Dragon Naturally
Speaking
Users speak naturally
and at a normal pace without the need to pause between words. Lets
you create, edit, format, and move text by voice directly in virtually
any Windows application. You can operate your PC totally hands-free
with voice commands and mouse control.
www.lhsl.com
The Office Depot
Staples - Business Depot
IBM ViaVoice
ViaVoice technology, now
available to consumers on the Windows, Macintosh and handheld computer
platforms, can afford a 'multi-modal'
environment, freeing users from dependence on the mouse, keyboard
and
stylus for many applications. 
www.software.ibm.com/speech
The Office Depot
Staples - Buisness Depot
TextHelp Read
and Write - GOLD
TextHelp Read and Write
- Gold version an invaluable tool for people with reading and writing
difficulties to use their computer with ease. A vocabulary support
package which talks, types, checks spelling, corrects mistakes, predicts,
magnifies and screen reader, scanning, homophones, thesaurus, and
a custom dictionary.
www.texthelp.com 
Cambrian College
Glen Crombie Centre
Sudbury, ON
Tel: 800 461 7145
Co:Writer
Co:Writer is the writing
assistant with intelligent word prediction that helps struggling students
build and write complete and correct sentences. It reduces the number
of keystrokes needed to produce a word or sentence, so students aren’t
frustrated by writing. Co:Writer uses its built-in intelligence to
prompt the student with words that fit into the sentence. Three dictionaries
to choose from: 2,000 words, for beginning writers, and 10,000 words
and 40,000 words for students of all ability levels.
www.betacom.com
Betacom Incorp
Mississauga, ON
800 353 1107
Write:Outloud
Write:Outloud is the easy-to-use
yet powerful talking word processor with a talking spell checker.
This award-winning program helps get class work done and makes students
enjoy writing. Listening to words encourages reluctant writers and
eliminates frustration. Write:Outloud gives students the satisfaction
and success that motivates them to write more and want to write.
www.betacom.com
Betacom Incorp
Mississauga, ON
800 353 1107
Word Q
Word Q software is a writing
tool used along with standard Windows word processing software to
provide spelling, grammar, and punctuation assistance. It uses advanced
word prediction to suggest words for you to use and provides spoken
(text-to-speech) feedback. Users of all ages who have problems writing
and editing can benefit, including those who have a learning disability
(LD) such as Dyslexia, or who are learning English as a second language
(ESL).
www.wordq.com
Quillsoft Ltd.
190 Silver Birch Ave.
Toronto, Ontario M4E 3L5
1-866-629-6737
WYNN
WYNN Wizard provides optical
character recognition (OCR), the ability to scan a printed page and
convert it into electronic text. Speech synthesis enables this scanned
text to be read aloud. A special correction feature provides automatic
correction of misrecognized word. WYNN Wizard permits two views of
material: Exact View shows material exactly as scanned; Text View
displays the text only to enable visual tailoring for individual use.
The two views are linked and users may switch back and forth from
one view to the other. WYNN Wizard can scan and read word processing,
text files, and the Internet. Video Tour and Free Demo
www.freedomscientific.com
Global e Text Inc
Toronto, ON
416 663 4689
AlphaSmart 3000
A portable keyboard that
is compatible with any PC or Mac. You can practice keyboarding, essays,
and notes without having to be at a computer. It is portable which
allows to use it in the classroom, at home, or on field trips. The
files are transferrable. SmartApplets are mini software applications
that can be downloaded to the AlphaSmart to extend its functionality
for keyboarding, templates, email and much more. SmartApplets software:
Inspiration, Co:Writer
www.alphasmart.com
Ed_Rehab
547 Londry Court
Newmarket, ON L3Y 8M3
Tel: 905 853 3527 - Fax:
905 853 3527
Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil 3000 is a reading
system that helps people with reading difficulties or learning differences
to improve reading speed and comprehension. This software program
provides both an auditory and visual presentation of scanned text
images on the computer screen.
www.kurzweiledu.com
Microcomputer Science Centre
Inc
5288 General Road, Unit 6
Mississauga, ON L4W 1Z8
Tel: 905 629 1654
Fax: 905 629 2331
Quickionary Reading
Pen
A portable reading device
that reads words aloud, displays syllables, keeps a scanned words,
scans inverted and hyphenated text, contains over 200,000 definitions
and includes a video tutorial and manual on audio cassette
www.quick-pen.com
Fun Tech, Inc
2155 Dunwin Drive, Unit 15
Mississauga, ON L5L 4M1
Tel: 905 607 6656
Fax: 905 607 6888
G.E. Mini 4-trak
Tape Recorder
The purpose of a 4 trak
tape recorder with taped texts (available from W.R. MacDonald School
for the Blind, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) serves individuals
who cannot regular print materials because of a visual impairment,
learning disability or other physical disability.
www.cnib.ca
CNIB 
1929 Bayview Ave
FM System
This hardware is ideal
for both group and personal implication. In the classroom they may
be used by students with auditory attention deficit, or hearing loss.
