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Upcoming AT Training
Customised AT Training?
What's been happening in AT this year................
Expert AT User: Christina McCarthy
Expert AT User: Mairead Manton
Expert AT User: Padhraig Dormer
2015 Community Design Challenge
Blog: ATandMe

Expert AT User: Padhraig Dormer
 
I use an on-screen keyboard because my typing skills are not that good but with the on-screen keyboard, with the mouse I can click on a letter and it appears immediately. 


I use Dragon Software also.  I speak into a microphone and it types everything you say.  On the down side, when using Dragon, when you are writing a letter or preparing an email, you have to pause to think about what you are writing or saying . It picks up on any pauses etc and sometimes it can shut down because it thinks you are finished.  It’s better suited when you already have something written out in front of you so that you don’t have to think about it.  I would definitely recommend the on-screen keyboard.  It works really well for me.


Other types of AT that I use at the moment include a ‘zapper’ to open/close gates at my home.  I also wear a personal alarm around my neck.  If anything happens to me, I can press that and it will activate the house alarm.  It gives me great peace of mind. 

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