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Equipment List for HTC LabsThe California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has developed a list of "core" assistive computer technologies for which it will seek to obtain site licenses or deep discounts through the Community Colleges Foundation's group purchase programs. The equipment listed below is widely used in California Community College High Tech Center programs and represents "industry standard" examples for each access category. Additional information on high-speed scanners and captioning hardware/software will be posted shortly.
Braille n' Speak 2000 $1299 Blazie Engineering, Inc. Tel: (410) 893-9333 Blazie Website (http://blazie.com/) Braille 'n Speak 2000 is a stand-alone, braille based note taker. Notes can be output in e-text, print, braille, or synthesized speech. With Braille 'n Speak 2000, students can:
Braille Lite 2000 $ 3395 Blazie Engineering, Inc. Tel: (410) 893-9333 Blazie Website (http://blazie.com/) All of the features of the Braille 'n Speak 2000, but including a compact, light weight 18-cell refreshable braille display. This portable unit allows students quick access to class notes, reports and other stored information. $4395 - $6195 Pulse Data HumanWare Phone: (800) 722-3393 BrailleNote is a giant step forward for personal notetakers, offering you global accessibility and connectivity never before available. With BrailleNote you'll be connected. The built-in modem and outstanding e-mail package mean that wherever you are you can send and receive messages to keep in touch with friends around the world. BrailleNote combines the highest quality Braille and speech in any notetaker at a price far below what you might expect. It's ergonomically designed to feel good to the touch, with Braille and speech housed in a curvaceous body. Small yet practical, the is driven by dynamic software that puts the latest developments in technology at your fingertips. BrailleNote also incorporates the latest high-quality, low-power Braille-cell technology with highly intelligible and responsive speech!
$5995 (40 cell) $3795 (24 cell) Pulse Data HumanWare Phone: (800) 722-3393 The new 40 cell and 24 cell Brailliant refreshable Braille displays are the smallest, lightest and most compact displays on the market today. Designed for use with a laptop or desktop computer, and offering both Bluetooth and USB connectivity, the Brailliant 24 and Brailliant 40 are your ideal workplace companions.
PowerBraille 65 $8615.00 Blazie Engineering, Inc. Tel: (410) 893-9333 Blazie Website (http://blazie.com/) PowerBraille 65 is a 65-character, 8-dot braille display for desktop computers. PowerBraille 65 was specially deigned for Windows users who need more than a 40 cell display but may not require a full 80 cell display. The 65 cells are easily configured for split window display or as programmable status cells. Click any TouchSensor above one of the 65 braille cells to instantly move the mouse pointer or cursor to a new location for editing. Other features include on-line Grade 2 braille translation, two serial and one parallel interface, and a printer pass-through port. PowerBraille 65 is also fully compatible with a variety of access packages for multiple platforms including Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, and UNIX.
$9995 365A Tesconi Circle Phone: (800) 953-9262 The ultra-slim, enhanced ergonomic profile, is combined with several new hardware features. Users have more control and ease-of-use in comparison to any other braille display. The ALVA 570 Satellite Pro is the first desktop braille display designed specifically for a graphical interface. Whether you're looking for superior braille output, ease of use, enhanced navigation possibilities, or durability the 570 Satellite Pro is guaranteed to meet or exceed your expectations. Features
ZoomText Xtra (Level 2) ver 7.06 Win 95/98/NT $595 Ai Squared (802) 362-3612 AiSquared WebSite (http://www.aisquared.com/) ZoomText Xtra comes in two levels. Level 1 is a screen magnifier for the Windows 95/98/NT environment. Level 2 offers a fully integrated magnifier and screen reader ñ designed specifically for the low-vision computer user. Another innovative feature of ZoomText Xtra is its document reading module, called DocReader. Existing in all product levels, DocReader is a full-screen environment for reading text from any Windows application. DocReader automatically reads through complete documents, including web pages and email.
