August 1997 Vendor Members of the Alliance for Technology Access The following developers and distributors of assistive technology devices and software are vendor partners of the Alliance for Technology Access. They work collaboratively with ATA centers and those who visit the centers, to assist in explorations for solutions for people. They also receive information from ATA centers which may lead to the development of new features in product upgrades or entirely new products. AbleNet, Inc. 1081 Tenth Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414 800-322-0956 WWW: www.ablenetinc.com AbleNet, Inc. develops and markets products and services to meet the needs of children and adults with severe disabilities. Our products include simple technology systems and related materials that allow users to actively participate in daily activities. Our support services include workshops aimed at parents, teachers, therapists, and care-providers nationwide. AbleNet also provides information and referral services. Call our resource specialist at 1-800-322-0956 with questions or suggestions about product needs or applications. Academic Software, Inc. 331 W. 2nd Street, Lexington, KY 40507 Phone: 606-233-2332 or 800-VIA-ADLS Email: asistaff@acsw.com Web site: http://www.acsw.com ASI publishes and/or markets several products. The Adaptive Device Locator System (ADLS) is a database of adaptive devices and vendor information for Apple II, Macintosh, or MS/DOS computer systems. The Unicorn Overlay Express produces computer-generated overlays for Unicorn keyboards using picture libraries (e.g. Picture Communication Symbols, KeyPics, Core Picture Vocabulary). The Picture Icon X-CHANGE program allows users to translate pictures from our libraries into programs like LessonMaker, Tutor-Tech, and ToolKit. American Thermoform Corporation 2311 Travers Avenue, City of Commerce, CA 90040 213-723-9021 American Thermoform currently offers the Ohtsuki BT-5000 Print/ Printerthe only printer available that produces braille and print on the same page; the Comet personal printer (braille only) and KTS braille displays in 80 and 40 cell options. APT Technology, Inc./Du-It Control Systems Group, Inc. 8765 Township Road 513, Shreve, OH 44676 330-567-2001 DU-IT designs and manufactures mobility, environmental control, and computer access equipment for severely disabled people. DU-IT prides itself on our well-engineered, effective solutions to the difficult control problems of high level (C-5 to C-1) quadriplegics and people with severe cerebral palsy or advanced neuromuscular disease. Du-IT provides wheelchair control systems and controllers, power wheelchair recline control, and our independently operable full access high quad SCI computer work station, as well as adaptors and switches. Arkenstone, Inc. 505 Oakmead Parkway, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Phone: 800-444-4443 Email: info@arkenstone.org Web site: http://www.arkenstone.org Arkenstone is a nonprofit organization that has become the leading provider of reading machines for people with visual and reading disabilities. Their goal is to make better and more affordable reading systems, so that more people can get them. We make both complete reading machines for about $5000 and PC-based reading systems for between $1000 and $5000. Articulate Systems, Inc. 600 West Cummings Park, Suite 4500, Woburn, MA 01801 Phone: 800-443-7077 Email: info@dragonsys.com Web site: http://www.dragonsys.com Articulate Systems has been the pioneer in Voice User Interface and Voice Communication Technology for the Macintosh since 1986. Articulate Systems' product line includes the award winning Voice Navigator II, which allows users to control their favorite Macintosh application by spoken commands. Articulate Systems' complete line of sound solution products encompasses Voice Recognition, Voice Recording, Voice Annotation and Voice Messaging. AssisTech P.O. Box 137, Stow, NY, 14785 888-ASISTEK Email: info@assisttech.com WWW: www.assisttech.com AssisTech is a small, energetic company that is committed to low-cost, mainstream technology solutions. Focused on challenges faced by people with disabilities and their families, their solutions offer alternatives for ANYONE to have more fun, be more productive and creative, and "just do stuff" more easily. Their growing product line features "way inexpensive," customer-friendly technology creations. Their newest, hottest items make puppetry, mobility, and a new kind of computer play a reality for kids with and without disabilities--of all ages." Aurora Systems, Inc. 2647 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5R 