I have completed my degree in Applied Computer Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. .

I graduated in 1991 from Rochester Institute of Technology and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. While I was at RIT/NTID I completed courses in computer operations, application software, and computer hardware. I have experience in maintaining a database. I created my own web page and I have worked on other web pages making changes and transferring them to the World Wide Web using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). I am very committed to completing any job task assigned and willing to learn any new tasks assigned. I take pride in doing a good job and I am dependable, and hardworking.

I live in Little Rock, AR and I am working at Easter Seals as a Technology Assistant. I lived in Charlottesville, VA for four years. While in Charlottesville, VA I volunteered for the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Multiple Sclerosis Society and the International Center at the University of Virginia. I did disassembly and assembly of PCs at the Virginia Organizing Project. I have tutored a mentally retarded man on how to use the e-mail and I also helped his father on the computer. I have completed a course at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Upgrading and Maintaining PC Hardware. I all so worked at WorkSource Enterprises for Pepsi I work for Easter Seals, AR as a technology assistant and our lab provides four desktop computers equipment with windows XP operating system (Win. XP) and computer cadet full of 20 laptops. One of our desktops is equipped with word processing and multiple tools for alternate access, including alternate keyboard, on-screen keyboards, mouse pointer alternatives such as trackballs and switch interfaces. It has software such as Windows Office and other tools. The IntelliKeys keyboard is also equipped with Braille overlays for accessing the computer. Also in our lab we have a Braille Embosser (printer) and scanner. This Tiger Pro embosser is worth over $10,000 and Braille’s and produces tactile graphics and Nemeth code (Braille numerals and math symbols.) Other one of your desktops has screen readers, text to speech, Braille translation software, voice recognition software and is used with the scanner and embosser at station 3 to produce Braille documents. This station also is used with people who have print disabilities such as dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Our server is the computer nerve center of our wireless and other computers in our local area network. This station is not used by visitors to our lab and only Information Technologists and staff members utilize it. It has battery backup and has security for our network. This network contains 30 laptops and the 5 desktop computers in our lab. We have a touch screen display monitor and educational software. It also has a state of the art text to speech and magnification program called “Zoom text.” This computer also has a number of alternate access tools that can be used with it including trackballs and alternate keyboards. Our scanner can scan materials into our text to speech program called WYNN “What You Need Now”. This program serves as a text to speech processor (you type and it speaks what you type) as well as speaking information found in digital documents from the scanner, software or the world wide web. This computer also utilizes synthesized and digitized speech as well as a high quality sound card to provide the best quality sound feedback available. The computer also can be used to scan graphics and multimedia into word processing programs. We have a 20” Merlin CCTV magnification device. This magnifier is used by people who experience low vision for short reading and manipulation of materials. The 3 hole punch on the table is an example of universally designed office products, which can be used by people with a variety of physical abilities. We also have a voice recognition 14” Merlin magnifier and various switch activated toys and access tools such as the All-Turn-It Spinner. The Merlin can allow someone who is visually impaired and physically disabled to more independently enlarge print materials with an easy to train speaker/microphone interface. The Alpha Smart Neo classroom lab gives our lab the ability to have small computer companion note takers that can be used portably. This is an excellent assistive writing tool and gives our lab additional tools to word process with. The mobile cart is also home to our CR-ROM Duplicator which provides training participants with access to digital materials.

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