5 Assistive Technology Resources For VISTAs

Hey VISTAs,
I’ve been spending some time researching accessible technolgy. Here’s a short list I found. Hope it’s helpful!

Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook:
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/design_access.shtml
A how-to reference and resource guide for integrating older adults and people with disabilities into all aspects of an arts organization -- from planning and design to marketing and technical assistance.

Dragon Naturally Speaking for cheap:
http://www.amazon.com/Nuance-Communications-A309A-G01-9-0-NaturallySpeak...
On Amazon - $50

Determining Accessibility in Your AmeriCorps Programs and Facilities: The Access AmeriCorps Checklists:
http://nationalserviceresources.org/wgnsrclibrary/advancedsearch?action=...
Provides information and a survey to enable AmeriCorps programs to complete the required self-evaluations. Discusses how to meet the accessibility needs of individuals with disabilities who participate in AmeriCorps programs.

The AmeriCorps National Resource landing library:
http://nationalserviceresources.org/publications/search_library/index.php
(free books JUST for Americorps VISTAs! - they’ll mail library books to you!) I cannot emphasize enough the value of this resource – very underutilized by VISTAs)

Mouseless firefox browsing:
http://www.rudolf-noe.de/MouselessBrowsing.htm
Mouseless browsing bases on appending small boxes with unique ids for all links, form elements and frames to the page. You can trigger an action (e.g. following the link) by simply entering the id and depending on the configuration confirming it by pressing Enter. Used in conjunction with voice recognition software, you can visit links by simply speaking a number. - for Macintosh see;
http://lifehacker.com/software/speech-recognition/hack-attack-make-your-...

Firefox accessibility:
http://www.accessfirefox.com/
Access Firefox presents and showcases some of the accessibility tools and features that are available for the free Firefox Web browser.

Accessible Web Typography:
http://www.scotconnect.com/webtypography/
An online book with information on how to make your website readable and accessible to people with less than perfect eye-sight