5H4 604-436-2694 Email: aurora@cyberstore.ca WWW: www.djtech.com/aurora Aurora Systems, Inc. provides software to help individuals with learning disabililties and prople who require augmentative communication. They have been providing products for Windows and DOS throughout North America and the world for about seven years. Aurora for Windows 2.0 gives AAC, single finger and learning disabled users easy access to Windows applications. Aurora for DOS 2.0 is AAC software that provides easy access to the widest variety of applications software. Blazie Engineering, Inc. 105 E. Jarrettsville Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050 Phone: 410/893-9333 Email: info@blazie.com Web site: http://www.blazie.com/ Blazie Engineering develops and manufactures products for people with visual impairments, including Braille 'n Speak, Braille Blazer, Personal Touch, Thiel Braille Embosser, and Audiocalc. Broderbund Software, Inc. 500 Redwood Blvd., Box 6121, Novato, CA 94948-6125 Phone: 800/521-6263 Email: lucinda_ray@broder.com Web site: http://www.broderbund.com/education Broderbund software is known in the educational marketplace as easy-to-use, innovative and exciting. Best-known titles include The Print Shop, Kid Pix, our Carmen Sandiego series, and a brand-new CD-ROM series entitled Broderbund's Living Books. Goals include providing high-quality educational software that appeals to educators and students, as well as continually improving the content of the accompanying materials. Broderbund also looks for new ways of meeting teachers needs and making software more accessible to the special education market. Brown & Co., Inc. 14 Midoaks Street, Monroe, NY 10950 508/352-8822 Brown & Co. is a small company founded to manufacture industrial damper control systems for the asphalt industry. With the advent of the personal computer, Cal Brown, the founder, and Dr. George Markowsky, University of Maine, devised the PC-Pedal to avoid the necessity of reaching for the Shift, Control, Alternate, and Backspace/Delete keys. Using a PC-Pedal, a person with the ability to strike a key and simultaneously close an external switch is able to have full access to the personal computer keyboard. CAST, Inc. (Center for Applied Special Technology) 39 Cross Street, Peabody, MA 01960 508/531-8555 Email: cast@cast.org Web site: http://www.cast.org Founded in 1984, CAST is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to expand the opportunities for all people through the use of innovative technology. This mission is achieved through a combination of training, evaluations, and research and development. The ResearchWare products developed out of the needs determined through our research and evaluations of people with disabilities. ResearchWare includes ClickReader, ClickWriter, Talking Calculator and much more. Claris Corporation 5201 Patrick Henry Dr., C-56, Box 58168, Santa Clara, CA 95052-8168 408/987-7000 Email: jeff_orloff@claris.com Web site: http://www.claris.com CLARIS Corporation develops, markets, and supports application software for Macintosh, Windows and Apple II computers. It began shipping Claris-labeled products in 1988 to business, government, education, and technical markets. Claris's product line includes integrated productivity applications, word processing, graphics, data management, planning, CAD (computer aided design). Claris, headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. Closing The Gap, Inc. P.O. Box 68, Henderson, MN 56044 Phone: 612/248-3294 Email: info@closing the gap.com Web site: http://www.closingthegap.com Closing The Gap is an information source working exclusively in the field of microcomputers and persons with disabilities. Their goal is to discover ways that microcomputer-related products are being used in special education and rehabilitation and to disseminate that knowledge as widely as possible. Their products include Closing The Gap, a bimonthly newspaper and an annual international conference for special education and rehabilitation professionals. Compu-Teach 16541 Redman Way, Suite 137C, Redman, WA 98052 Phone: 800/448-3224 Email: cmpteach@wolfenet.com Web site: http://www.wolfenet.com/~cmpteach All Compu-Teach software is designed by Dr. Roger Schank, Dean of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Psychology, and his team at Yale University. Compu-Teach software has multiple levels and is enhanced with colorful graphics, animation, and music to insure use for many years. Their programs address the subject areas of language arts, reading, math, science, geography and study skills for skill levels