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Open Source Assistive Technology Software.

If you are visiting having seen the RAatE poster then 'welcome' and you may be interested in the Poster resources.

Good Assistive Technology (AT) stems from basic principles about making IT work for individual circumstances, rather than simply thinking about changes needed for people with disabilities.

John Ingleby, Hon Secretary of www.schoolforge.org.uk

Full Measure helps you get the most from computers and IT with free Open Source accessibility and assistive technology software. Working at the heart of the very best of Open Source accessibility work from the Mozilla and GNOME communities means we can advise and guide users and developers through the options. We also create simple software tools to meet individual needs that may be freely copied with the program code available to be used or altered by others. Full Measure is the name that Steve Lee trades under as a Sole Trader.

Open Source Assistive Technology Software (OATS) happens when Assistive Technology and accessibility tools are created as Open Source software. OATS can be openly shared, modified or studied. It is free or low cost, and yet is reliable and problems are rapidly fixed. With OATS users, friends and support staff work with developers and other 'techies' to create the software that they want. OATS ensures that the elderly or children and adults with disabilities can get the most from computers and ICT as good accessibility ideas can be freely shared and built on. Find out more on the What Is OATS page.

News:

Report from the Mozilla crew at CSUN
Poster describing Jambu work with Mozilla and GNOME communities shown at RAatE.
You can now donate funds to our projects online.

Jambu - Alternative Input thanks to an accessibility grant from Mozilla we are working on Assistive Technology with rather grand ideas of giving users of alterative input first class access to computers. Read more on the Jambu project pages.

Fullmeasure Custom OATS.

Fullmeasure Custom OATS tools are created with a specific person in mind but can be useful to anyone. See this article on PowerTalk and customisation or the What Is OATS page for details.

PowerTalk automatically speaks the text on any PowerPoint presentation making it more accessible. Find out more and get it on the PowerTalk page. It customises Microsoft PowerPoint and SAPI speech software that comes with Windows XP.
TouchCD play a CD using a single switch or the keyboard spacebar; press to play next track and press again to stop. Find out more and get it on the TouchCD page. It is a custom program that uses the pygame software library for working with switches and CDs.
ClipTalk a very simple program that speaks text as it is copied to the clipboard. Find out more and download from the ClipTalk page. It uses the SAPI speech software that comes with Windows XP.

The OATS project - making OATS easy to find.

The www.oatsoft.org website makes Open Source Assistive Technology (OATS) software easy to find and download. Developers can research OATS and accessibility and work with other developers and users. End users, clinicians and open-source developers can now work together to create effective solutions. See introduction to OATS for more details.

Firefox accessibility features

The accessfirefox.org community site provides full details of how Firefox is the most accessible web browser, helping you to choose the features that work best for you.

Schoolforge UK: Working together to unleash the power of open tools in education.

Schoolforge is a community that helps schools take advantage of the benefits of Open Content and Open Source software, including OATS.

Steve Lee's Blog: Open Source, Assistive Technology and education.

Visit Steve's blog for personal observations and commentry on OATS related topics.

OATS Links.

The links page lists interesting websites for Open Source, Assistive Technology and Accessible IT.

Contact.

You can email us at info@fullmeasure.co.uk.

Fullmeasure.co.uk. Open Source Assistive Technology Software.