MICROSOFT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

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MICROSOFT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
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PROGRAMS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED

• VOICE RECOGNITION
• CONVERSION MODEMS
• LIGHT SIGNALER ALERTS

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PROGRAMS FOR THE LANGUAGE IMPAIRED

• KEYBOARD FILTERS
• SPEECH RECOGNITION
• TOUCH SCREENS
• SPEECH SYNTHESIZERS

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ASSISTING THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

• WORD PREDICTION
• READING COMPREHENSION
• OTHER READING TOOLS

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HELPING THOSE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

• SCREEN ENLARGERS
• SCREEN READERS
• SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS

• SPEECH SYNTHESIZERS
• REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAYS
• BRAILLE EMBROSSERS
• TALKING AND LARGE PRINT WORD PROCESSORS

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BUILT IN FEATURES

• HIGH CONTRAST
• This feature allows the user to set the
  appearance scheme to provide maximum visibility
  for someone with poor vision, all applications
  will comply with the appearance scheme once it is
  set.

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MOUSE KEYS

• Mouse keys allows for one to use the numeric
  keypad to control the mouse pointer, to click and
  double click the mouse buttons, and to drag and
  drop items.

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STICKY KEYS

• When this option is on, the user can press a
  modifier key (Shift, Ctrl, Alt) and then another
  key successively, instead of simultaneously.