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The Award database is continually updated throughout the year. As a result, data for FY24 is not expected to be complete until March, 2025.

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  1. Job Quest: An Internet-based, Self-Directed Career Exploration and Assessment System for Students and Adults with Significant Intellectual Disabilities

    SBC: ABLELINK TECHNOLOGIES INC            Topic: N/A

    People with Intellectual Disabilities depend a great deal on work for their quality of life. Working in community-based jobs can make a substantial difference in income, relationships and self-esteem. An important factor in successful employment outcomes is matching individuals with jobs that are of interest to the job seeker. However, existing job interest tools are ineffective for this populatio ...

    SBIR Phase II 2004 Department of Education
  2. Rocket Reader: A simplified PDA-based portable reading system for enabling access to audio books and electronic documents for individuals with intellectual disabilities

    SBC: ABLELINK TECHNOLOGIES INC            Topic: N/A

    One of the most significant barriers existing today for individuals with intellectual disabilities is the inability for much of this population to independently read and access written information. The plethora of materials available electronically, including books, biographies, audio books as well as talking book services for individuals with visual and learning disabilities. Regrettably, while t ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  3. LCAI: Exploring the potential of an independently usable, internet-based multimedia software system for self-Paced assessment, instruction and practice in listening comprehension skills for non readers

    SBC: ABLELINK TECHNOLOGIES INC            Topic: N/A

    The most recent data available from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) indicates that 4-6% of adults in the United States have insufficient reading skills to even attempt participation in the NAAL’s literacy assessment in 1992 (Literacy in the Labor Force, p. 310- 320). While there are approximately 8 million individuals with intellectual disabilities (e.g., mental retardation) in ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  4. Standard seeker: A system for aligning content, curricula, and assessment to learning objective benchmarks for standards-based education

    SBC: KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.            Topic: N/A

    This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a prototype system for semi-automatically aligning content, curricula, and assessment items to learning objectives to promote standards-based education reform in American K-12 schools. This system, when employed by professional content correlators or novice teachers, will provide accurate matches between learning materials and as ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  5. Tech-access: An online information resource for K-12 educators on accessible technology in educational settings

    SBC: Meeting the Challenge, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    Technology is pervasive in American life. In August 2000, 53.7 million households had at least one computer and 43.6 million households had Internet access. Eighty percent of professionals use computers in the workplace, and 54% of all workers use computers. Students with disabilities constitute over 13% (6.3 million in 2001) of all students in K-12 public schools and are often disadvantaged becau ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  6. Web-based reading assessment and instruction prototype development and evaluation

    SBC: Mentor Machines, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    The proposed work seeks to demonstrate feasibility of an accessible Web-based literacy program which assesses an individuals reading skills and provides relevant instruction through interaction with a virtual tutor—a lifelike computer character that simulates the behaviors of an effective reading teacher. Specific technical objectives include designing online reading assessment instruments to es ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  7. Integrated training and assessment system for basic academic skills.

    SBC: Apprion, LLC            Topic: N/A

    Ninety million American adults are deficient in the basic academic skills and problem solving competencies mandatory for success in today’s workplace, resulting in unemployment, lowered productivity, and a shortage of qualified job applicants. This proposal is for the development of an internet-based, integrated training, assessment, and certification system called the Basic Academic Skills Syst ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  8. Content-oriented reading software for struggling readers

    SBC: Active Artz            Topic: N/A

    In 2003, The Nation’s Report Card for educational progress showed that thirty-seven percent of fourth graders could not read at the most basic level. Further, poor readers are notoriously “disengaged” - they do not have the desire to read. These students need explicit instruction to improve their reading comprehension skills; however, few programs are available to older students and the avai ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  9. Development and Evaluation of an Accessible Voice Recognition System (AVRS) for Individuals with Intellectual

    SBC: ABLELINK TECHNOLOGIES INC            Topic: N/A

    Individuals with significant cognitive impairments have among the highest incidence of illiteracy. This, combined with the complex and text based interfaces of mainstream computer programs and operating systems, makes typical keyboard input largely inaccessible to this population. Voice recognition technology offers promise to overcoming this barrier, but currently provides the same barriers of ex ...

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
  10. Interactive CD ROM Technology for Home-Based Autism Intervention

    SBC: Acanthus, Inc            Topic: N/A

    The platform consists of simple, user-friendly tools to create speech and language lessons which incorporate a lip readable accurate talking head, dubbed "Baldi®." Baldi's skin can be made transparent to show how speech is created by the tongue, jaw (palate, gums and teeth) and lips. Views from any angle can be supplemented with airflow and vibration indicators and highlighting.

    SBIR Phase I 2004 Department of Education
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