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    • Overcoming access barriers
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    • Shapes & Colours
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    • Motor Neurone Disease / ALS
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Screenshot showing Vimium gridset running alonside Chrome

Last summer I created a gridset but then I lost the file. I recently found it and thought I’d share it here before I […]

Vimium Browser for Grid 3

What’s happening at BLTT.org?

Those of you who visit the website often, or those who are just looking at the feed, will notice that content is not being […]

What’s happening at BLTT.org?

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Hi everyone. I would like to apologise for the recent downtime of two weeks experienced by this site. This was due to action taken […]

Recent Downtime

Daisy Player

What is a DAISY player? DAISY players are used to play DAISY audio books and are designed to be used by people with print impairments. […]

DAISY Players

Pal Pad Switch

What is switch access? Switch access refers to a specialist way of accessing a computer, smartphone, tablet, or communication aid using a simple switch, […]

Switch Access: an introduction

Keyguards for Keyboards A keyguard is a plastic or metal cover that matches to a specific keyboard. These come in various types and sizes […]

KeyGuards

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One hand resting on a keyboard

Access options for one handed typing People approach one handed typing in different ways. The solution depends on the person’s skills, their environment and […]

One Handed Typing

Microsoft Word in-line Spellcheck

For a long time computers can have been able to read aloud text on web pages, documents, PDFs and even scanned images. The computer voices […]

New reading aloud features in MS Word

Guided Access

There are many iPad and Android apps that can be used as tools to help parents interact with children with challenging communication, attention and […]

Control attention on the iPad using Guided Access

It is widely acknowledged that tablet computers (Apple iPads, Samsung and other Android devices) are playing a significant part in improving the lives of disabled people. […]

iPad or Android – which is the best choice for disabled people?

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A small team based in Nottingham, UK, have created an award-winning system to help people with dementia to live better lives. The Bendigo System involves […]

Bendigo: A technology that can improve the lives of people with dementia

KidTrack Trackball

BigTrack A really sturdy but very inexpensive rollerball. This rollerball is so robust it can be operated with your foot!   Traxsys Roller Traxsys […]

Rollerball / Trackball mice

About MND Motor Neurone Diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Grehig’s disease (ALS) progressive muscular […]

Motor Neurone Disease

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Mouse

The computer mouse uses a complex arrangement of tricky hand movements with which a lot of people struggle. There are mice available in a wide variety […]

Solutions for computer mouse difficulties

Compact Keyboard on a laptray

Tenkeyless Keyboards Compact keyboards are about the size of those found on laptop computers. The keys themselves are actually around the same size as […]

Compact Keyboards

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BigKeys is a standard push-button keyboard but with bigger keys. The keys are 1″ square and are very clearly marked with text that is […]

BigKeys

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The following is a list of specialist hardware keyboards designed for people with physical, visual or cognitive disabilities. See my Keyboard Access page for […]

Keyboards for People with Disabilities

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This document looks at the various presentation options for text on modern computers. It can be used as a method for self-assessment or to […]

Font Types and Spacing

Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome

Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome, frequently known as Meares-Irlen Syndrome, is a visual perceptual disorder which can affect a person’s ability to read. It is often […]

Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome

Reading Computers can provide great benefits for those that have difficulty reading. Here are some ways in which they can help: Optical Character Recognition […]

Dyslexia and Assistive Technology

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Word Prediction

Word prediction when typing has become common place thanks to the feature built into mobile phones. However long before that word prediction was available […]

Word Prediction

Pointer trails can make the mouse pointer much easier to see and follow. Windows first introduced pointer trails to make it easier to see […]

Enabling Mouse Pointer Trails in Windows 10

It can be rather tricky to keep track of the tiny white arrow, especially if you have a visual impairment. People often ask me […]

Changing the Mouse Pointer in Windows 10

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Microsoft Word Overtype Mode

Microsoft Word has a feature called ‘overtype’ which annoys many of the users that I meet through my assistive technology assessments and training sessions. […]

Microsoft Word Overtype Mode

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Charlie Danger is an Occupational Therapist who has been finding ways in which technology can help improve the quality of life for adults and children since 1999.

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