Microsoft, MS-DOS and Visual Basic are registered trademarks and
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. IN CUBE is a
trademark of Command Corp., Inc. Kurzweil VOICE is a trademark
of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. Dragon Systems and DragonDictate
are registered trademarks of Dragon Systems, Inc. IBM and OS/2
are registered trademarks and Windsurfer is a trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation. WiViK2 is a registered trademark
and KeyREP is a trademark of The Hugh MacMillan Rehabilitation
Center.
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