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> Morse 2000 Outreach & Services Outreach, Trace Research and
>Development Center at UW-Madison, and the Johns Hopkins University Center
>for Technology in Education. Here are excerpts from the Fall 1995 issue of
>their newsletter MORSEls . . . Purpose A unified, global effort to
>promote use of, research in, and standardization of Morse code in
>rehabilitation contexts, as well as in other specialized communications
>settings, appears essential at this time. Morse 2000 will begin to address
>these needs. We welcome your participation. Goals of Morse 2000 Outreach
>1. Organize and conduct an international conference addressing
>rehabilitation applications of Morse code. 2. Develop and maintain a
>worldwide communication network to share information on Morse code use in
>rehabilitation and special education. This network will include the
>newsletter MORSEls and the online Morse 2000 listserver, as well as
>telephone, FAX, and postal communications. 3. Develop and maintain an
>international repository for and database of research in Morse code
>applications in rehabilitation, available via the above communication
>network. 4. Apply research and clinical findings to establish and promote
>use of standardized Morse-type entry patterns for all currently-used
>keyboard functions and mouse emulation. 5. Promulgate a standardized
>methodology of Morse pattern creation for representing new keyboard
>functions as they are developed by manufacturers. 6. Continue to influence
>the computer industry to include Morse code access as a standard,
>transparent access alternative built in to all new computers. 7. Expand
>global Morse literacy and awareness for potential users and the general
>public. 8. Continue to research and develop enhanced, efficient methods of
>learning Morse code for various expressive and receptive communication
>applications. 9. Explore possibility of publishing a regular scholarly
>journal focusing on Morse code research. Again quoting the organization's
>newsletter, here are two examples of the work of Morse 2000 Outreach . . .
> Morse Code with Cerebral Palsy "Clinicians at the Augmentative
>Communication Clinic, Children's Rehabilitation Centre of Essex County in
>Windsor, Ontario, Canada, have been investigating innovative approaches to
>the access challenges faced by children with Cerebral Palsy and cortical
>visual impairment. Morse code is one method which is being investigated as
>an alternative/adjunct to the often time-intensive method of auditory
>scanning. "" Morse Code at Seattle Children's Hospital "One client, a
>student with C5-6 quadriplegia, began to use Morse code in September 1989,
>as he began to pursue his Accounting degree at a local community college.
>All written work, including math and accounting, was done on his computer
>using Morse code with a Words+ system. He continued on to the University
>of Washington, graduating this year. He sat for his CPA exam in May. "Dr.
>Dowden (speech language pathologist) has a long history with Morse code,
>working for several years with the University of Washington. In 1985, she
>was involved in putting a Civil Engineer with a C-4 spinal cord injury on
>one of the first IBM-based Morse code systems. This system allowed him to
>independently operate a computer, generate and edit necessary reports,
>analyze data from other engineers, and program in FORTRAN. He continues to
>work, using some of the original equipment in his middle management role
>for the same Civil Engineering company. ""
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