Designed to assist students with auditory attentions deficit maximize
their attention and concentration levels.
www.phonicear.com
Phonic Ear Canada 
7475 Kimbel Street, Unit 10
Mississauga,ON L5S 1E7
Tel: 905 677 3231
Fax: 905 677 7760
Toronto, ON M4G 3E8
Kidspiration K-Grade
5
Inspiration a visual thinking
tool that is designed to clarify and organize your ideas. This program
allows the user to make concept maps, or webs on a computer screen
and the, with the click of a mouse, turn them in to outlines.
www.inspiration.com
Microcomputer Science Centre
5288 General Road, Unit 6
Toronto, ON L4W 1Z8
Tel: 905 629 1654
Fax: 905 629 2321
INSPIRATION 7
- The Visual Thinking Tool
Inspiration® 7 takes
visual learning to a higher level, supporting critical thinking, comprehension,
and writing in all curriculum areas. Retaining the core Inspiration
functions, Inspiration 7 introduces significant new capabilities to
improve the visual learning experience for students and teachers.
www.kidspiration.com
Strategic Transitions®
Inc.
Aurora, ON
(800) 726-7784
Franklin Speaking
Ace
It is a hand-held electronic
phonetic spelling corrector and word game player that pronounces over
90,000 words. The spelling corrector contains words from Merriam-Webster
dictionary. You will hear words pronounced clearly and correctly.
www.franklin.com
Franklin Electronic Publishers
One Franklin Plaza
Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907
Tel: 800 266 5626
Fax 609 239 5948
Franklin BookMan
Speaking Dictionary and Thesaurus
Pronounces 83,000 words
in English, and provides definitions to 274,000 words. Spell - Corrects
83,000 words automatically. Built in cartridge slot to expand functions
and capabilities
www.radioshack.com
Contact your local Radio
Shack
Talking Calculator
An 8 digits, battery operated
speech and LCD calculator with memory, automatic operation, percentage
and power calculations, large LCD display, adjustable volume and auto
shutoff
www.radioshack.com
Radio Shack
Your local dealer
ReadPlease 2003
ReadPlease 2003 is a text-to-speech
application, speaks any text copied to the Windows Clipboard from
any Windows application, converts any text into natural voice, frees
up the eyes and hands to perform other tasks simultaneously. ReadPlease
speaks at natural speed, or as fast or as slow as you wish, you even
control the pitch. It’s FREE.
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Phone: 807-474-7702
Fax: 807-768-1285
WordWeb
The WordWeb is a powerful
free English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. Features include:
definitions and synonyms, proper nouns, related words, 120,000 root
words, 100,000 synonym sets, and link up to MS Word. This program
is quick and easy to use.
www.netword.demon.co.uk
Slimware Windows
Bridge
Screen reader (voice output
technology) produce voice output to support for text displayed on
computer screen and keystrokes entered on the keyboard. This program
enables the visually impaired, non-verbal, or dyslexic user to read
the data that appears within windows application programs
www.frontiercomputing.on.ca
Frontier Computing
2221 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON
Tel: 888 480 0000
Fax: 416 489 6693
Duxbury Translator
This program is an application
software that allows documents to be converted from “text” to “braille”
form.
www.duxburysystems.com
Duxbury Systems, Inc
270 Littleton Road, Unit 6
Westford, MA 01886-3523 USA
Tel: 978 692 3000
Fax: 978 692 7912
Braille Embosser
Braille printer can accommodate
many paper types and sizes. You can use the standard computer paper,
or use small size paper such as tractor fed index cards and labels.
www.telesensory.com
Telesensory Corp.
520 Almanior Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Tel: 800 804 8004
Fax 408 616 8720
Zoomtext
ZoomText 8.0 enlarges,
enhances and reads aloud everything on the screen, with unmatched
quality and performance. Access to documents, email and the Internet
has never been easier or more accurate. The new ZoomText 8.0 comes
in two great products; ZoomText Magnifier – a standalone screen
magnifier, and ZoomText Magnifier/ ScreenReader – a fully integrated
magnifier and screen reader.
www.zoomtext.com
Ai Squared
P.O. Box 669
Manchester Center, VT 05255
USA
Tel: 802 362 3612
Fax: 802 362 1670
Jaws for Windows
A screenreader software
application for windows applications, WIN 95/98, NT4.0 and Internet
Explorer
www.hj.com
Henter Joyce, Inc
11800 31st Court North
St. Peterburg, FLA 33716-1805
USA
Tel: 800 336 5658
Braille ‘n Speak
It can be used to write,
review and edit braille. Braille ‘n Speak can hold up to 2700 pages
of braille and translate braille into print format.
www.frontiercomputing.on.ca
Type ‘n Speak
Type ‘n Speak talking notetaker.
