1) District 75 is the largest urban public school district for students with severe disabilities in the world, educating over 22,000 students across New York City. Over 6,500 students are on the autistic spectrum. 2) The document discusses various accessibility features of Mac OS X and the iPad to help students with vision, hearing, physical/motor, and learning disabilities. It provides examples of features like screen magnification, voiceover, adjustable mouse sensitivity, and text-to-speech. 3) The iPad offers apps to help with communication, reading/writing, cause and effect, autism support, and more. External switches and keyboards can also provide alternative access methods.

1. Let’s Get Accessible
LESLIE SCHECHT,
Director of Technology, District 75 NYCDOE
Breaking Barriers to Learning with the iPad
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3. District 75/Citywide
Programs!
District 75 is the largest urban public school district for students with severe
disabilities in the world. District 75 currently educates over 22,000 students ages
4-21 in 58 school organizations located in 320 sites across the five boroughs of
NYC with a staff of over 13,000.!
Out of the 22,000 students enrolled in District 75, there are 6,500 students on the
autistic spectrum.!
The mission of District 75 is to provide appropriate standards – based educational
programs and support services to students with severe challenges commensurate
with their abilities.We are committed to working with students and their families to
afford every student the opportunity to maximize their potential and become
contributing members of their community and to develop individual skills to ensure
maximum personal independence and self- esteem.!
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6. Empowering
students of ALL abilities.
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8. Mac OS X Accessibility Features
•Vision
•Hearing
•Physical & Motor Skills
•Learning & Literacy
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11. Vision
•Zoom, Cursor and Dock Magnification
•VoiceOver
•High Contrast and Grayscale
•Safari Reader’
•Screen Magnification
•Large Fonts
•Text to Speech
•Refreshable Braille Display Support
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12. In addition to the many accessibility features ofVoiceOver, Mac OS X Mountain Lion also includes our next-generation
synthesized voice named "Alex."
Alex is based on an advanced new technology, developed by Apple, and has been optimized for the very fast speaking rates
common to screen readers. It works in any application that uses Apple's speech synthesis, includingVoiceover. Alex also
understands abbreviations, long numbers, and heteronyms.These are words that are spelled the same but have different
pronunciation and meaning. Here are some examples of challenging sentences that Alex knows how to read correctly.
My name is Dr. Smith and I live on Smith Dr.
Close the car door, we are too close to the bridge.
King Louis IV needs an IV in his arm, stat!
Good farms produce a lot of produce.
When I fill up my car, it costs $487,642,586,378,941,127,253.28.
As you can see, although Apple's text to speech technology took years to perfect, eventually it was perfect.
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13. In addition to the many accessibility features ofVoiceOver, Mac OS X Mountain Lion also includes our next-generation
synthesized voice named "Alex."
Alex is based on an advanced new technology, developed by Apple, and has been optimized for the very fast speaking rates
common to screen readers. It works in any application that uses Apple's speech synthesis, includingVoiceover. Alex also
understands abbreviations, long numbers, and heteronyms.These are words that are spelled the same but have different
pronunciation and meaning. Here are some examples of challenging sentences that Alex knows how to read correctly.
My name is Dr. Smith and I live on Smith Dr.
Close the car door, we are too close to the bridge.
King Louis IV needs an IV in his arm, stat!
Good farms produce a lot of produce.
When I fill up my car, it costs $487,642,586,378,941,127,253.28.
As you can see, although Apple's text to speech technology took years to perfect, eventually it was perfect.
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14. • Closed Captioning
• Screen Flash
• Mono Audio
• Photo Booth Recording
• iChat
HEARING
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15. Literacy &
Learning
• Text to Speech
• Built-in Spelling and Grammar
Checking
• Word Completion
• iCal (Color-Coded and Alerts)
• Auto-Summarize
• Spotlight
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16. Physical & Motor Skills
• Automator
• Slow Keys & Sticky Keys
• Multi-touch Trackpad
• Adjustable Mouse & Trackpad
Sensitivity
• Onscreen Keyboard
• Speech Recognition
• Inkwell
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17. iPad Accessibility Features
•VoiceOver Screen Reader
•Adjustable Speaking Rate
•Zoom Magnification
•White on Black Display
•Large Text
•Mono Audio
•Closed Captioning
•FaceTime
•Guided Access
•External Add-Ons (Stands, Switches, Bluetooth Keyboards, earpieces,
Stylus, Projectors)
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18. Built-in accessibility.
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19. Instant.
iPad/iPhone
Accessibility
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23. Voice Control “Siri”
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24. Guided Access
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25. “There’s an app for that!”™
Accessing Information
Access to Learning Opportunities
Organizational Tools
Communication Options
Behavioral & Emotional Support
Alternative Access
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26. “There’s an app for that!”™
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27. iBooks
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28. Autism
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29. communication
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30. Cause and Effect
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31. Reading and Writing
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32. Accessibility
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33. Ablenet Bluetooth Switch
RJ Cooper Keyboard
Stylus-Spell
Switch interface by Zygo
iPad Switches
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34. iPad Jazz Band
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35. iPad Jazz Band
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36. We want your feedback!
There are 3 ways to provide feedback on this session.
Mobile App
Mobile Website
Conference Website
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37. LESLIE SCHECHT
leslieschecht@me.com
teckdiva@twitter.com
Let’s Get Accessible
Breaking Barriers to Learning with the iPad
Monday, June 24, 13