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Sproul, Janene; Ledger, Susan; MacCallum, Judith – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
Technological developments allow students to access visual information from digital devices as small as phones or as large as whiteboards. Education technology research and policy typically address the software product, yet little research has focused on optimal viewing parameters or the impact it has on student users. Students with light…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Needs
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Clunies-Ross, Louise – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2005
This literature review took place during 2004, and shows that the braille debate over Grade 1 and Grade 2 has been ongoing for more than 70 years. Given the span of time and a remit that covered the English-speaking world, a chronological approach was taken, focusing on the two main strands of policy and empirical research, from the early 20th…
Descriptors: Braille, Literature Reviews, Research, Reading
Western Australian Council for Special Education, Churchlands. – 1978
The report focuses on the education of visually handicapped children in Western Australia. Chapter 1 deals with the medical terminology of visual impairment and related educational issues. An historical review is the content of a second chapter, and Chapter 3 provides information on educational programs for visually handicapped children at the…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
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Beevers, R.; Hallinan, P. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
An Amiga 500 microcomputer with a talking word processor was used by an Australian visually impaired elementary school pupil, to provide an alternative to braille in using text and writing. This article reviews the relevant literature, explores the challenges and limitations posed by the technology, and offers a case study of the student and her…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Case Studies, Computer Literacy, Computer Software