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

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

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

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

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>> Computer: Zoom Text enabled.

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

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on the computer
is ZoomText

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which is a screen magnifier
that allows me to make

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everything on the computer screen
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
screen reader on ZoomText

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which I can also use
to help read documents

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because my eyes get
tired really easily.

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I use a TV monitor
that I have on my desk

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that allows me
to see the board

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and what is being projected
on the board by the teacher.

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>> Mike: Hi, I'm Mike.

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My disability is
that I am visually impaired.

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

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I use a whole bunch
of different technologies

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in my daily life.

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My smartphone works brilliantly
for what I need it to.

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It has a whole bunch
of different apps on it

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that will help me
in my day-to-day life.

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I have Voice Dream Reader
which is an input app

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so you can switch over
different types of media

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and it will allow it
to be read aloud to me.

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

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

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Scanning is very important for
somebody with a visual impairment

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

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that are very not
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
at the University of Washington,

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majoring in informatics
with a minor in diversity.

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And I identify myself as deaf.

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So the assistive technology,
I use a cochlear implant,

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

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

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

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It's like a microphone.

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Another accommodation
I use almost every day

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

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which stands for
Communication Access Realtime.

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So what it is, is a captioning device
that's real-time captioning,

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that I can read the
transcript on the screen

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while the professor is
talking in real-time.

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>> Takashi: My name
is Takashi

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and I have a disease
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
or homework or what not

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and just blow it up
as big as I can.

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

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ZoomText on my laptop.

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Smartphones are such
an amazing tool.

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

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because I just can't
imagine doing school

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or living my life
without a smartphone.

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>> Grace: I'm profoundly Deaf.

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

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I got a cochlear implant
on my right side

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

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In school, in school I use an interpreter,
a sign language interpreter

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and also have a note taker
for each of my classes

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whenever I request one

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and if the class has
a video or movie showing

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it usually has captions
or if there's no captions,

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my teacher will
provide a transcript.

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

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and I just use an
ASL interpreter pretty much.

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And I talk to
the other students

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and make sure that they're
aware that I'm Deaf.

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I just tell them
to slow down a bit

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

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>> Vincent: My name is Vincent

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and I’m currently a
PhD student at Georgia Tech

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in human centered computing.

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As it is with people with
all types of disabilities,

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people with the same disability
also access information differently.

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

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and I say that because I have
five or six different computers

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with different operating systems–

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and I utilize them
different ways.

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I access a lot using the variety
of screen reading programs

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with hardware and software
-based synthesizers.

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

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

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

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This is a bone conduction headset
designed for runners.

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I wear one
almost continuously.

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

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and also my watch
is connected to this

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when things come through now
I hear them in my head

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even with people around

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and I just hear the notification
or whatever,

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text messages,
news updates.

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

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>> Sheryl: My name is
Sheryl Burgstahler

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and I direct
Accessible Technology Services

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at the University of Washington
in Seattle.

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As you can see,
it’s really important

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that people with disabilities have access
to the technology that they need

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including assistive technology

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so they can be successful
in education, in careers,

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and all the activities
that they wish to pursue.

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It’s also important
that IT developers

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including those that create websites,
documents, software and other IT

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make those products accessible to people
who are using assistive technology

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and to everyone else.