pre-K through college. Compu-Teach also provides teachers tools for testing and grading. Consultants for Communication Technology 508 Bellevue Terrace, Pittsburgh, PA 15202 Phone: 412/761-6062 Email: 70272.1034@compuserve.com CCT manufactures a line of augmentative communication and telephone access hardware/software products for the speech an hearing impaired. Their products include the Handy Speech Communication Aide, Wish Writer, Phone Manager, ToneTalker, Meta4 and other state of the art products at reasonable prices. Their newest program for Windows, Keywi, combines the features of Handy Speech an the Phone Manager in a new, more powerful interface. Don Johnston, Incorporated P.O. Box 639, 1000 N. Rand Road, Bldg. #115, Wauconda, IL 60084 Phone: 800/999-4660 Email: djde@aol.com Web site: http://www.donjohnston.com Don Johnston, Inc. has become a leader in the field of adaptive equipment and computer access. DJI develops, manufactures, and markes materials for persons who are nonverbal and who have physical disabilities. Many products are specifically used for training in the areas of augmentative communication, physical access, and control of the environment. The DJI catalog reaches schools, hospitals, training centers, and families around the world. DJI exhibits at major augmentative communication and computer conferences. Dunamis, Inc. 3423 Fowler Blvd., Lawrenceville, GA 30244 Phone: 800-828-2443 Email: dumanisben@aol.com Dunamis, Inc. develops software and hardware products to allow people with disabilities to use computers to enhance their lives and work more independently. Dunamis is sometimes called upon to help fit students to the right software, computer, and adaptive devices for use at school and at home. Dunamis carries a comprehensive line of software and adaptive devices, including the Powerpad touch tablet. Echo Speech Corporation 6460 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA 93013 Phone: 800-377-3246 Email: mark@echospeech.com Echo Technology Corporation (formerly Street Electronics) has sold the Echo speech products to the schools and special needs market since 1980. There are hundreds of Echo-compatible programs available from over 100 software manufacturers. The goal of the company is to produce high quality, state-of-the-art speech output products at reasonable prices that can be used by a variety of users. The special needs community has always been a primary focus in both design and marketing of the Echo product line. Edmark Corporation 6727 185th Ave. NE, P.O. Box 97021, Redmond, WA 98073-9721 Phone: 800-362-2890 Email: maryannt@edmark.com WWW: www.edmark.com Edmark is a leading developer and publisher of high-quality , award winning educational software. Serving both the home and education markets, Edmark combines rich multimedia technology with solid educational methodology to create products that inspire creativity, develop thinking skills an engage children in the learning process. In its early years, the company focused on the special education market, publishing both print materials and software for the Apple, and manufacturing the TouchWindow, a touch sensitive input device for the computer. These products are available for the education market. Education TURNKEY Systems, Inc. 256 North Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046 Phone: 703-536-2310 Email: turnkey@ix.netcom.com Education TURNKEY Systems, Inc. has provided services to the special education community for more than a decade. TURNKEY also provides services to vendors of communication aids and devices and special education software publishers through market research, consultation, and the use of electronic software distribution. TURNKEY also conducts national video teleconferences on communication aids and devices. Educational Press/Learning Well 1720 H Bellmont Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224 Phone: 410-561-5912 Email: 73444.2412@compuserve.com Educational Press is a publishing company that develops material exclusively for the special education market and older learners with very low reading abilities. The target audience is special education students in middle school and high school who are reading at a third-grade level. Materials are either in workbook format or computer format. Computer software is accompanied by workbook material to help in the transition from the computer to printed materials. Most materials focus on the transitional student and teach employability skills, including social skills necessary for success on the job. Exceller Software Corp. 2 Graham Road West, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-257-1665 