Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology is meant to:

• Highlight the capabilities of a person with a disability
• Give an advantage to persons with disabilities over others.
• Limit the capabilities of a person with a disability
• Improve or maintain the capabilities of a person with a disability

What device can be use to print the output in the picture?

• Braille printer

• Impact printer

• Laser Printer

• Bubble-jet printer

People with limited movement of their hands can use this technology to control the computer cursor.

• Head-mounted pointer

• Magnifying program

• voice recognition program

• Large button keyboard

Which device would you use if you had difficulty seeing?

• Sip/Puff Switch

• Larger Keys

• Subtitles

• Foot Mouse

Which device would you use if you had difficulty seeing?

• Braille Keyboard

• Eye Tracker

• Sip/Puff Switch

• Subtitles

Which device would you use if you had difficulty hearing?

• Earphones
• Eye Tracker
• Larger Keys
• Magnifier

Which one of these output devices is more suitable for a blind person to use

• Speakers
• A projector
• Lights�
• A monitor

A screen magnifier can be used to

• make information on a screen larger
• read out information on the screen
• print something out in braille
• move a pointer on a screen

Predictive text is where

• a user can tap letters on a keyboard and a word is suggested, so instead of typing out the whole word the computer suggests the word you are trying to type
• a computer can write word documents on its own
• text is read out via a speaker
• text is enlarged on a screen

Microphones can be used by visually impaired people to read out information on a screen

• FALSE
• TRUE