This 3-page article, prepared by the Butte County Office of
Education in May 2006, covers 42 free full-featured
demonstrations of technology that are available for trial. There
are 13 different groups of devices and software including the
following; AAC Support, Cursors, Graphic organizers,
Keyboarding, Math Support, On-Screen Keyboards, Reading/Writing
Support, Special Needs Curriculum Support, Switch Support, Text-
To-Speech, Tools, Vision Support and Word Prediction. For each
of these subjects one or more links are provided to sites where
software may be downloaded. System requirements are given, and
trial periods are noted. Programs are described very briefly.
Many of these programs will be familiar to those working in the
field of assistive technology. Some may be useful for general
classroom support, such as MathType for use with math notations
in word processors; Scientific Notebook, with a built-in
computer algebra engine; and Compass Software to help measure
skills of computer users. Information from