There are some notes on the use of PDAs in an educational setting for those
with disabilities at http://www.techdis.ac.uk/PDA

We will be updating this set of webpages over the next few months but the
underlying issues that we discovered still stand with most hand held
devices. . 
Best wishes
E.A.

Mrs E.A.Draffan 
TechDis, USIE, EDB, 
University of Sussex,
Brighton BN1 9RG
Tel: 01273 873600
http://www.techdis.ac.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven M. Sawczyn
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 04:21
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Subject: Re: question about pdas for the disabled:


Not only that, but it's called the Mimeo.  I'm not sure if it could beam its
information to a PDA, but it sure can to a PC and with its incorporated OCR
technology, Jaws can evenread the output.  I attended a demonstration of the
Mimeo and was amazed to hear Jaws read the scribbling on the whiteboard.
Sure wish they had this when I was in school.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
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Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:06 PM
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Subject: Re: question about pdas for the disabled:


Hi Sue,

I believe that device is available from Adaptive Technology consulting,
Amesbury Massachusetts, 978-462-3817.



Joseph J. Lazzaro
HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com

On Tue, 27 May 2003, David Poehlman wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sue Tannenbaum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:39 PM
> Subject:
>
> Dear Sir,
> I, along with two other special education teachers, are
working on an EIA
> Grant. The grant is for the use of PDAs in the classroom with special 
> education students. Their disabilities are in the areas of Learning 
> Disabilities and Emotional Disabilities. Your office was
recommended to me
> by way of Matthew SchneerI when I wrote to the "No Child Left
Behind". I am
> searching for any information on the use of PDA's for the
disabled.Do you
> have any documentation on the benefits of using these in the
class with
> special needs students? Are you able to recommend any type of
software that
> can be used with the PDA to benefit these students. The main
reasons for
> this grant is to provide a means of taking notes that are legible, 
> organized, can be kept to use for study guides, etc. All of
these things can
> be beamed to them. I would like to find the one item that was
presented
> during a conference. The presenter told about an item that
could be placed
> on either side of a white board and anything written on the
board could be
> beamed to the students. I checked with Palm and they did know
what it was.
> This is one device that would really benefit the students
with note taking.
>
> Anything that you are able to correlate technology and the
"No Child Left
> Behind Act" would be great. We are going to run into a time
problem soon so
> anything you can send, please do so as soon as you can. Thanks again,
> Sue Tannenbaum
>