Groups help put disabled in touch

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Microcomputers can offer independence, employment and information for handicapped persons. It often happens, however, that people who might benefit do not know about technologies that are available, or do not know where to get information about special equipment or how to pay for such equipment. Organizations devoted to helping the handicapped gain access to computer-related technologies are listed and described: The IBM National Support Center for Persons with Disabilities has information on 800 computer-related devices; Closing the Gap publishes a tabloid newspaper that deals with computer devices for special needs; Apple Computer Inc's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation maintains a data base of relevant information; and Specialnet, a service of GTE Educational Services, is a network devoted to needs of teachers and administrators in special education. If money is a barrier, 'Financing Adaptive Technology: a Guide to Sources and Strategies for Blind and Visually Impaired Users,' a book by Steven B. Mendelson, is suggested.

Social aspects, Publishing industry, Computer industry, Microcomputers, Disabled persons, Social services, Social conditions, Computers and disabled persons, Microcomputer, Organizations, Social Issue, Work at Home, Handicapped, Social Service, IBM National Support Center for Persons with Disabilities, Specialnet (computer network), Closing the Gap Inc., Apple Computer Inc. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation

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Teaching with a light touch

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Four educational software packages are evaluated. The Software Toolworks' $59.95 Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2.0 is a very good program for learning how to type. By combining drills, exercises and games, a user is shown proper techniques. Errors are analyzed and subsequent lessons are adjusted to answer particular weaknesses. The Bureau of Electronic Publishing Inc's Monarch Notes on CD-ROM includes the entire Monarch Notes catalogue that covers over 200 books, plays and poems. It is a good bargain at $99. Symantec's $129 Norton Antivirus 2.0 scans computer memories for signs of viruses, repairs damaged files and protects files against reinfection. It is recommended for schools. MathSoft Inc's $495 Mathcad 3.0 for Windows functions like a smart electronic blackboard. Problems are entered in real math notations, typewritten annotations can be added, and graphs and charts can be used to illustrate problems. A new feature, Electronic Handbooks, makes standard formulas and constants easier to use.

Prepackaged software, Computer related services, not elsewhere classified, Computers, peripherals & software, Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Product information, Educational software, Network security software, Mathematical software, Databases, Security software, Statistical software, Systems and data security software, Database, MathSoft Inc., Statistical/Mathematical Software, Systems/Data Security Software, Software Toolworks Inc., TWRX, Symantec Corp. Peter Norton Products Div., Bureau of Electronic Publishing Inc., Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2.0 (Educational software), Norton AntiVirus 2.0 (Anti-virus software), MathCAD for Windows 3.0 (Mathematical software), Monarch Notes on CD-ROM (Electronic book)

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Instant information

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Prodigy, an electronic information service developed jointly by IBM and Sears Roebuck & Co, is much improved. The service is now offered nationwide and is available in most places with a local phone call. Prodigy is faster than it was, and its graphics are improved. An electronic encyclopedia has been added as well. It is too soon to know whether these improvements will entice more subscribers to sign up for the service, which now costs less than $10 a month, but according to a Prodigy official, the company's goal is to have one million users by the end of 1990. One reason why Prodigy hopes to gain many new subscribers is an IBM plan to bundle Prodigy software and a modem with each new PS/1 microcomputer. Sears, in turn, plans to market PS/1s in its stores.

Marketing, Joint ventures, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Sears, Roebuck and Co., S, Videotex systems, Online, Videotex, Prodigy (Videotex system)

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