Professional (Scan/Read) Version: $1495 Kurzweil 3000 for the Apple Macintosh Professional (Scan/Read) Version: $1495 Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. The Kurzweil 3000 is a computer-based reading system for sighted users that converts printed material into speech. Users can hear printed words spoken aloud as they read them on the computer screen. In addition to reading documents, users can use dictionary and phonetic spelling tools to enhance their reading. Scanned pages appear on the screen as they appear in the original material. As the Kurzweil 3000 reads, it highlights each word and its context. The reading voice, background/foreground colors, and text size are easily adjustable. The Kurzweil 3000 also possesses the ability to read the Internet. Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP $995 Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. The Kurzweil 1000, designed for persons who are blind or who have low vision, is a computer-based reading system that converts printed material into speech. Users navigate through their documents by using the optional keypad that comes with it or by using the numeric keypad on a full size keyboard. In addition to reading documents, users can use dictionary and spelling tools to enhance their reading. Kurzweil 1000 documents can also be managed from the numeric keypad. The Kurzweil 1000 was designed for non-sighted users. It can be used in any setting where students need access to print materials. WYNN ver 3.1 Scan/Read Version: Read Only Version: Freedom Scientific Learning Systems Group WYNN Website (http://www.freedomscientific.com/WYNN/products.asp) WYNN (What You Need Now), a scan/read/write program, has been developed as a reading and writing productivity tool to benefit struggling students. It is designed to help the individual read and write more easily, comprehend more efficiently, and study more effectively. The easy-to-use, color-coded tool bar interface has been especially designed to be useful for persons with learning disabilities. In addition to tools to help with reading and writing, WYNN provides bi-modal access to the Internet. Web sites can be displayed and read aloud in their original format, or in a highly modifiable text-only view. WYNN also provides tools to facilitate comprehension and retention. In order to determine what features might be useful for persons with learning disabilities, WYNN was developed with input from researchers from Syracuse University and educators in the DSP&S program at UC Berkeley. It is possible to purchase the program without the scanning capabilities.
Window-Eyes Professional 4.5 Win 95/98/Me/2000/XP Home & Professional: $795.00 (Educational site license discounts available) 725 Airport North Office Park Phone: (260) 489-3671 Window-Eyes gives total control over what you hear and how you hear it. Plus, with its enhanced Braille support that control is extended to what you feel as well. On top of all that, the power and stability of Window-Eyes means that most applications work right out of the box with no need for endless tinkering in order to get them to function properly. GW Micro is committed to the user. Our partnerships with mainstream companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia, and AOL allows us to make Window-Eyes one of the primary tools for testing product accessibility. We work hard to make sure that Window-Eyes provides you with the best access possible for the most popular applications.
JAWS 5.1 Win 95/98/Me/XP Home (Standard): $895.00 Win NT/2000/XP Professional: $1195 Freedom Scientific, Inc. JAWS for Windows is a screen reader that uses the numeric keypad for its basic functions. A number of interactive hot key commands are available to change settings easily. There are two particularly strong features in JAWS which help the user: Verbosity Level and Help. There are three levels of verbal assistance provided to the user: a lot (novice), some and little (advanced). The default full verbosity level is very informative for the user. The help function in JAWS for Windows is very well developed. The on-line help for JAWS is extensive, and there is included an additional level of help: context-sensitive help.
outSPOKEN 9.0 Macintosh $495 Windows 95/98 $695.00 - 4795.00 ALVA Access Group, Inc. List of US dealers (http://www.aagi.com/aagi/dealers.html) Main Alva website (http://www.aagi.com/) At this time, outSPOKEN is the only screen reader for the Macintosh computer. It reads the Macintosh screen display and provides a keyboard alternative to the mouse. OutSPOKEN is also available for Windows 95/98 and integrates with refreshable braille displays. back to top
Dragon NaturallySpeaking (Preferred) ver 7.0 Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP $199 Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speaker dependent, continuous speech recognition system. The active vocabulary size is 30,000 words with a 230,000-word dictionary, which allows for accurate word prediction and spelling. Text can be dictated at around one hundred words per minute at very high levels of accuracy. This program is recommended for persons with repetitive strain injury or moderate to severe physical disabilities. Dragon NaturallySpeaking (Professional) ver 7.0 Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP $795 Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Solutions is a continuous speech recognition system that builds on the speech recognition engine of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Preferred. DNS Professional Solutions allows the user to custom voice commands (macros) to create documents, insert boilerplate text, customize applications, complete forms, and perform other complex tasks with a spoken word or phrase. DNS Professional Solutions also enables the creation of knowledge bases from multiple sources, such as your own documents and the Internet; search of knowledge bases to retrieve information; and automatic conversion of information into documents for electronic publishing and distribution. DNS Professional Solutions is required for use with the software program JAWBone.
Duxbury Braille Translator ver 10;4 Win 95/98/NT/3.1x $595.00 Duxbury Systems, Inc. Tel: +1-978-692-3000 This software translates text to grade 2 braille and exports it to a braille embosser. Grade 2 braille has the same alphabet as grade 1, but it has added contractions for many words and word segments. The software can also be configured to export a braille file to a printer if a print copy is desired.
