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Match It Judy Lynn Software, Inc. Price: $39.00 Special Skill: , adapted keyboard/switch access, Disability: cognitive, hearing, vision Skill Level: preschool Operating System: Windows This program is a colorful, 3D simulated matching program. It is made up of 20 matching activities covering shapes, colors, objects, animals, food, letters and numbers.

MathType 6.x Design Science, Inc. Price: $57.00 - $97.00 Special Skill: vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, braille, large print,

Menus4ALL.com - Visually Accessible Restaurant Menu Network Menus4ALL, Inc. Price: $0 Special Skill: basic living skills, braille, large print, speech output, Disability: vision Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome Menus4ALL October 1, 2019 launch You Tube 6 minute video link. iPhone voiceover screen reader and low vision display demo with Stephanie Jones. “ Menus4ALL offers alternative ways to read restaurant menus for the estimated 30,000,000 folks with blindness and visual impairments in the United States. Available for free on all commonly available smart- phones, tablets, and laptops from any loca- tion providing WiFi. Menus are read with screen readers, braille refreshable displays, and built-in low-vision display settings.

language development, large print, speech output, Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac KeyboardFun is designed to encourage children to learn placement of keys on the keyboard, by matching keys to pictures and to be rewarded with sight and sound, then moving up to spelling words. Avail- able for Mac/PC, English or Spanish. Data Collection included

speech output, authoring system Disability: learning, physical, vision Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac

MathType is software for creating standard print, large print, Braille and Web-based documents that contain math. MathType also makes it easy for students with low vision, a physical disability or handwriting problems to complete math homework or take math tests on a computer without using a human scribe. ($57 academic) Mayer-Johnson PCS Pictures (REACH 4 or Higher - Add-On) Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $75.00 - $150.00 Special Skill: communication, , Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Purchase the large set ($150)and get 6,000 plus pictures to add to your REACH keys or get the small set ($75)and receive 2,800 plus pictures. Either way, your 120 plus REACH Speech Keyboards will automati- cally fill with pictures. MECA Career Exploration and Assessment The Conover Company Price: $5.00 - $50.00 Special Skill: vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, speech output, IEP/IPP Disability: cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome, Other The MECA System is an age-appropriate transition, career exploration, career assessment and vocational assessment system related to training, education and employment.The MECA System is comprised of four unique parts, tied to- gether by a comprehensive management system:Interest IndicatorWork Samples- Learning Assessment ProgramsCareer Planners The management system allows for a seamless program integration from interest testing to the assigning, delivery, benchmarking, tracking, and creating a transition IEP and a Summary of Perfor- mance.This eliminates the expensive and time-consuming activities of scoring and reporting results, and frees up the program administrator to help where needed. Hands on Work Samples can be used as an alternative for work experience.Please visit https://www.conovercompany.com/ conover-online/meca-system/ for more information.

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Match Maker plus Quiz Creator Judy Lynn Software, Inc. Price: $49.00

Money Skills Marblesoft Price: $60.00

Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch, authoring system Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows Match Maker plus Quiz Creator is a robust program for creating matching activities and matching related quizzes. Match Maker plus Quiz Creator also comes with many pre-made activities. Activities can be played in two different modes, Game Mode and Quiz Mode. MathPlayer Design Science, Inc. Price: $0 Special Skill: vocational, speech output,

Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, scanning, single switch, multi switch, Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows Teaches students to count money and make change using coins and bills. Features teacher control of difficulty level, rate of advancement, response to incorrect answers and amount of verbal and visual feedback. Includes the programs Coins and Bills, Counting Money, Making Change, How Much Change? and the Marblesoft Store. Monster Maze - Find a route through the maze STEP BY STEP Price: $0.00 - $2.99 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, adapted keyboard/switch access, single switch, multi switch, diagnostic Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool Children learn to navigate through a maze. App helps develop spatial orientation skills, and planning skills. Full Version: https://itunes.apple.com/app/ id1186203975?mt=8 More Cause and Effect Sights and Sounds Marblesoft Price: $30.00 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, single switch, multi switch, Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool Operating System: Windows Mix and match these five new musical themes and three new animated activities (splatter, under the sea, space rings) and go beyond the ultimate in cause and effect software.Teaches momentary, timed and latching switch activation. Ideal for switch users of all ages who require cause and effect training.

Mind Express 4 Jabbla Price: $620.00

Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output, authoring system Disability: learning, physical, speech Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Mind Express 4 offers the possibility to communicate by means of words, sentenc- es, symbols, etc.You can make commu- nication boards, exercises, write letters,... Mind Express has different input options, a smart grammar module that conjugates for you. Mind Express features: multimedia, calendars, agendas, dynamic lists, freestyle and more. SymbolStix included. Download a demo at www.mind-express.com. Minimal Pairs LocuTour Multimedia Price: $5.99 Special Skill: early childhood, language development, , Disability: speech Skill Level: elementary Operating System: iOS (Apple) This app is based on the Minimal Pairs game from LocuTour’s Phonology I CD. It uses a phonological approach to remediat- ing speech that is based on the ideas of Hodson and Paden.The program focuses on target patterns rather than target pho- nemes. For children ages 3-5 with impaired speech intelligibility.

Disability: learning, vision Skill Level: secondary, adult Operating System: Windows

Design Science MathPlayer is a free univer- sal math reader that enables math to be spoken in assistive technology products such as JAWS, Window-Eyes, HAL, TextHelp software, Kurzweil 3000, or WYNN. Math- Player 4 also works with NVDA to speak and Braille math content in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. MathTalk/Scientific Notebook 5.5 Metroplex Voice Computing, Inc. Price: $295.00 Special Skill: , voice recognition, Disability: learning, physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac MathTalk/ScientificNotebook 5.5...all- purpose program allowing user to voice math: pre-algebra/algebra/ trigonometry/ calculus/statistics through Ph.D. and grad- uate levels and graphing. Can translate math into Braille through Duxbury Braille Translator. Uses Dragon NaturallySpeaking (versions Professional/Premium) 12 and 13 and DPI (Dragon Professional Individual) 14. Demo videos on Website.

Miss Sue’s Keyboard Fun OT-Care Price: $80.00 - $95.00 Special Skill: communication, early childhood, eye-hand coordination,

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