List of assistive technologies generally we come across  are

  • Alternative Keyboard
  • Alternative Mouse
  • Head Wand
  • Mouth Stick
  • Refreshable Braille Display
  • Screen Magnifier
  • Screen Reader
  • Voice Recognition software
Example tools:-

  1. NVDA (opens in new window)– free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
  2. JAWS(opens in new window) -  A popular screen reading software. Uses internal speech synthesizer and computer’s sound card to read info from computer screen aloud.
  3. You can also use ChromeVox (opens in new window) extension a screen reader for chrome browser
  4. Virtual magnifying glass (opens in new window)

Watch an interesting video below on Assistive or Accessible technology by David banes. This video is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)