A group of students working together
With AI becoming more prevalent every day, there has been a significant rise of AI-powered notetaking/meeting tools. These tools are amazing for not only capturing everything that has been said during a meeting, but for allowing users to easily go back and search for specific information . And because these apps are designed to digitize…

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A speech-language pathologist and her students in class.
Losing your ability to speak due to aphasia, stroke, or other brain injury can feel like being a prisoner in your own mind, especially when you’ve spent your entire pre-injury life with normal speech and language skills. Thankfully there are apps and other resources available to individuals suffering from speech and language-based injuries/disabilities. But before…

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A man in a wheelchair using a PC.
Staying on top of accessibility updates, features, news, and resources is no easy task, even here at the AT Help Desk where we do our absolute best to cover everything we can, there’s just so much accessible content and information out there that it’s impossible to keep track of absolutely everything related to accessibility. Thankfully,…

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Speech therapist conducts an online lesson.
For school-aged children (and even some adults) properly articulating sounds can be a real challenge. This is of course especially true for individuals with learning disabilities, or for those who struggle with auditory learning. For the most part, it’s always recommended to touch base with a certified Speech-Language Pathologist (new window), but for individuals with…

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A man using a captioning system on a phone call.
Have you ever been on an important phone call, and you missed an essential word or phrase, and you’re left wondering what was said? Most of us have been in this situation at least once, regardless of any medically recognized hearing challenges. And for those who do have documented hearing challenges, there are relay services…

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