WEBVTT 00:00:04.722 --> 00:00:06.722 My name is Vincent Martin and I’m currently a PhD student 00:00:06.722 --> 00:00:08.200 at Georgia Tech in human centered computing. 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:12.600 Assistive technology is really wide and varied, but it’s also everywhere. 00:00:12.610 --> 00:00:13.780 It’s now ubiquitous. 00:00:13.780 --> 00:00:16.450 It’s sitting right in front of you and you don’t know it. 00:00:16.450 --> 00:00:21.320 95% of us in America that are adults have a smartphone or a tablet. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:23.170 Every last one of those smartphones and tablets 00:00:23.170 --> 00:00:25.439 have assistive technology built into them. 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:28.740 As it is with people with all types of disabilities, 00:00:28.740 --> 00:00:32.360 people with these same disabilities also access information differently. 00:00:32.360 --> 00:00:39.610 For example, I’m totally blind and I primarily utilize my computers... 00:00:39.610 --> 00:00:42.060 and I say that because I have five or six different computers 00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:43.970 with different operating systems... 00:00:43.970 --> 00:00:45.940 And I utilize them different ways. 00:00:45.940 --> 00:00:49.500 I access a lot using the variety of screen reading programs 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:53.220 with hardware and software-based synthesizers. 00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:56.840 Other people with different disabilities may utilize their various types 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:58.900 of assistive technology differently. 00:01:08.402 --> 00:01:12.299 I’m Eric and I have a visual impairment called Stargardt’s 00:01:12.299 --> 00:01:15.710 and it’s a macular degeneration which affects the center of my vision 00:01:15.710 --> 00:01:19.780 so it makes it really hard to read, read fine print and see details 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:23.170 so I use the sides of my eyes to see more in the periphery. 00:01:23.170 --> 00:01:24.890 ZoomText enabled. 00:01:24.890 --> 00:01:28.840 The main piece of assistive technology that I use on the computer 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:32.020 is ZoomText, which is a screen magnifier 00:01:32.020 --> 00:01:35.390 that allows me to make everything on the computer screen as big 00:01:35.390 --> 00:01:38.610 or as small as I need it, depending on what I’m reading. 00:01:38.610 --> 00:01:41.509 There’s also a built-in screen reader on ZoomText 00:01:41.509 --> 00:01:44.649 which I can also use to help read documents 00:01:44.649 --> 00:01:46.670 because my eyes get tired really easily. 00:01:46.670 --> 00:01:50.119 I use a closed caption TV monitor that I have on my desk 00:01:50.119 --> 00:01:51.619 that allows me to see the board 00:01:51.620 --> 00:01:53.740 and what is being projected on the board by the teacher. 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.939 Hi, I'm Mike. 00:01:56.939 --> 00:02:01.929 My disability is that I am visually impaired. 00:02:01.929 --> 00:02:07.049 I can see things up close but further away it gets blurry. 00:02:07.049 --> 00:02:13.440 I use a whole bunch of different technologies in my daily life. 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:18.310 My smartphone works brilliantly for what I need it to. 00:02:18.310 --> 00:02:22.210 It has a whole bunch of different apps on it 00:02:22.210 --> 00:02:27.300 that will help me in my day-to-day life. 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:36.770 I have Voice Dream Reader which is an input app 00:02:36.770 --> 00:02:42.170 so you can switch over to different types of media 00:02:42.170 --> 00:02:47.480 and it will allow it to be read aloud to me. 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:54.520 Lyceum, Lyceum Tuesday July 19 2016. Five zero pm. 00:02:54.600 --> 00:02:57.900 And that's what the sign says. 00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:01.730 Scanning is very important for somebody with a visual impairment 00:03:01.730 --> 00:03:08.340 because there are a lot of printed materials in the world in general 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:13.760 that are very, not visually impaired friendly, 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:15.380 not blind friendly. 00:03:15.380 --> 00:03:17.190 Hi. 00:03:17.190 --> 00:03:19.400 My name is Jessie, 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:24.950 and I'm a fourth-year student at the University of Washington, 00:03:24.950 --> 00:03:30.260 majoring in informatics with a minor in diversity. 