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ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY

The Hatlen Center Access Technology Lab is located in an apartment within the complex where our students live. Individual lessons are held during the day, and the lab is also open in the evenings for students to use. Students are invited to try out various software and hardware in order to determine which technologies best suit their needs.

Students use technology to organize schedules and appointments, pay bills, write papers for college classes, write emails for business and/or personal reasons, search the Internet for route information, housing, jobs, and even recipes. The Hatlen Center makes every attempt to keep the access technology lab as cutting-edge as possible.

The following equipment and software are available in The Hatlen Center lab:

  • Screen-readers: Hal; JAWS for Windows; NVDA; System Access To Go; Window-Eyes
  • Screen-magnification software with/without speech: Lunar; LunarPlus; MAGic; Supernova; Zoomtext
  • Other software: Talking Typer for Windows; Money Talks; Talking Tactile Tablet with Sal; Dragon Naturally Speaking; Dolphin Guide Software
  • PDAs: BrailleNote Apex BT-32/QT-32 /PK with the Sendero GPS; BrailleSense+ B32/Q32/VoiceSense with the GW Sense Navigation GPS; PAC Mate with the StreetTalk VIP GPS; Braille Plus Mobile Manager
  • Stand-alone GPS: Trekker Breeze
  • Refreshable Braille terminals: Focus 80; RefreshaBraille 18
  • Portable, accessible barcode reader: I.D. Mate (Summit)
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning software with speech: Kurzweil 1000; Open Book
  • Optical Character Recognition hardware with speech output: K-NFB Reader (Classic)
  • Refreshable graphical tactile displays: DotView DV-2
  • Electronic Braille Labeler: EL-1000
  • Adaptive Keyboards: Bat Personal Keyboard; MAGic Keyboard
  • Portable Digital Talking Book (DTB) players: Bookport Plus; BookSense XT; Victor Reader Stream
  • Braille embosser: Juliett Pro
  • Braille Translating Software: Duxbury; Braille 2000
  • Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)/video magnifier: Neo; ClearView; Opal
  • Apple Products: MacBook Pro; iPad2; iPad; iPod Touch 4G


Students who attend the Hatlen Center are trained in the following areas:

Living Skills
Orientation and Mobility
Financial Management
Adaptive Technology
Pre-Vocational Skills
Braille
Recreation