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Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Press, Anastasia M.; Dosedel, Michael J. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
As computerized speech-to-text (STT) technology has become more advanced over the past several years, more students with, and without, disabilities are using STT tools in the classroom and while taking assessments (Warren, Thurlow, Lazarus, & Strunk, 2018). Speech-to-text tools often are installed on school-provided computers or tablets and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Cookson, John; Cylke, Frank Kurt; Dixon, Judith; Fistick, Robert E.; Fitzpatrick, Vicki; Kormann, Wells B.; Moodie, Michael M.; Redmond, Linda; Thuronyi, George – 1998
This report describes the plans of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) to convert their talking books service to a digitally based audio system. The NLS program selects and produces full-length books and magazines in braille and on recorded disc and cassettes and distributes them to a cooperating network of…
Descriptors: Adults, Audiodisks, Audiotape Recordings, Children
Brown, David – 1982
Project Access was developed to provide Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) classes for visually and muscularly impaired adults in a totally accessible and supportive environment. Existing instructional materials were adapted to several formats, e.g., large print, cassette tape, and Braille; instruction was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blindness, High School Equivalency Programs, Material Development
Hanson, Karen M. – 1983
A summary is presented of the objectives and activities of a grant-supported project conducted at Normandale Community College (NCC) to expand programming for handicapped and learning disabled students. Introductory material provides a background to NCC's efforts in aiding students with special needs. Next, the populations receiving assistance…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Diagnosis, Hearing Impairments, Learning Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
This document is a transcript of hearings concerning the Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act that would provide funds for operation of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, the Vinland National Center for Health-Sports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals, and other projects and services for…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Disabilities, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1979
This handbook for the selective placement of persons with physical and mental handicaps in federal civil service employment consists of eleven sections. Topics covered in section 1 include affirmative action, nondiscrimination, reasonable accomodation, definition of the term handicapped, acceptable terminology, and program implementation. Section…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Affirmative Action, Agency Cooperation
Young, Earl B., Ed. – 1969
Information on vocational education for the handicapped considers the following: different types of handicaps; cooperation and interagency involvement; services available from vocational rehabilitation; a model for a state-wide cooperative agreement; programs and services; and provision of services in rural areas. Community involvement in…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on the High Tech Center for disabled students. Part I is a general overview of the VERP project,…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education