00:03:30.260 --> 00:03:33.420 And I identify myself as deaf. 00:03:33.420 --> 00:03:37.980 So the assistive technology, I use a cochlear implant, 00:03:37.980 --> 00:03:42.120 which is my own, personal device I need, to hear. 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:48.450 I often use an FM system, which I give to my professor 00:03:48.450 --> 00:03:53.000 so that I can hear the professor more directly, through my cochlear implant. 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.990 It's like a microphone. 00:03:55.990 --> 00:03:59.840 Another accommodation I use almost every day 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.200 is called CART, C-A-R-T, 00:04:02.200 --> 00:04:07.370 which stands for Communication Access Real Time. 00:04:07.370 --> 00:04:12.820 So what it is, is a captioning device that's real time captioning, 00:04:12.820 --> 00:04:19.940 that I can read the transcript on the screen while the professor is talking in real time. 00:04:27.080 --> 00:04:28.300 Hello, my name is Cameron 00:04:28.310 --> 00:04:32.719 and I have a disability called cerebral palsy. 00:04:32.719 --> 00:04:37.169 It affects me because my legs aren't able to work as well as others' 00:04:37.169 --> 00:04:39.300 and it's not as efficient. 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:40.530 In the course of my day as a student, 00:04:40.530 --> 00:04:43.520 I use technology such as Dragon. 00:04:43.520 --> 00:04:46.650 And Dragon is basically a speech input system 00:04:46.650 --> 00:04:51.289 that will write for me as I speak into it 00:04:51.289 --> 00:04:54.389 and that helps me become more efficient. 00:04:54.389 --> 00:04:57.159 This is an example of how I use Dragon. 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:08.480 R-E-M sleep is when the body goes through multiple stages. 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:10.900 R-E-M sleep has four stages. 00:05:12.580 --> 00:05:17.700 Hello, my name is Blake. 00:05:17.710 --> 00:05:22.889 I graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma 00:05:22.889 --> 00:05:27.210 with a bachelor of arts in urban studies. 00:05:27.210 --> 00:05:35.009 I have cerebral palsy which means I cannot take notes very quickly. 00:05:35.009 --> 00:05:39.050 For me, quality education includes access 00:05:39.050 --> 00:05:45.580 to instructors’ presentations, notes or outlines of the lectures 00:05:45.580 --> 00:05:53.050 so that I have high-quality notes from class lectures and discussions. 00:05:53.050 --> 00:06:01.180 In college, I used this DynaVox to communicate with my peers and professors. 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:11.349 I used word predictive software called Co:Writer to speed up my typing on assignments and papers. 00:06:11.349 --> 00:06:16.289 Co:Writer predicts words in a window as one is typing. 00:06:16.289 --> 00:06:17.689 My name is Teresa. 00:06:17.689 --> 00:06:20.800 I'm a high school student and after high school 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:24.370 I plan on attending college and majoring in psychology 00:06:24.370 --> 00:06:26.629 and I was born without arms. 00:06:26.629 --> 00:06:28.850 I use a Bluetooth keyboard and a Bluetooth mouse 00:06:28.850 --> 00:06:32.629 so that I have full accessibility and I'm able to write down notes 00:06:32.629 --> 00:06:37.569 and catch everything that I need to catch in a more efficient way. 00:06:37.569 --> 00:06:40.229 Without my arms I have the keyboard and mouse on the floor 00:06:40.229 --> 00:06:44.669 and then the monitor is just sitting on my table in my classroom. 00:06:44.669 --> 00:06:48.620 When I'm typing notes I can usually type pretty fast 00:06:48.620 --> 00:06:50.129 just because of adrenaline 00:06:50.129 --> 00:06:54.960 but I'm not as fast as someone with arms. 00:06:54.960 --> 00:07:06.699 My name is Jon. I have cerebral palsy. 00:07:06.700 --> 00:07:24.020 I use a computer that is calibrated to my eyes. 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:35.580 So whatever I look at, it will type. 00:07:35.640 --> 00:07:51.400 Before I would have to tell somebody what to write down 00:07:51.419 --> 00:07:57.860 and now I can do it all. 00:07:57.860 --> 00:08:00.539 Hi, my name is Kayla 00:08:00.539 --> 00:08:03.569 and I am a sophomore here at the University of Washington 00:08:03.569 --> 00:08:06.080 where I'm double majoring in Law, Society, and Justice 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:07.789 and Disability Studies. 00:08:07.789 --> 00:08:10.909 And I want to take that and eventually become a disability rights lawyer. 