Email: exceller@aol.com WWW: www.exceller.com Exceller Software publishes linguistic and reference software for education, home, and business markets. Software products include a)multimedia English grammar learning for ESL students, b)bilingual dictionaries in Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese, c)Webster's Spanish/English Dictionary for Macintosh and Windows. Software is enabled for people with disabilities. Most titles have text-to-speech pronunciation for both source words and the respective definitions including example sentences. For the Windows platform, the software also has variable size (larger) fonts and resizable user interface. Fellowes (formerly APT, Inc. ) 1789 Norwood Ave., Itasco, IL, 60143 800-945-4545 Appoint was formed in 1989 to offer affordable, state-of-the-art input device technology. A strength lies in theitr ability to predict market needs and react with innovative well-engineered solutions. MousePen Pro is the first mouse shaped like a pen! Because of its design, it is more comfortable and natural to use than a traditional mouse. Thumbelina is the world's smallest trackball. Designed for versatility, this thumb-driven device is ideal for portability and hand-held presentations, and will not cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome because of its ergonomic shape and design. Gus Communications, Inc. 1006 Lonetree Court, Belllingham, WA 98226 Phone: 360/715-8580 Email: gus@gusinc.com WWW: www.gusinc.com The Gus! Multimedia Speech System for Windows is the worlds most popular AAC software product. It converts any Windows compatible computer into a dynamic display communication device. Digitized and synthetic speech (synthesizer included!), 2-72 buttons/page, unlimited layers, scanning. Includes the Gus! Talking Keyboard, Gus! Abbreviations and Gus! Mouse. Also, the Gus! Touch Screen for Portable Computers. Works with any Windows-compatible portable computer for finger/touch access. Hartley Courseware, Inc. 9920 Pacific Heights Blvd., Suite 500, San Diego, CA 92121 800-521-8538 E-mail: mbradley@jlc.com Hartley Courseware specializes in software programs for students with learning difficulties. Hartley publishes over 200 programs in reading, mathematics for grades Pre-K - 12. Many secondary programs are also appropriate for adults. Best-known programs are First Connections: The Golden Book Encyclopedia, Write This Way, a writing processor for learning disabled and hearing impaired students and Dr. Peet's Talk/Writer, a simple criting processor for younger children and visually imparied students. Hartley offers software for Macintosh, Windows, DOS and Apple II compatible computers, and has over 40 CD ROM titles. Humanities Software P.O. Box 950, 408 Columbia St., Hood River, OR 97031 Phone: 800-245-6737 Email: hinfo@humanitiessoftware.com WWW: www.humanitiessoftware.com Humanities Software is the world's largest publisher of whole language, literature-based software, offering over 150 titles for grades K-12, including programs for students with special needs, ESL, Remedial and Emergent Literacy. This innovative software integrates process writing, literature, and word processing, and addresses all major areas of written language development. Chosen from the WRITE ON! titles, the Special Needs Collection contains titles of clear, carefully structured lessons, providing practice with basic language skills and offering opportunities for self-expression through open-ended writing. IBM Special Needs Solutions Bldg. 904, Internal Zip 9448, 11400 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX 78758 800-426-4832 IBM's Special Needs Sysytems develops and markets products which enhance computer access and learning for people with disabilities. WWW: www.austin.ibm.com/sns/index.html Also see info about IBM's VoiceType at www.ibm.com/products. Once there, find VoiceType. In Touch Systems 11 Westview Road, Spring Valley, NY 10977 Phone: 800/332-6244 Email: 74425.1633@compuserve.com In Touch Systems produces the Magic Wand Keyboard (IBM or Apple), a miniature computer keyboard and mouse designed for anyone with restricted or no hand/arm movement. Both keyboard and mouse work with the slightest touch of a wand, using either a hand-held wand or mouth stick. No pressure is needed, only contact. The Magic Wand Keyboard was by Jerry Crouch, president of In Touch Systems, for his wife Susan, who is quadriplegic. Susan now uses a computer to manage sales and marketing for the company. Information Services, Inc. 28 Green Street, Newbury, MA 01951 Phone: 800-462-9198 Email: carys@seacoast.com ISI is a