On Friday I went to my first Disabled Students’ Allowance Workshop day at Assistive Solutions in Dalston. First of all a big ‘Thank You’ […]
It’s easy to see how technology can help people with physical or sensory disabilities but today I heard a wonderful story of how the […]
The On-Screen Keyboard bundled in with Windows XP is a welcome addition and has proved useful for many of my clients. But like most […]
Right SENIT Forum peeps here’s how to check out the power demands of your USB ports: Launch Device Manager Open the Run dialog box […]
Here’s a thing. Samsung have brought out a semi-ruggerised netbook and are showing it off at BETT (Stand M45). Samsung netbooks are widely known […]
Well the title says it all, doesn’t it? No? Ok a little explanation: I’ve been experimenting with a friendly RFID reader called mir:ror and […]
The current iPhone and iPod touch are becomming increasingly popular as affordable, pocketable voice-out communication aids due to the Proloquo2go software. However one of […]
My first problem in an otherwise – touch wood – wonderful Windows 7 experience. A few weeks after installing the Windows 7 release candidate, […]
If you’ve noticed that things have been a bit quiet on this blog again, and on the main website, it’s because I’ve been caught […]
Perhaps a little late in posting this but CENMAC/Charlton School are having a drop-in day with well-known exhibitors and some interesting free seminars. From […]
Great news for visually impaired computer users. The basic Windows Magnifier utility that has been knocking around since Windows 95 has finally been ditched […]
I’ve spent part of today making this video demonstrating the new features of the Windows 7 on-screen keyboard. Try to ignore the mystery mouse […]
Difficulties holding down two keys simultaneously While most of the options for the Mouse are in the Mouse Control Panel, most of Windows’ options […]
Widgit Software’s Writing With Symbols 2000 (which is also known as WWS2000 or WWS2K) has been around for a long time and has secured itself […]
The Intellikeys is a programmable alternative keyboard that plugs into any computer running Windows. It enables students with physical, visual or cognitive disabilities to […]
Why Change the Colours? Changing the colour scheme of text involves changing text colour (foreground) and/or the page colour (background). This can help many […]
The seemingly straightforward ‘switch’ can open up a whole new world for people with physical or cognitive difficulties. These pages will show what switches are and […]
This tutorial applies to the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. If you have Windows 98 or ME please follow this older tutorial. Go to […]
Is there no keyboard shortcut for a particular action in Word, or is the current keyboard shortcut convoluted and difficult to remember? Recent versions […]
Windows allows you to adjust the keyboard repeat rate to avoid accidental doubling-up of letters. If this does not meet your needs then Windows also offers a more specialist Slow Keys feature.
Filter Keys is a free Windows feature that helps individuals who press the wrong keys while typing due to tremor or mild incoordination.