Which of the following technology assist users that have a visual disability?

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What are assistive technologies?
Reading Assistance
Employees with Visual Impairments
Finding Assistive Technology
Mobile Applications
What technologies assists users that have a visual disability?
What technology device could be used to view a patient's internal organs?
How will technology help people with disabilities become more transportation independent quizlet?
What technology can collect information to make decisions reach conclusions?

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What are assistive technologies?

The Technology Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 described an assistive technology device as "any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities."

Assistive technologies can be "high tech" and "low tech:" from canes and lever doorknobs to voice recognition software and augmentative communication devices (speech generating devices).

Mobility

Service Dogs

Service dogs are dogs that are trained to help their owner with a specific disability. For example, dogs can be trained to pick things up,

visually guide those with visual impairments, remind you to take medication, or help those with poor balance.

Service dogs can go to public places with their owners, even places that dogs are not usually allowed to go like airplanes or restaurants.

Canes

Various types of canes, most popularly the long cane, can help individuals who are blind or have low vision navigate with confidence.

Electronic Mobility Aids

Electronic mobility aids are devices that use ultrasonic waves to reflect off of obstacles in front of the individual to tell them what is coming in front of them. The usefulness of these devices is debated and they often need to be used in conjunction with a long cane or a service dog. Some examples include:

Ray Electronic Mobility Aid
This small device can help users detects obstacles up to 9.35 feet away. When an object is detected users get an audio signal.
UltraCane
The UltraCane is a combination of an electronic mobility aid and a long cane. The cane itself emits ultrasonic waves so that the user can detect objects in front of them and at head level.

Reading Assistance

These assistive technologies are examples of software/devices that can help those who are blind or visually impaired read printed material or surf the web.

JAWS Screen Reader
JAWS stands for Job Access With Speech and is a popular screen reader. JAWS works with Windows operating system and provides text-to-speech and braille output.
Kurzweil Education
This text-to-speech software can help those who are blind or visually impaired use computers and also can read scanned printed material. Kurzweil offers various versions for individuals, schools, and institutions.
Refreshable Braille Displays
This page from the American Foundation for the Blind has a list of refreshable braille displays. These devices processes information on computer displays and electronically raises and lowers different combinations of pins in braille cells. It changes continuously as the user moves the cursor around on the screen.

Employees with Visual Impairments

Accommodation and Compliance Series: Blindness
The Job Accommodation Center provides guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. This page lists resources for effective accommodations for those with visual impairments.

Finding Assistive Technology

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Mobile Applications

TapTapSee
TapTapSee is available for iOS users can help identify objects through photos. Double tap on the screen to take a photo and it will recognize the object out loud.
Color ID Free
This app helps users identify colors in objects. Useful for determining things like matching clothes or telling whether your devices are charged.

What technologies assists users that have a visual disability?

There are many low-tech visual aids that can help older adults with visual impairment, such as magnifying glasses, a long cane, glasses, optoelectronic reading systems (i.e., video magnifier), large-print books, audiobooks, a touch watch, a phone with enlarged buttons, books in Braille, and walking aids.

What technology device could be used to view a patient's internal organs?

Ultrasound imaging is a safe and noninvasive window into the body's workings, providing clinicians with live images of a patient's internal organs. To capture these images, trained technicians manipulate ultrasound wands and probes to direct sound waves into the body.

How will technology help people with disabilities become more transportation independent quizlet?

How will technology help people with disabilities become more transportation independent? Automated vehicles will be developed. How would you describe an intelligent workplace? It uses technology to enable workers to connect and communicate.