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Linda W.: I went from being 20/20 to be in legally blind in less than a year.
Keith A.: I have very limited dexterity in one hand and I was very clumsy trying to use them the mouse and the keyboard
Erinn M. I use the computer all the time with my email and such like that and I think it is always been a fear that I would not be able to do that someday.
Kristin K.: Some multiple sclerosis it looks different for everybody. The way I experience multiple sclerosis might be different from the way anybody else with MS has it.
Chris A.: MS is such an individual disease and to be able to have a resources that our customized to people is just an extremely helpful thing and entirely necessary as well.
Rachel D.: It is nice to connect my MS, my way to how it can make my life easier. Make my ability to communicate batter. Give me more self esteem.
Paul Lloyd: People they just have a different vision needs. Some people could only read yellow on the black background or some people need a cursor to help focus where they looking at.
Kevin Curtin: Everything we do on the modern office in the modern world revolves around the computer and if someone because of their specific disability cannot use that computer, they are shot off. They are shot off from employment and their shot off if they are employed they maybe shot off from promotion and further opportunities.
Keith A.: If I did not have this technology I probably, I would definitely I will not be doing my job that I am doing right now.
Elizabeth M: There are technologies that I did not even know existed for voice recognition and screen magnification for computers, pretty cool stuff.
Paul Lloyd: It a kind a shows you, you can switch to side that is on and so.
Kristin K.: That is terrific. What a great toy.
Kevin Curtin: The target center is the USTA one stop shop for disability resources. We work to identify, demonstrate and educate people about the latest to system technology so that people with different disabilities can use the same technologies people who do not have any disabilities, at the present time.
Kristin K.: I have realized how easy it is to use this technology. It is so clear. Sometimes it is just a click or looking out where an option is that makes me feel that it is something I could used very easily at something that I would recommend to other people to make this living with MS a lot easier.
Keith A.: This voice recognition software is very powerful. When you using for dictation the more dictation you do.
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The more it learns so it is learning while you are using it to dictate.
Kevin Curtin: The reason I have a sort out of four days because that was going to help me control my computer now. These cause me the same functionality as a regular mouse. I use the mouse that is actually a reflected data on my forehead to control the computer just as someone as using their mouse or their voice.
Amy g.: What amazes me as with all technology is just look growth potential there is. I have not actually seen this. It is constantly expanding and if this is where we are now we are going to be in pretty good shape. Let us just say five or ten years from now because they really made some tremendous advances and they can help so many different people but that is thinkable.
My advice to anyone with MS about a assistive technology with really be to explore what out there because you might be surprise by the range of resources that are available for you.
Kevin Curtin: Now.
Female: Sense client.
Kevin Curtin: You have heard the computer talking to me and what that is doing it is giving the auditory clues that also pop up as tool tips.
Female: Tutor can be thought of as a software program that simplifies for use of word or other similar to programs.
Kevin Curtin: This let someone who has trouble focusing difficulty concentrating really get to the hard of the matter increasing your productivity and enabling them to function more effectively and more efficiently.
Paul Lloyd: Have you use the reader before on this, did you know?
Kristin K.: I have not.
Paul Lloyd: Because it has a built in readers. You just have to turn on. Speaker in it you can have an application reader, a doc reader, a zone reader or a speak it and there are so for instance. This is a micro screen reader where you navigate the whole computer with audio but speak it to him.
Chris A.: I think with MS there is a tendency to just trying to get by. It is a difficult disease and people just want to be making it.
Kristin K.: Make sure that you arm yourself with this much information, incredible information from incredible sources to learn about different technology that can help you if not to say that you need to know it now or to use it now but to have that information to know that you have those resources available to you if. It is a very empowering thing to do for yourself.
Elizabeth M: Be excited about what is out there because there are some amazing stuff going on.
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