This presentation discusses technologies that can aid students with visual impairments and practical ways teachers can utilize these technologies. It defines visual impairment and outlines benefits of technology, including allowing students to attend to tasks, feel part of the classroom, and develop reading skills. Examples of technologies are text-to-speech software, braille displays, voice recognition software, and audio books. The presentation provides strategies for teachers to use technologies, such as using text-to-speech devices to listen to stories and type voice recordings to test comprehension.

1. Technology
and
Special Needs learner
Technologies used to aid student with Visual
Impairment
A practical way on how teachers can utilize technologies
Presented By: Usha Baldeo , Dekerda, Rajesh Motie and Shenelle Roberts

2. Objectives
Introduction/rational on visual impairment
Definition of visual impairment
Benefits of technology use to aid visual
impairment
Examples or strategies of technological
devices use to aid visual impairment
Practical ways teachers can utilize these
technology

3. Rational on Visual Impairment
People who are visually impaired may have special
needs, but that does not prevent them from leading
successful lives at home, work or school. Students will be
introduced to children who are visually impaired to
understand their special communications needs and will
come to appreciate the visually impaired .

4. Rational continue
In an era of inclusion and collaboration, educators on all levels
need information about the myriad ways in which technology can
enhance the performance capabilities of these visually impaired
students, facilitate participation in instructional activities, and
improve scholastic achievement. There are several kinds of
assistive technologies available to visually –impaired students that
can be incorporated into the classroom setting. This presentation
explores practical ways teachers can made utilize tech for the
visual impaired.

5. What is visual impairment?
"Visual impairment including blindness" means an impairment
in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child's
educational performance. The term includes both partial sight
and blindness. This impairment refers to abnormality of the
eyes, the optic nerve or the visual center for the brain resulting
in decreased visual acuity.

6. Benefits of technology use to aid
visual impairment
 Cognitively, students can attend to various tasks at the
same time.
 Academically, technology allows users to feel a part of the
classroom and develop reading and phonetic skills.
 Linguistically, students can develop and understanding of
the difference between written and spoken forms of
language.
 Behaviorally, It fosters better communication with the
user and the instructor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbASVir8qo

7. Examples of Technologies used to aid
visual impairment
Text to speech software-this
application can be use on desk-
Type to speech or
top, laptop and iPod, cell
Braille and speech
phones etc. It is a software
device- reads the
application that simple reads
letters and words as
pre-recorded text aloud for
students type.
students.
Voice recognition software- Audio books-reads
allows students to take note in story and
the class and also request the informational text for
device to find something students

8. Practical ways or strategies teachers can
utilize these technologies as a learning
tool
Text to speech devices
These devices can be use across
the curriculum . For instance,
reading comprehension students
can listen to stories just by
simple touching bottoms then
use another form of visual tech
device to answer the questions.
This can aid in fluency, listening
skill and word pronunciation etc.
(type to speech device (laptop)
watch this video
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=8FKYjo8sFC
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9. Practical ways teachers can use the
Text to speech devices
Students will listen to the story” Three little pigs” via
the laptop
Say what they learnt about and from the story
Record in their now words the beginning, middle
and ending of the story using any text to speech
device
This will test students understanding of the story and
the use of the technology

10. Practical way teachers can use the
type to speech device
This device is a powerful tech tool that can we use at
dictation and spelling.
Here is how it works
Teachers reads a passage of scrip or words for
student to type. As they type the device reads the
scrip or words out loud.

11. Braille Displays
Braille displays are hardware that enables visually
impaired students to read. Teacher can prepare the same
reading lesson and using this device, blind students can
open documents and edit , and browse the Internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQMLc2vO4U&feature=related

12. Voice recognition software

13. Audio/braille books
This device can be used to facilitate reading for visually impaired
students. The books can be read in Braille or with synthesized
speech software, and contains page numbers, information from
the title page, and mark-up indicators to direct users to the
beginning of chapters and pages.

14. I am visual impaired, yet I can
Learn it
Play it Create it

15. There are no barriers to my abilities. With
the help of assistive technologies I can
remove all barriers and be anything I want
to be.

16. Come into my world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofIt3So1dJU
You can do it too just try.
Hope you had fun

17. The
End

18. References
https://arksped.k12.ar.us/rules_regs_08/3.%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbASVir8qo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQMLc2vO4U&featur
e=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FKYjo8sFCw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCKAJ_H0rPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofIt3So1dJU