*Adaptive
Controllers for Music GOOD ClickToGo products including musical
instruments
*ADAPTIVE
USE OF INSTRUMENTS Good
Video
*Adaptive Use Musical Instrument Second source includes
video demonstration.
*Drake Music Project Includes Charlotte White cello video.
*Drake School of
Music, Scotland. Philosophy: everyone
has the ability to participate in making music. Utilizing 21st century music
technology, we work nationally across education, health, and community sectors to
provide opportunities for people of all ages and with a wide range of
disabilities to play, learn, and compose music independently.
*Headbangers
Group singing-demonstration of switches. Movie
available.
*E-scape in action. Tutorial for E-scape
*New York State Arts Standards Alternate Assessment Standards for Students with Severe Disabilities
*Super
Switch Ensemble. Access to music for Mac computers. Super Switch Ensemble enables groups of
students with mixed abilities to play together in a cooperative setting; each
individual working at his/her own level while contributing to the overall
performance. Can use Interlake's keyboard
to communicate if there are problems with regular keyboards.
*Switch in Time--Jon Adams
*My breath my music--songs and song backgrounds that
can be utilized with a windcontoller.
*Soundbeam
Home Page UK. From Drake Music Project page Soundbeam
2 is a programmable MIDI instrument that you can play without touching anything,
by moving along a straight line in space. It does this by detecting your
position using reflections of a stream of ultrasonic pulses, then uses this to
select which MIDI note or chord to play from a prepared set. It can also output
other control messages to change the sound.
Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
*hearingimpaired.net
Blogs and information about hearing impaired and products for their
assistance.
*Hearing Loss Web--information concerning technology and hearing loss.
*Advanced
Biotics
Strong information on cochlear implants, digital hearing aids, and their usage.
*Deaf
and Music--Information about deafness and learning music with reference to many individuals
who have accomplished despite their disability.
*Deaf
Education programs at Michigan State University.
Well developed program with information for both hh/deaf and
teachers/professionals.
*TEACHING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TO DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS. Phillip M. Hash University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, September 2003. Good Research Study.
*Scholarly Research Article on Hearing Impaired.
*Developing
Hearing Aid algorithms and background for digital hearing aids. Protools, iMac, and
Yamaha AW4416 aid in developing testing
advanced signal processing features to individualize in hearing aids.
Also
of relevance--
The Yamaha AW4416 16-Track, 44 Channel Digital Audio Workstation is
utilized for this task.
*Researchers
working to make better music for hearing-impaired people. MIT research
concerning
music and speech.
*Kristi
Brown LeAnn Denney. Music
Use in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms for the Deaf
Research
Study on usage of music in classrooms for the deaf.
*Sonic Innovations. Information on hearing aids and usage.
*iChat
and
iSight are video conferencing
solutions with performance and clarity good enough for you to communicate using
sign language over the Internet. A high quality video is produced that is good
enough to clearly see the finger and hand movements of the person with whom your
communicating.
*Hearing Loss
Web. A good page for information
including definitions of various disabilities and terms that aid in clarity of
understanding problems of exceptionalities.
*MIT Researchers
working to make better music availability for hearing-impaired people.
Good article on current directions in technology.
*Deaf Net. Vital page for information, research, current thought. Managed by high level professionals.
*National Library Service for the Blind &
Physically Handicapped-source of large
print music, audio cassettes and braille music.
*Dancing
Dots-great source of information about technology and music.
*Demo of GOODFEEL music braille translator software.
From Dancing Dots--Braille Music Instruction and Repertoire
*TACK-TILES: learning system for braille.
*Opus
Technology Products.
Good location source of information
about Braille Music resources including Braille music transcription programs and
Braille music translator.
*Lavelle
School for the Blind Helpful Links. A great source of reference information including American Printing House
AFB Press etc. Good for looking up
materials, information and services.
*Music
and Visually Impaired Children
*Music education for the visually impaired. A compendium of articles from Braille Music magazine, with supplementary material.
*Perkins
School for the Blind. Information and resources from a highly respected School for the Blind.
*Sigma
Alpha Iota information page. Resources for musicians with special needs. Great source of information.
*RISE--
Information pdfs on ways visually impaired can function in society.
*JAWS software for Windows.
*APH Products--Studio RecorderTM contains many features that make recording, editing, and proofreading audio books easy. Speed up playback with no pitch distortion. Features: Three levels of phrase detection: Index tone generation and removal; Instant open on large files; Instant cut, copy, paste, and delete; Intercom functionality; Simple user interface; Accessible to blind and visually impaired user; Multiple user marks and notes; External controller support.