Index 4X4 Professional 17 inch Double sided Embosser for Braille Magazines $6260 Sighted Electronics, Inc. Tel: 800-666-4883 Sighted Electronics Website (http://www.sighted.com/) The Index 4X4 Professional is a high performance production braille embosser which can produce braille magazines, books, and newspapers, in a saddle stitch format. Braille production and binding of the produced braille material is reduced to folding and stapling. The double sided embossed braille text is processed the same way that a person or company would print regular printed material.
$ 3695 Sighted Electronics, Inc. Tel: 800-666-4883 Sighted Electronics Website (http://www.sighted.com/) Using single sheet cut paper is an easy and effective system for braille production. With Everest the embossed documents are ready for binding immediately after production. Everest can be used in an efficient way with any paper similar to that used in other single sheet feeding systems. There is no need for hand separation, special cutting equipment for the paper, or even any special paper thus making it a useful alternative to continuous paper systems. Basic-D Double Sided Braille Printer $3195 Basic-S Single Sided Braille Printer $2495 Sighted Electronics, Inc. Tel: 800-666-4883 Sighted Electronics Website (http://www.sighted.com/) The Basic-D is a double sided braille printer for continuous tractor-feed paper. Blind and sighted users are guided equally by speech feedback, together with the ink and braille-labeled front panel. The speech is available in a number of languages. The Basic-S is similar to the Basic-D but available in a single side print lower cost version. It prints at 50 cps or approximately 150 pages per hour. $3299 Pulse Data HumanWare Phone: (800) 722-3393 The Paragon braille printer is a rugged embosser that prints on a full range of tractor-feed paper from 20 to 100 pounds in weight, and up to 15 inches in width. The Paragon's operating speed of 40 characters per second enables it to print more than 120 pages per hour. Vinyl and aluminum sheets can also be embossed to make long-lasting, highly attractive signs with braille markings. The Paragon is recommended where braille production is about 100,000 pages per year or about 2,000 braille pages per week. It can be automatically switched to a special mode that will place graphic charts or tactile pictures within a page of ordinary text or on a separate sheet. VersaPoint Braille Embosser $3795 Blazie Engineering, Inc. Tel: (410) 893-9333 Blazie Website (http://blazie.com/) VersaPoint Duo is Blazie Engineering's newly designed interpoint embosser. Two-sided printing and higher speed accelerates productivity while saving paper and time. VersaPoint duo was designed to create high quality braille consistently on 20 to 100lb paper. It can print 6 or 8-dot braille and tactile graphics up to 60 characters per second. VersaPoint duo also features added insulation for reduced noise level, easy-to-use keypad, tractor feed or single sheet option, 80 and 160 column modes, pre-programmed configurations, and character sets that the user can customize.
Tactile Image Makers$1299.00 Pulse Data HumanWare Phone: (800) 722-3393 P.I.A.F. is a controlled heat source for the automatic development of heat sensitive paper, known as capsule paper. It enables high quality tactile graphics, suitable for blind and visually impaired people, to be made quickly and easily.
Text-to-Speech Software$24.95 (single user version) NextUp.com TextAloud MP3 converts any text into spoken words and MP3 or .WAV files. It resides in your Windows tray, always ready to read aloud your text from email, web pages, and documents. You can listen immediately, or save to .WAV or MP3 files to hear later at your convenience. MP3 files can also be downloaded to an MP3 player for portability. TextAloud MP3 now supports a total of 27 voices and 7 languages. Additional voices and languages can be downloaded from the TextAloud MP3 Website.
Scanning SoftwareAdobe Acrobat 6.0
$599.99 ScanSoft, Inc. OmniPage Pro 14 turns paper documents into digital files you can edit using Optical Character Recognition. Its accuracy, formatting and features are unrivaled and the ability to convert PDF files into Microsoft Office documents allows for greater flexibility in creating e-text.
High-Speed ScannersFor current prices, visit the Canon website or call the Canon Government Marketing Division (includes Educational Division) at: 949-753-4440. The Canon DR-9080C is a high-speed desktop document scanner that delivers the added advantage of 24-bit color scanning in addition to its 8-bit grayscale scanning capabilities. The DR-9080C offers:
Computer Hardware for High Tech Centers(Windows 98/NT/2000/XP) - Minimum recommendations
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