Bridges News — GAFE/ Chromebook

Kurzweil web subscription/firefly adds Google Drive supports and more 0

Kurzweil 3000 firefly, the reading tool that comes with the web licence subscription version of K3000, has now added direct access to Google Drive.

New Chrome Extension Shifts the Accessible Text Paradigm 0

What’s accessible text? Text that can be read out loud, format changed, notes added etc.? But what about making the text actually more understandable? New Snap&Read Universal’s chrome extension's built in dynamic text levelling shifts the definition of accessible text.

What we’ve learned at Bridges LIVE this year! 0

1) Multi-platform is the new eco system

At BridgesLIVE events we've seen BYOD in action. From iPads, to Surface tablets (actually a lot more than I expected, several per each BLive), from wheezy but still chugging XP laptops, to Macs and Windows, 7, 8 and even an Android tablet and Chromebook or two. Two years ago people brought their own iPads. Now folks bring a laptop, a tablet and a phone all running different OS’s. I had a few people who brought both a Windows laptop and a iPad or Chromebook -- each attendee is their own tech eco-system.

Bridges LIVE! Coming to a City Near You 0

We’ve just had our first Bridges LIVE! event in Mississauga and it was a great success. The enthusiasm of attendees, the discussions around trends in AT, new eye gaze technology and iPad access options, teaching strategies for students with profound challenges, tools on the cloud… as usual we probably learned as much from our participants as they from us!