*SharpEye Music Reader is widely regarded as one of the most accurate music scanning programs available today. SharpEye 2 saves your scans of sheet music as MusicXML files so you can import them into Finale, Sibelius, MuseBook Score, or any other product that reads MusicXML
*Dolet
for Sibelius. Plugin that allows music to be transported between pieces of software.
*Lime Aloud can
report the current part, voice and staff, current bar and beat, name of current
part and more whenever you ask.
Listen to an MP3
audio presentation of Lime Aloud produced
by Bill McCann of Dancing Dots, June, 2007.
*Jsonar
Project. Access to Jsonar script that
allows JAWS to read Sonar as audio speech.
*Opus
Technology Products-- produce Toccata, A full-featured Braille music translator and
OpusDots
Lite. A braille
music transcription program. Note Bettye Krolick manual-- How to read musical Braille.
*Trinity College of Music “Case Studies Making music technology accessible for visually impaired students” An examination of direction to provide music technology for disability college students in the United Kingdom. Examines costs, software to acquire and limitations and outcomes.
*GOOD Music Software information. Includes most titles with demographic information on all of them .
*LIMECEMERL
Sound Group. Devices and software
for handicapped individuals. Includes
LIME software.
*LIME Information and Download Site
*Do
Visually Impaired Children have Special Musical Abilities? NIB Research and
Information of Blind and Partially Sighted People.
*Music Education Network for the Visually Impaired. A good source of major contributors and leaders in the field. E-mail addresses and resources are mentioned
Generic Resources applicable to all areas of Exceptionality
*Wisconsin
Education Association Council: Special Education Inclusion.
Information on Inclusion of students in the classroom.
Well defined with support resources.
*Center
for Disabilities list of organization addresses. California State University Northridge
Good source of organizations dealing with access, adaptive, and assistive
technology.
*Assistive Technology, "a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices and the process used in selecting, locating, and using them." (From Wikipedia)
*Apple Accessibility: Useful information on accessibility.
*Technology Center at Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI. A Great source of college services for students at their schools. Included Vision, Hearing, Learning, Mobility, Hardware, and Software.
*Apple
Accessibility http://www.apple.com/accessibility/
Vision Hearing Physical/Motor Literacy and Learning Language and Communication
*Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All. Barbara T. Mates, Doug Wakefield, and Judith M. Dixon (Paperback - Jan. 2000). Super book on adaptive technology. Free on-line book.
*Boston
University Office of Disability Services. Good listing of
organizations and resources for individuals with exceptionalities.
*Software
strikes a chord for disabled students. University project enables physically challenged students to create music using
technology Very important as it has the video demonstrating the Physical Access
Technology Software.
*Enabling for
Music--ways of supporting hearing of music via computer and
other audio means (see downloaded hearing resource document .pdf)
*Speakable
items lets you command and control the computer using your voice, without
requiring you to train the computer. You can use commands to open and close
programs, navigate the menu bar, switch between programs, control
application-specific items, to enter keyboard shortcuts and speak front window
controls such as check box names, radio button names, list items and buttons.
The talking alerts feature gives voice to alert and dialog windows by verbally identifying the application and reciting the contents of its dialog box.
*ERICA
communication system using an eye tracking camera.
The
eye-tracking camera and software may be installed on your existing Windows or
Macintosh based computer. With this you have
the ability to control your computer with your eyes.
On
Mac
*VoiceOver included with Tiger. For those with vision disabilities a built-in screen reader that provides keyboard control of the computer, enhanced screen magnification options, and spoken English descriptions of what’s on the screen. VoiceOver enables many users with special needs to work collaboratively with other Mac users and use a Macintosh without assistance
OnPC
*Accessories
Accessibility Wizard allows you to customize your computer to your visual,
hearing, and utilize
Magnifier, Narrator, and Onscreen keyboard.
Adaptive
software on your computer Mac and PC
*SubRosaSoft's Macnifier displays a magnified portion of your screen in a separate window. Originally designed as a helper application to assist the visually impaired - it has become an ideal tool for Mac graphic design professionals who need pixel perfect placement and control Download free!
*Webpage
access projects. Listing of
accessibility projects with various web browsers including audio, magnification
and video tools. Screen readers for pocket PCs.
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