It includes a word processor, automatic spell check , talking telephone
directory, appointment calendar, calculator and stopwatch, and talking
computer terminal
www.frontiercomputing.on.ca
Braille Lite
It is a portable notetaker
with a braille display and speech output. The files can be transferrable
from this unit to a computer processor. Word Processor with Spell
Check, talking telephone directory and talking computer terminal
www.freedomscientific.com
Frontier Computing 
250 Davisville Avenue, Suite 205
Toronto, ON M4S 1H2
Tel: 416 489 6690
Fax: 416 489 6693
Arctic TransPort
A battery operated external
speech synthesizer. Simply connect the port to a computer’s serial
port, press mode button, and spoken instructions will follow. Transferrable
to any IBM or compatible computer.
www.frontiercomputing.on.ca
Frontier Computing 
250 Davisville Avenue, Suite 205
Toronto, ON M4S 1H2
Tel: 416 489 6690
Fax: 416 489 6693
Open Book Unbound
This software program is
a reading tool and can scan with an accuracy of 99%. An Open Book
is a scanner which sees the page. The reading machine which records
and translates the scanned words into text, so you can read now or
read later. A voice synthesizer reads your page back to you.
www.frontiercomputing.on.ca
Frontier Computing
250 Davisville Avenue
Toronto, ON M4S 1H2
Tel: 416 489 6690
Fax: 416 489 6693
Kurzweil 1000
Kurzweil 1000 is an advanced
scanning and reading tool for people who are blind or visually impaired.
With Kurzweil 1000, printed documents can be scanned quickly into
your computer and then converted into speech using the acclaimed RealSpeak.
www.microscience.on.ca
Microcomputer Science Centre
Inc
5288 General Road, Unit 6
Mississauga, ON L4W 1Z8
Tel: 905 629 1654
Fax: 905 629 2331
Large Print Windows
Keyboard
A keyboard that has large
print on the keys. The print on the large print keyboard covers most
of the keys. This will make it easier for low vision users to know
the keyboard.
www.microscience.on.ca
Microcomputer Science Centre
5288 General Road, Unit 6
Toronto,ON L4W 1Z8
Tel: 905 629 1654
Fax: 905 629 2321
HeadMouse for
Portables
The HeadMouse sensor replaces
the standard desktop computer mouse for people who cannot use their
hands
www.microscience.on.ca
MicroScience Computer Centre
5288 General Road, Unit 6
Mississauga, ON L4W 1Z8
Tel: 905 629 1654
Fax: 905 629 2321
Magic Wand Keyboard
A miniature computer keyboard
and mouse for people with disabilities. The keyboard allows disabled
people with limited or no hand movement to access any IBM or Apple
Mac computer using only slight hand or head motion. The Magic Wand
Keyboard works with the touch of a wand (hand-held or mouthstick).
The mouse works like a standard mouse, with every function built in,
but no hand ability.
www.magicwandkeyboard.com
Tykris Incorp.
P.O. Box 309
3271 - 15 Side Road
Campbellville, ON LOP 1VO
Tel: 905 854 3009
Fax: 905 854 3012
Clicker Plus
An on-screen talking keyboard
for writing and communication in Windows. This program lets students
type text, enter keyboard commands and speak phrases from the screen.
Clicker Plus is design for those who use a touch screen, or mouse.
www.microscience.on.ca
Microcomputer Science Centre
5288 General Road, Unit 6
Toronto, ON L4W 1Z8
Tel: 905 629 1654
Fax: 905 629 2321
Palm IIIe Connected
Organizer
Imagine having your daily
schedule, important phone numbers, lists meeting times and more  in
one organized place. It’s easy and affordable with a new Palm IIIe
connected organizer. And, at just 4.7" tall and a mere 6oz, it
can go wherever you go - be at work, home, school or on vacation.
Say goodbye to your bulky paper planner. The Palm IIIe connected organizer
is an easy-to-use, pocket-sized way to keep track of your busy life.
Bobby
Bobby is a web-based tool
that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities.
To analyze your web site, type in the URL of the page that you want
Bobby to examine. Bobby will display a report indicating any accessibility
and/or browser compatibility errors found on the page
www.cast.org/bobby
Ergonomic keyboard
MALTRON adaptive keyboards
are designed to enable people with special needs to enter computer
data much more easily and quickly than with conventional keyboards.
Keyboards for people with special needs: single handed keyboards,
singer finger or head/mouth stick and expanded keyboard.
www.maltron-canada.com
VisAble Scientific
Calculator
The VisAble Scientific
is the first and only large display calculator that allows people
with low vision to perform scientific, statistical and trigonometric
calculations.
VisAble can be operated easily by most users with low vision. And
people with “normal” vision often find it easier and more comfortable
to use the large display and keypad of the VisAble for demanding scientific
calculations.
www.betacom.com
Betacom Incorp
Mississauga, ON
Your Dictionary
- YDC
YourDictionary.com provides
the most Your Dictionary - YDCcomprehensive and authoritative portal
for language and language-related products and services on the web
with more than 1800 dictionaries with more than 250 languages. More
than 1,500,000 people a month visit YDC. 
www.yourdictionary.com
Orbit Trackball
Control your cursor with
a simple touch of the finger! The highly accurate Orbit Optical is
as easy to use as a regular mouse, but it stays in one place saving
you valuable desk space. The precise optical tracking mechanism is
also resistant to dust, reducing the need for regular trackball cleaning
www.kensington.com
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