computers for disabled

Deirices for the disabled

B In pairs, discuss these ąuestions.

1    What sort of difficulties do you think are experienced by Computer users with limitations of vision or mobility?

2    'What types of device could be helpful to blind users?

3    Howcan a person with mobility limitations communicate with a Computer?    .

2 Computers for the disabled

A Read the text and find the foliowing.

1    the laws which ensure equal opportunities for people with disabilities in the USA and the UK

2    how the blind student in the photo interacts with the machinę

3    the systems which type on the screen what is being said in meetings

4    the type of software which reads printed materiał, recognizes the text and then sends it to the PC

5    the system which is activated by the user's eye movements

6    the switch which can be used by someone with quadriplegia

7    the function of voice recognition devices

Complete the text:

COMPUTERS FOR THE DISABLED

Computers ( TAKE)......................................a dominant role in our society meaning most jobs now

reąuire access to computers and the Internet. But what if a person is blind, deaf or motor-disabled?

They (nie muszą)...........................worry. Ali companies now (change things to be modern)

.....................................................and (agree to do smth difficult).......................................................

....................to (V)_assistive technologies which are (DESIGN)......................

....................to help them use computers. Thanks to computers the disabled can (V)_

their fuli potential and do the jobs in the office or leam at school. Computers also (V)__

an opportunity for the disabled to (talk informally).............................with their fanilies at home. To

work effectively the disabled (muszą)....................have their computers (ADAPT)..........................

with latest technologies.To (dostarczyć)..........................these technologies companies have to

(V)__regular meetings to (V)_a strategy, (V)_

ideas and (V)_appropriate Solutions. Among the (dostępnych)......................

......................technologies there are a)........................................

and a

which allow the person to hear the text fromthe screen.

There is a b) ...........................................

Motor -impaired personcan use c)...................................or

d)..........................................which is (ACTIYATE)...........................by the user's eyes when he

pauses on the virtual keys for a few seconds.