plenler@antje.UUCP (Peter Lenler-Eriksen) (04/21/91)
Sorry, something slipped! Here it comes! >In article <1991Apr18.032830.3967@ducvax.auburn.edu> bwaid@ducvax.auburn.edu writes: >Is there any Amiga software/hardware for the handicapped (all kinds)? >Barry Waid >bwaid@ducvax.auburn.edu bwaid@auducvax I think, that I can confirm, that there is! In fact the AMIGA is "the computer" for handicapped or should be! as the following list of tested, sold and supported handicap-software shows. The only thing we lack to beat them all is a portable AMIGA! Handicap-software from IDUN-Soft: PIC-com : Based on international pictograms used for communication with people without language (Mentally disabled or afatic). The 419 pictograms can be pointed out to a writingline by using an ex- tremely simple working procedure, which makes it possible edi- ting and writing the pictograms to a printer. As all our software PIC-com can be adapted to the needs of the user in regard to operation (mouse,joystick,zero/one-switch), speeds and how many, and in which hierachy, the pictograms are to be accessible. DanBliss I : DanBliss I is developed in cooperation with Bliss Communication Denmark and approved by Bliss Communication International in Toronto, Canada. The program holds 373 selected Blisssymbols, arranged in a heirachy with two levels, but again the structure and methode of operation is extremely flexible. The message pointed out to the writingline can be printed out in symbols (and in text for the poor ones, who can not read the Blisssymbols! Further more the message can be spoken in digitized sound (Human voice! Very important for the user!) DanBliss II & III is just to be released to the more advanced Bliss-user. SAT-com series: SAT-com series cover a number of speech communication programs based on digitized sound! The programs can be controlled by mouse, joystick or zero/one-switch. SAT-com 1: SAT-com 1 is developed for blind, spastical lammed children without a language. The program can easily be expanded with more sentences. SAT-com 2: SAT-com 2 is based on the fact, that the user can recognize words, even if he has lost the ability to write and spell (afasia). Based on digitized sound and with the possibility to prepare, store and retrieve sentences some user use it even for communication by phone! SAT-com 5: SAT-com 5 is a general purpose program making it possible for non-programmers to use the abilities of the AMIGA for small educational or communication programs. More SAT-com software are being tested. DSP-com: DSP-com is a kind of typewriter for motor-disabled people! We do not like to call it a wordprocessor, but it is a very easy to learn for even people with no computer-experience at all. It has word-banks, simpel editing facilities, a calculator (some children use for homework) and the ability to speak with the syntesized voice. Handic-Interface: Handic-Interface is a keyboard and mouse emulator making the standard AMIGA software accessible to motor-disabled people. Cooperates with most wordprocessors, spreadsheets and data- bases. Expansible word-bank and controled by any methode mentioned above. Joy Mouse: Joy Mouse is a tool replacing the mouse with a standard AMIGA joystick. AEC Amiga Environment Control: AEC uses the seriel port to control a COM-unit, which wireless controls relays for on/off contacts. Games for handicapped: At now we have released 5 games for handicapped, 3 of which are very simple contact-training programs with funny graphics and sounds. The fourth Jake the Snake is a maze-program and the last one is Yatzy&Mastermind for motor-disabled users making it possible for those to compete on equal terms with non-handicapped! More of this is to come! As you can see we covers a broad spectrum of handicap-software! We have developed our software in Denmark in close cooperation with institutions and therapists. But the market for this kind of software is small in a small country as Denmark, and we are trying to export our software to the rest of the world. We have an agent in Sweden and are trying to get con- tacts in Germany, UK, France and USA, but it is difficult, because we must demand that the agent knows the AMIGA-system and is willing to adjust the software to the local demands (f. ex. digitizing local voices, believe it, it is VERY important for the user). All the software is prepared for easy translation to foreign languages and most of them allready exists in english and german versions. Also a certain amount of knowhow is necessary to advise the customers correctly on which program for which person. IDUN-Soft is a firm owned by the programmers (and me, not programming seriously any more, just telling the others how the things should work! (Per, Jens, Peter A, Torben and Bo, we can fight that one out in private later!)) We are all registrated developers and connected to the net through our own node. Should anyone be interested in further explanations regarding the software I shall be happy to give it, and if anyone is or knows somebody there is interested in cooperation either in further development or in marketing, let us know. Best regards, Peter. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Peter Lenler-Eriksen ..cbmehq!cbmdeo!lenler!plenler | o O o | Kildevej 2 | | I | | DK-7470 Karup J | \!/ | Tel: +45 97 10 27 66 " for IDUN-Soft - the individual solution is standard - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) (04/24/91)
In article <plenler.2354@antje.UUCP> plenler@antje.UUCP (Peter Lenler-Eriksen) writes: > >Handicap-software from IDUN-Soft: Could you please include the mail address of IDUN-Soft? (Sorry about posting, but my mailer & me can't find his system anywhere.) Thanks Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (512) 522-2882 Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu UUCP : $ {cs.utexas.edu, gatech!petro, sun!texsun}!swrinde!kent
zama@ellis.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) (04/29/91)
(Uupath on my system couldn't find you so I am posting...apologies to anyone who finds this annoying...) I have a blind friend who wanted to know if she could do anyting with "computers"...Didn't know what to say. Do you have any suggestions? Would there be enough for her to do to make it worth it to shell out the money needed for hardware/software? What could she actually expect to do (in the line of word-processing, spreadsheets, simple database stuff --e.g. money management, address-book etc....and *maybe* programming). Any help appreciated.
cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) (05/02/91)
In article <1991Apr29.101123.2536@midway.uchicago.edu>, zama@ellis.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) writes: > (Uupath on my system couldn't find you so I am posting...apologies > to anyone who finds this annoying...) > > I have a blind friend who wanted to know if she could do > anyting with "computers"...Didn't know what to say. Do you have > any suggestions? Would there be enough for her to do to make > it worth it to shell out the money needed for hardware/software? > What could she actually expect to do (in the line of word-processing, > spreadsheets, simple database stuff --e.g. money management, > address-book etc....and *maybe* programming). > > Any help appreciated. I'd look around for PD speech based programs, then Educational speech based programs, and definately Ami vs PC/MAC where elementary speech is not std. I can see ( npi ) a lot of possibility if this person can "type". Speech/sound Q/A seesions where answers are typed in and verbal responce given back... If you'd like to be more specific I can be, also. Clyde
dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (05/02/91)
In article <1991Apr29.101123.2536@midway.uchicago.edu> zama@ellis.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) writes: >(Uupath on my system couldn't find you so I am posting...apologies >to anyone who finds this annoying...) > >I have a blind friend who wanted to know if she could do >anyting with "computers"...Didn't know what to say. Do you have >any suggestions? Would there be enough for her to do to make >it worth it to shell out the money needed for hardware/software? >What could she actually expect to do (in the line of word-processing, >spreadsheets, simple database stuff --e.g. money management, >address-book etc....and *maybe* programming). > >Any help appreciated. I suggest that you find a program that says each keypress aloud, and so that it works with ALL programs. It should, of course, have a high priority, too. -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.