Young inventor's handle on design

"A student has designed a specially-shaped handle to help people with hand disabilities make it easier to open doors."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8105045.stm

Read The Words

Document reader

http://www.readthewords.com/

Zac Browser for Autistic Children

"Kid-friendly software company PeopleCD announced today the launch of Zac, a new browser designed specifically for children with autism and related disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs), and PDD-NOS. The company says the app is the first of its kind."

http://www.appscout.com/2008/04/zac_browser_for_autistic_child.php

Colorblind Web Page Filter

http://colorfilter.wickline.org/

aDesigner

"A disability simulator that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired."

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner?open&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GRsite-lnxw07&ca=dgr-lnxw07awadesigner

SpokenText - Free online text to audio converter

"SpokenText.net allows you to record (English, French or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, ,RSS news feeds, emails and web pages, and converts them to speech automatically. You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL , which you can use to download recordings to iTunes or your iPod. You can also easily share your recordings on your web site or blog using SpokenText Badges or individual recording players."

http://www.spokentext.net/

Fire Vox - A screen reading extension for firefox

Fire Vox is an open source, freely available talking browser extension for the Firefox web browser. Think of it as a screen reader that is designed especially for Firefox.

http://firevox.clcworld.net/