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>> Eric: I’m Eric and I have a[br]visual impairment called Stargardt’s

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and it’s a macular degeneration[br]which affects the center of my vision

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so it makes it really hard to read,[br]read fine print and see details

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so I use the sides of my eyes[br]to see more in the periphery.

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>> Computer: Zoom Text enabled.

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>> Eric: The main piece of[br]assistive technology that I use

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on the computer[br]is ZoomText

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which is a screen magnifier[br]that allows me to make

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everything on the computer screen[br]as big or as small as I need it

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depending upon what I’m reading.

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There’s also a built-in[br]screen reader on ZoomText

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which I can also use[br]to help read documents

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because my eyes get[br]tired really easily.

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I use a TV monitor[br]that I have on my desk

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that allows me[br]to see the board

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and what is being projected[br]on the board by the teacher.

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>> Mike: Hi, I'm Mike.

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My disability is[br]that I am visually impaired.

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I can see things up close but[br]further away it gets blurry.

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I use a whole bunch[br]of different technologies

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in my daily life.

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My smartphone works brilliantly[br]for what I need it to.

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It has a whole bunch[br]of different apps on it

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that will help me[br]in my day-to-day life.

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I have Voice Dream Reader[br]which is an input app

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so you can switch over[br]different types of media

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and it will allow it[br]to be read aloud to me.

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>> iPad: Lyceum, Lyceum Tuesday[br]July 19 2016, five-zero P-M.

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>> Mike: And that's[br]what the sign says.

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Scanning is very important for[br]somebody with a visual impairment

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because there are a lot of printed[br]materials in the world in general

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that are very not[br]visually impaired friendly,

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not blind friendly.

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>> Jessie: Hi.

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My name is Jessie,

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and I'm a fourth-year student[br]at the University of Washington,

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majoring in informatics[br]with a minor in diversity.

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And I identify myself as deaf.

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So the assistive technology,[br]I use a cochlear implant,

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which is my own, personal device[br]I need to hear.

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I often use an FM system,[br]which I give to my professor

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so that I can hear the professor more[br]directly through my cochlear implant.

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It's like a microphone.

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Another accommodation[br]I use almost every day

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is called CART, C-A-R-T,

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which stands for[br]Communication Access Realtime.

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So what it is, is a captioning device[br]that's real time captioning,

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that I can read the[br]transcript on the screen

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while the professor is[br]talking in real time.

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>> Takashi: My name[br]is Takashi

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and I have a disease[br]called retinoschisis

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that affects my retinas.

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Mostly I use my phone's camera

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to take pictures of the whiteboard[br]or homework or what not

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and just blow it up[br]as big as I can.

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I use screen readers not so much[br]but I do like them and

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ZoomText on my laptop.

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Smartphones are such[br]an amazing tool.

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I am oh so very glad that I was[br]born in an era with smart phones

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because I just can't[br]imagine doing school

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or living my life[br]without a smartphone.

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>> Grace: I'm profoundly deaf.

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I grew up with two hearing aids[br]and then last year when I was 17,

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I got I got a cochlear implant[br]on my right side

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because I wasn't hearing anything[br]through my right ear.

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In school, in school I use an interpreter,[br]a sign language interpreter

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and also have a note taker[br]for each of my classes

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whenever I request one

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and if the class has[br]a video or movie showing

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it usually has captions[br]or if there's no captions,

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my teacher will[br]provide a transcript.

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There's a lot of group projects[br]in my engineering classes

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and I just use an[br]ASL interpreter pretty much.

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And I talk to[br]the other students

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and make sure that they're[br]aware that I'm deaf.

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I just tell them[br]to slow down a bit

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or speak louder and they're usually[br]very flexible with me.

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>> Vincent: My name is Vincent

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and I’m currently a[br]PhD student at Georgia Tech

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in human centered computing.

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As it is with people with[br]all types of disabilities,

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people with the same disability[br]also access information differently.

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For example, I’m totally blind[br]and I primarily utilize my computers–

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and I say that because I have[br]five or six different computers

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with different operating systems–

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and I utilize them[br]different ways.

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I access a lot using the variety[br]of screen reading programs

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with hardware and software[br]-based synthesizers.

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I am wearing something[br]no one's even noticed yet.

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I am wearing something that's[br]off-the-shelf technology.

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It used to be military and[br]then it was extremely expensive.

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This is a bone conduction headset[br]designed for runners.

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I wear one[br]almost continuously.

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This is off-the-shelf technology[br]that anyone can use right now

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and also my watch[br]is connected to this

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when things come through now[br]I hear them in my head

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even with people around

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and I just hear the notification[br]or whatever,

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text messages,[br]news updates.

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And now I don't even have[br]to go to my phone anymore.

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>> Sheryl: My name is[br]Sheryl Burgstahler

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and I direct[br]Accessible Technology Services

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at the University of Washington[br]in Seattle.

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As you can see,[br]it’s really important

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that people with disabilities have access[br]to the technology that they need

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including assistive technology

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so they can be successful[br]in education, in careers,

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and all the activities[br]that they wish to pursue.

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It’s also important[br]that IT developers

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including those that create websites,[br]documents, software and other IT

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make those products accessible to people[br]who are using assistive technology

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and to everyone else.