Bridges News — Access

PROBLEM: Accessibility in Chrome. SOLUTION: Windows? 0

We’ve already reviewed how to connect a switch to a Chromebook. But if you need maximum accessibility in a Chromebook learning environment the ultimate answer may lay in Windows.

But before we get to that, here are a few things that a Chromebook can do if you need an alternative way to access it other than using a standard mouse and keyboard.

Top 8 Chromebook Simple Switch Activity Sites 0

[Over the summer an assistive technology specialist at a school-board that’s gone Chromebooks wrote to us, “What do I do with these things?” This is part 2 of our series on the options for the Chromebook in a special needs setting. ]

Now that you've got your switch talking to your computer (see the previous article Chromebooks and Switch Access), what can you do with it?

Chromebooks and Switch Access 2

Chromebooks are more common in schools -- how do you connect a switch to one?

Bridges Announces New Low Cost Eye Gaze Systems 0

Bridges, the Canadian source for eye gaze technology, is pleased to announce the arrival of the portable, affordable eye gaze systems, The Key and The Comm.

Both the Key and the Comm are powered by a full Windows 8 tablet and USB connected eye gaze system.

The Key is designed for affordable alternative access while the Comm is an eye controlled face-to-face communication tool.