Canadian-based company with offices in Newbury, MA. Working with the Institute on Applied Technology at Children's Hospital, Boston, ISI jointly developed WriteAway, a DOS-based software writing tool designed specifically for children and adults with learning and physical disabilities. WriteAway integrates word-processing features with word prediction, built-in scanning, and alternate keyboard-access modes. The product has been used successfully by children and adults with a wide range of disabilities. Innocomp 26210 Emery Road, Suite 302, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128 800-382-8622 WWW: www.sayitall.com Innocomp manufactures and distributes products relating to augmentative communication. The products that we manufacture include the Say-It-All II Plus and the Say-It-Simply Plus now with Clarity Speech. Clarity Speech is a revolutionary new speech output designed by our company to have human quality speech in a text-to-speech system. It is available in male, female, and a child's voice. The goal is to provide quality speech output in an easy to use and lightweight device, and to provide this in a product that is economically feasible. IntelliTools 55 Leveroni Ct., Suite 9, Novato, CA 94949 Phone: 800-899-6687 Fax: 415-382-5950 Email: info@intellitools.com Web site: http://www.intellitools.com IntelliTools produces and distributes IntelliKeys, the high quality alternative keyboard, and a host of software products for people with physical, visual, or cognitive disabilities. Software includes the award-winning series of creativity tools: IntelliTalk - a versatile talking word processor, Overlay Maker - a drawing program for designing custom overlays for IntelliKeys, IntelliPics - an easy-to-use multimedia authoring program, and ClickIt! - a powerful utility providing mouseless access to point and click software.IntelliTools also publishes a growing number of ready-to-use curriculum resources including instant access to Edmark and Living Books software, Hands-On Concepts - an integrated early reading and math series, MathPad, and Exploring Patterns. IntelliKeys works with Macintosh and PC-compatible computers. All software is available for the Macintosh with a growing line of Windows products including Overlay Maker and IntelliTalk. Judy Lynn Software 278 Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Phone: 908-390-8845 Email: judylynn@castle.net WWW: www.castle.net/~judylynn/ Judy Lynn Software was founded in 1991 by Elliot Pludwinski, a programmer, who could not find lower level single switch software for the IBM PC for his daughter Judy, who was born with Microcephaly. With encouragement and guidance from Judy's teacher, the programs were written for children with a cognitive age level as early as nine months. The six software titles in the product line are: Cause & Effect, Cause & Effect Carnival, Visual Tracking, Fundamental Concepts, Switch Art, and Visual Motor Skills (1994 Parent's Choice Honor). Laureate Learning Systems, Inc. 110 East Spring Street, Winooski, VT 05404 Phone: 800-562-6801 Email: laureate@llsys.com WWW: www.llsys.com Laureate is dedicated to the innovative use of computer technology for special education and rehabilitation. Laureate offers programs for language development, concept development and processing, augmentative communication, and instructional games. Laureate programs are easy-to-use, flexible, and above all, effective. Natural-sounding speech and colorful pictures motivate and guide the learner, making most of the programs appropriate for nonreaders. LD Resources 202 Lake Road, New Preston, CT 06777 Phone: 860-868-3214 Email: richard@ldresources.com WWW: www.ldresources.com LD Resources creates HyperCard stacks that are simple, easy-to-use, and inexpensive. They have reference, entertainment, clip art, language learning, story-telling, and many other kinds of stacks ranging in price from $5 to $20 and aimed at a variety of ages and abilities. Free and shareware stacks can be found on most online services and in many Macintosh user group libraries. Their commercial stacks can be ordered directly from them. Their goal is to help make the people who use our products a little bit more independent and happy than they might be otherwise. LS & S Group PO Box 673, Northbrook, IL 60065 Phone: 800-468-4789 Email: lssgrp@aol.com WWW: www.lssgroup.com The LS&S Group specializes in products for the visually impaired. LS&S features the largest selection of CCTV and Computer products anywhere. Madenta Communications 9411A - 20 Ave., Edmonton AB, Canada T6N 1E5 Phone: 800-661-8406 x24 Email: madenta@madenta.com WWW: www.madenta.com Madenta develops products in pursuit of its goal of providing quality assistive technology for people with disabilities. Doors is a collection of products which provides complete control of the Macintosh. Possible access methods includes point and click, single or multiple switch, adapted keyboard and voice. Innovations such as built-in word prediction, resizeable on-screen keyboards, cursor scanning sequences, and transparent background operation make these products revolutionary. Marblesoft 12301 Central Ave. NE, Suite 205, Blaine, MN 55434 Phone: 612-755-1402 Email: marble2@winternet.com WWW: www.winternet.com/~marble Marblesoft is a special education software company. All programs focus on early childhood development (Early Learning) with various hardware accesses utilized. 128K versions offer input through Touchwindow, Powerpad, Light Pen, Keyboard, and Switches. All use the Echo, DoubleTalk, or Cricket speech synthesizer, run on Apple family computers, are Laser-compatible, and have a student records management program that allows for a screen or written printout. Mayer-Johnson Co. P.O. Box 1579, Solana Beach, CA 92075 Phone: 619/550-0084 Email: mayerj@aol.com WWW: www.mayer-johnson.com The Mayer-Johnson Co. is the originator of the Picture Communication Symbols. Their symbols are used in augmentative communication. Their products include educational materials and software. The software is used to make communication boards, educational materials, and overlays for different computer access devices and for speech output. Presently software is designed for Macintosh and Windows. MCE Software 1800 S. 35th St., Galesburg, MI 49053 800-421-4157 Lawrence Productions has been a producer of interactive educational software since 1980. Lawrence programs span a wide range of reading and interest levels and are designed for pre-K, elementary, secondary, college, and adult education classes. Lawrence now offers a complementary line of educational videos. Microsoft - Accessibility and Disabilities Group One Microsoft Way, Redman, WA 98052-6399 Phone: 800-426-9400 Email: greglo@microsoft.com WWW: www.microsoft.com/enable Microsoft has established the Accessibility and Disabilities Group to make computers easier to use for people with special accessibility needs. This group works to make Microsoft products and services more accessible as well as promote accessibility throughout the computer industry. It also supports the development of a rich variety of third-party accessibility aids. Microsystems Software, Inc. 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 Phone: 800-828-2600 Email: billk@microsys.com WWW: www.handiware.com Microsystems publishs award-winning, PC-access software providing powerful, efficient, and affordable long-term solutions for adapted access, augmentative communication, and low-vision needs. The flexibility of the software enables customization to physical needs and provides for maxi-mum hardware and software compatibility. The HandiWARE family includes: HandiKEY, HandiCHAT, HandiCODE, HandiWORD, HandiSHIFT, HandiVIEW, and SeeBEEP. Microsystems providse quality solutions for individuals with disabilities and pride ourselves on customer satisfaction. MicroTalk 917 Clear Creek, Texarkana, TX 75503 Phone: 903-832-3471 Email: larry@screenaccess.com WWW: www.screenaccess.com/ MicroTalk produces a program called ASAP, a screen reading program, and two speech cards, DoubleTalk and LiteTalk. ASAP reads whatever you type on the computer. Millennium Software 3155 Fujita St., Torrance, CA 90505 310-530-0356 Email: peuapeu@aol.com The immediate goal of Millennium Software is to publish products, like Labeling-Tutor, that carefully use discrete trial methods to address the needs of learning disabled children. These products will allow the parent or therapist to tailor the software to the specific cognitive, motor, sensory and perseverative handicaps of the child. They will let one modify and add to the material being taught. The company also wants to provide exceptional user support, yet keep prices low enough for home users. Mindscape Educational Software 1345 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 800/829-1900 Email: mcoyne@mindscape.com WWW: www.mindscape.com Mindscape is a division of Software Toolworks, publisher of educational, curriculum, test preparation, and applications software for the home and school market. All educational software is distributed exclusively through the Society for Visual Education. Of Mindscape's 170 software selections, 45 are targeted for intensive use and thorough testing by special needs populations