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IDEAL Group's
Portable Assistive Technology Software SmartDrive® |
1995-2010
15 Years
of
Excellence |
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Given the
impact of our economy on school budgets, staff and programs... there are
an ever increasing number of barriers preventing invidivuals with disabilities
from obtaining the assistive technology software they need to succeed in
their pursuit of a quality education.
No More.
Thanks to the
development support of the government agencies listed
below, IDEAL Group's
Portable Assistive Technology (AT) Software SmartDrive® (PATTS) is
now available for use by schools, colleges and organizations across the country and around the
world. The benefits PATTS provides to individuals with disabilities, schools, colleges,
places of employment, etc. are significant. For example, PATTS:
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Improves
transition outcomes for AT software users from home to work, school to school, school to college,
school to employment
and in adult life in general;
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Significantly reduces the
cost of providing AT software to individuals who desire/need to use it;
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Eliminates
ownership issues which preclude individuals from carrying with them and
using their AT software on any
PC they desire/need to use;
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Reduces
incompatibility/interoperability issues between the AT software being used
and applications already residing on the PC being used;
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Eliminates
vandalism and innocent corruptions of PC-based AT software since the portable AT
applications are not
installed on the PC being used. All applications are installed and launch
directly from the SmartDrive. Individuals simply carry their AT software,
personal files, virus protection software and configuration files with them
wherever they go;
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Eliminates licensing limitations
that make it illegal for individuals to use their commercial AT software on any PC
they desire/need to use;
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Minimizes the problem of too
few AT software-equipped computers in schools, colleges, libraries,
community centers, places of employment, and elsewhere;
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Helps to
reduces the financial loss resulting from AT software abandonment;
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Eliminates acquisition
time and red tape;
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Eliminates the stigma of having
to use "special" PCs;
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Video of IDEAL Group's Portable Assistive Technology (AT) Software SmartDrive®.
Interested in more information?
Grantors:
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Grantor: U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Special Education Program (OSEP)
Project: Ohio State University Nisonger Center "Access Tomorrow: Using
E-mentoring, Web-based and Assistive Technologies for Increasing Achievement
and Transition Outcomes (Phase I)"
Dates: 08/01/06 - 07/31/09
Cooperative Agreement #:
H327A060066
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Grantor: U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Special Education Program (OSEP)
Project: Ohio State University Nisonger Center "Access Tomorrow: Using
E-mentoring, Web-based and Assistive Technologies for Increasing Achievement
and Transition Outcomes (Phase II)"
Dates: 08/01/09 - 07/31/12
Cooperative Agreement #:
H327A090058
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Grantor:
National Science Foundation,
Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) and Regional Alliances for
Persons with Disabilities in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology
Education (RAD)
Project: Ohio
State University Nisonger Center "Collaborative
Research: Increasing Achievement and Transition outcome in STEM Professions of
Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities"
Dates:
12/1/08 - 11/30/10
Award #: 0833561
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Grantor: U.S. Department of
Education
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Project:
University of Oregon's Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE)
Mathematics eText Research Center (MeTRC) on Accessible and Supported
Electronic Text to Improve Mathematics Achievement for Students with
Disabilities"
Dates: 12/01/09 - 11/30/12
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Grantor: U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Project: Bookshare.org's Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible
Materials Center (DIAGRAM) to develop tools and best practices that will make
it easier and more cost-effective to create and use accessible images across a
range of educational content.
Cooperative Agreement #: H327B090001
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