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Using OrbiTouch Keyless Keyboard and other AT together: A User’s Guide
Last week, orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard visited Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) and the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATiA) conference as well. These conferences were successful on two fronts: One, it is always great to connect with industry experts, and two, experience first hand the new adaptive technology improving the quality of life for persons with special needs.
ATiA Orlando 2012
Assistive Technology Industry Association’s semi-annual conference is coming to Orlando next week, and we here at orbiTouch couldn’t be more excited. ATiA Conferences are like the Superbowl in the assistive technology industry, except they happen twice a year, once in Orlando and once in Chicago. We heard great things about the ATiA Chicago conference back in November, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to Orlando.
OrbiTouch: The Importance of Technology and Accessibility
There is revolution all around us. Time Magazine has named The Protestor as its Person of the Year.
Project Mercury Overview
Project Mercury is an initiative started by Blue Orb, parent company of orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard, and the Central Florida Disability Chamber of Commerce. It is funded by a multi-year grant from National Science Foundation and designed to help persons with special needs and wounded veterans become entrepreneurs.
Project Mercury FAQ
As many of you know, Blue Orb, parent company of orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard, in partner with Central Florida Disability Chamber of Commerce, was awarded a National Science Foundation Small Business Research
Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation donates 35 orbiTouch units to Orlando VA Medical Center
Units will be used for multi-year initiative to help wounded veterans become entrepreneurs.
Committed to Access: HP innovation lowers barriers to technology use
Accessibility is a vital concern for all levels of government as technology becomes a fundamental tool for streamlining internal operations and delivering services to citizens.
When a Canadian assistive technology company developed a revolutionary computerized travel guide for the blind, it chose HP’s versatile iPAQ Pocket PC handheld as the platform for its solution.
OrbiTouch Keyless Keyboard: Breaking Barriers
The following is an excerpt from an guest blog post featured on the special education technology blog Teaching All Students that follows the orbiTouch experience of a young man and his mother.
OrbiTouch: Show your gratitude
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For those with disabilities, a new entrepreneurial spirit
The following excerpt is from an Orlando Sentinel article written by Kate Santich published on November 12, 2011. The article explores initiatives by various Central Florida organizations to promote entrepreneurism among persons with special needs.