00:08:10.909 --> 00:08:15.349 And I was born a congenital amputee missing three of my limbs. 00:08:15.349 --> 00:08:20.430 I use a Surface Pro 3 as one of my assistive technologies. 00:08:20.430 --> 00:08:23.210 Most people wouldn't necessarily see that as an assistive technology 00:08:23.210 --> 00:08:26.889 since it's something that many people in classes have 00:08:26.889 --> 00:08:30.020 but for me it is an assistive technology because it's lightweight enough 00:08:30.020 --> 00:08:33.560 that I can lift it myself, which is very nice. 00:08:33.560 --> 00:08:36.469 And it has a keyboard that is smaller, which is also something that's nice for me 00:08:36.469 --> 00:08:37.699 since I do all my typing 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:40.080 with a single hand rather than having two hands. 00:08:46.040 --> 00:08:47.440 Hello I'm Matthew, 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:54.900 I have ADD, I have mild ASD and I've been diagnosed with mild Asperger’s. 00:08:55.020 --> 00:08:56.460 I use Co:Writer. 00:08:56.470 --> 00:08:58.050 It's a word prediction program. 00:08:58.050 --> 00:09:02.680 There are six words you can choose from by hitting the number key 00:09:02.680 --> 00:09:03.880 that's the word you select out. 00:09:03.880 --> 00:09:07.899 I would use it mostly in my classes for like very important papers 00:09:07.899 --> 00:09:11.560 where I definitely would need to get the grammar correctly. 00:09:11.560 --> 00:09:17.770 Or the words correctly as well depending, because I struggle with spelling at times. 00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:21.680 I am Jada. 00:09:21.690 --> 00:09:26.610 My disability is ADD and dyslexia. 00:09:26.610 --> 00:09:35.139 So with ADD I have a hard time sitting still for a long period of time. 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:37.639 I use a document scanner. 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:44.449 The scanner helps me by actually reading the content 00:09:44.449 --> 00:09:51.100 that is on a book instead of having, read it by yourself. 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:57.399 So with the scanner you set it up and then you launch the program 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.210 that is in the computer, 00:09:59.210 --> 00:10:04.620 then you can highlight or have it read to you. 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:11.330 Even though I’ll study them and study them and study, 00:10:11.330 --> 00:10:13.560 I tend to forget. 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:17.459 This will help me by making it easier 00:10:17.459 --> 00:10:24.600 so that I can have the digital copy of it on the computer 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:30.260 and have it read to me and then I can start writing notes along with it 00:10:30.260 --> 00:10:33.070 as it's reading it to me. 00:10:33.070 --> 00:10:38.120 Just depending on your disability, it really depends on how you learn. 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:44.060 I'm still definitely trying to learn about my disability a little bit more, too. 00:10:48.140 --> 00:10:50.880 The one thing I would say about assistive technology is that 00:10:50.889 --> 00:10:54.449 don’t be afraid to try it, especially in high school and middle school 00:10:54.449 --> 00:10:56.680 because there are so many different options out there 00:10:56.680 --> 00:11:00.779 and there are so many new things that if you just stick with what you have, 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:03.160 you might not be doing it the most efficient way possible. 00:11:03.160 --> 00:11:06.190 So that when you go to college, and your future careers, 00:11:06.190 --> 00:11:09.730 you’ll know everything that you need and the best ways to get everything done. 00:11:09.730 --> 00:11:11.509 My name is Sheryl Burgstahler 00:11:11.509 --> 00:11:16.380 and I direct Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington in Seattle. 00:11:16.380 --> 00:11:20.250 Our services also reach out to our branch campuses in Bothell and Tacoma. 00:11:20.250 --> 00:11:25.079 It’s essential that people with disabilities have access to assistive technology 00:11:25.079 --> 00:11:27.290 but that’s not the end of the story. 00:11:27.290 --> 00:11:30.360 In order for them to be effective users of technology, 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.290 the technology that other people develop 00:11:32.290 --> 00:11:37.449 like websites and software and PDF files and so forth 00:11:37.449 --> 00:11:40.149 must be designed in such a way that they can use it 00:11:40.149 --> 00:11:41.840 with their assistive technology.