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WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANTS IN SCHOOL BUSES ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO INJURY IN EVEN MODERATE SPEED CRASHES BECAUSE OF THE OPEN ENVIRNOMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TODAY. IT IS COMMON PRACTICE TO TRANSPORT THIS WHEELCHAIR BOUND POPULATION FACING SIDEWAYS IN VANS AND BUSES. THIS SIDE-FACING ORIENTATION EXPOSES THE WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT TO ADISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF DANGER IN THE EVENT OF FRON ...

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR EDMARK, A SMALL BUSINESS IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, TO DEVELOPAND FIELD-TEST A HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO ADDRESS THE POSSIBLE DISABILITIES BY TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS. PUBLIC LAW 99-457 REQUIRES THE IDENTIFICATION AND PROVISION OF SERVICES TO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. QUALIFIED PERSONAL, REMOTE LOCATION, OR OTHER REASONS. A ...

THE NONSPEAKING SUFFER FROM A LACK OF NATURAL-SOUNDING SYNTHETIC VOICES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF AGE, SEX, AND DIALECT. THE CREATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF NATURAL-SOUNDING VOICES HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY HIGH DEVELOPMENT COSTS RESULTING FROM A LACK OF ADEQUATE LINGUISTIC MODELS AND FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS. ELOQUENT TECHNOLOGY, INC. (ETI) PROPOSES A NOVEL MODULAR APPRO ...

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THE PROGRESSIVE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION PACKAGE WILL BE A SOFTWARE AND COURSEWARE PACKAGE WHICH WILL TEACH SCIENCE IN GRADES 6-9 TO STUDENTS WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH. STUDENTS USING THE PACKAGE WILL LEARN SCIENCE MATERIAL IN MICROCOMPUTER-BASED TUTORIAL DIALOGS THAT INCORPORATE INTERACTIVE VIDEO, GRAPHICS, AND MULTIPLE LEVELSOF TEXTUAL RESPONSES AND REMEDIATIONS. THE STUDENTS WILL WORK PAP ...