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The document discusses accessibility technologies for blind and motor-impaired users, including screen magnifiers, braille keyboards, optical character recognition, and voice recognition. It also lists the Americans with Disabilities Act and examples of adapted hardware like head wands and sip/puff switches.

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The document discusses accessibility technologies for blind and motor-impaired users, including screen magnifiers, braille keyboards, optical character recognition, and voice recognition. It also lists the Americans with Disabilities Act and examples of adapted hardware like head wands and sip/puff switches.

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1. The main limitation experienced by a blind user can be the inability to see the
screen. In addition, they can’t read printed documents; But a motor-impaired
user is not able to use a normal keyboard and thy have difficulty in
manipulating computer devices.

2. Optical Character Recognition


Braille printers
Screen Magnifiers
Braille keyboards

3. People with motor disability can find in technology the perfect support to lead
a fuller, more independent life, thanks to specialized devices and software like:
Head Wand, Sip/ Puff Switch, Matron Head/ Mouth Stick Keyboard, And
others…

1 . The Americans with disability Acts.

2 . He uses an adapted keyboard, headphones and screen reading software.

3 . Electronic notetaker.

4 . Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

5 . The eyegaze system.

6 . The pneumatic switch, also known as a sip and puff.

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