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Assistive Technology Overview

Partners

Blind & Low Vision Resources

Assistive Technology

RL & Associates, Inc. provides assistive technology systems for people with varying degrees of disabilities. Our primary area is systems for people who are blind or low vision. We also provide systems for people who additionally need accommodation for deafness or mobility impairments. Our systems can be configured to communicate by:

• Talk (speech output)
• Listening (speech recognition)
• Touch (specialized keyboards)
• Feel (Braille and other tactile output devices)

We design our Wave Assistive Systems to meet the needs of specific individuals.

Since we also develop applications and software and provide network support, we ensure that systems integrate into the widest range of situations that the current technology will allow.

We provide complete solutions from the design, hardware, software, configuration, customization, installation, training and ongoing support and repair. As authorized resellers, we stay current with both pre-released and released versions of hardware and software products. We utilize dealer information, Integrator and VAR training sessions and priority technical support. This facilitates our continuous monitoring of changes that effect compatibility.

Because we know what changes manufacturers are planning, we have time to test compatibility, to anticipate the effects and side effects of pending changes. Thus we are in a good position to incorporate new technologies and design new innovative solutions.

Our assistive solutions cover:

• Services
• Systems
• Conventional Hardware
• Assistive Hardware
• Software
• Specials
• Events

Our Partners

• Ai Squared - ZoomText Screen Magnification and Speech Output
• Alva Access - Refreshable Braille Displays
• American Thermoform - Braille paper, Braille labeling, and binder supplies
• Clarity - Makers of Video Magnifiers
• Dolphin - Supernova Reader Magnifier, Hal Screen Reader, Lunar Screen Enlarger, Cicero Text Reader, Orpheus Speech Synthesizer, Synthesizer Access Manager (SAM)
• Duxbury - Duxbury and Megadots Braille Translation Software
• Enabling Technologies - Braille Embossers
• Freedom Scientific - JAWS, OpenBook, Magic, PAC Mate, TOPAZ, OPAL, SARA
• GW Micro - VocalEyes and WindowEyes Screen Reading Software
• HumanWare - Trekker, BrailleNote, Victor Reader, SmartView, Braillant, Alva Satellite
• Infogrip - One-handed keyboards
• Innoventions Inc. - Source of the Magnicam
• Nuance - Dragon NaturallySpeaking
• Sendero Group - GPS Talk, a mobile orientation system
• Sighted Electronics - Braille Embossers

Blind and Low-Vision Resources

• Adobe's Accessibility Site
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Blind + Linux = BLINUX
• Center for Applied Special Technology
• IBM's Accessibility Center
• Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Microsoft Accessibility
• National Federation for the Blind
• Sun Microsystems Accessibility Program
• WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
• World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative

Contact us by email or Toll-Free: 866-339-1180