Visual and Auditory Skills

Match ‘em (Windows 95+)

Match ’em has been developed to support matching and
discrimination. The wide range of activities provided with
the package are especially useful for visual assessment
and training. Activities include matching colours, shapes,
silhouettes and object parts. A background colour and/or
picture can be set to make the matching activity more
challenging visually.

Input methods: Touch Screen/Mouse, single or double switch.

Listen Hear V2 (Windows 95+, not NT4))

     

Listen Hear! provides auditory stimulation by enabling
the playing and movement of sounds in stereo and in 3D.
Sounds can be played momentarily when a switch is
pressed, or play in a continuous loop until stopped.
The position of the sounds can be controlled by mouse or
joystick, or can be automatically moved in pre-defined ways,
e.g. moving from the left to right speaker; moving in and out;
and, given 3D speakers, even in a circle. Experiment with
creating your own sounds effects using a microphone and
the built-in sound recorder in Windows. An excellent resource
for individuals requiring auditory stimulation.

Input methods – switch, Touch Screen/Mouse/Games Joystick,
sound activated (using microphone plugged into sound card),
Intellitools keyboard.

Look ’n Listen (Windows 95+)

Look ’n Listen provides three types of activities, encompassing
visual matching and discrimination skills, while including a variety
of auditory and listening skills. The first two activities can be used
with mouse, touch screen or two switches. Laterality skills are
also reinforced – e.g. press the switch associated with the
image/sound on that side of the computer. A joystick or touch
screen can be used to ‘move’ a picture / sound from one side
of the computer to the other, or increase / decrease the sound
by moving to the top or bottom of the screen.

Input methods – 2 switches and Mouse/Joystick/Touch Screen.

Look Some More (Windows 95+)

     

Look Some More is a development of Look Here (see above).
It provides an interactive option (to develop ‘cause and effect’
skills) as well as sounds associated with the on screen display.
Any changes made to the effects can be saved as a user
profile and loaded and run in a future exercise. A sound switch
option is also provided where a sound over a certain volume
acts like a switch.

Input methods – none or keyboard or switch or sound switch.

Maze On (Windows 3.1+)

Maze On lets you create and play different maze type games.
The concept of maze can be very general. You can use mouse,
touch-screen or one or two switches.

Input methods – Mouse, Touch Screen, 1 or 2 switch or keyboard.

Maze On – Support Packs

Moves 1

     

Moves 1 is a resource pack developed by a teacher of the
visually impaired for developmentally young users. The pack
provides a range of activities aimed at developing various
early visual skills, including scanning, tracking and visually
directed reach (when used with a touch screen).
The activities have also provedeffective in introducing and
developing basic mouse skills.

Moves 2

Moves 2 is a resource pack developed by a teacher of the
visually impaired for developmentally young users. The pack
provides a range of activities to follow on from Moves 1 and
is aimed at further developing various early visual skills,
including scanning, tracking and visually directed reach
(when used with a touch screen). The screens are visually
more complex and the activities involve more complex moves.

Knockout & Reveal (Windows 3.1+)

     

Knockout and Reveal encourages visual development and
prediction. Users can either assemble or knockout pictures
piece by piece; pictures can be uncovered or revealed in
amusing ways - try ‘snaking’ for an intriguing effect. An
extensive library of images is provided and users can also
load their own pictures. The program is useful to students
with cognitive and developmental disabilities and can be
accessed by touch window, mouse or keyboard.

Input methods – Touch Screen/Mouse.


Flip It & Slider (Windows 3.1+)

     

Flip It and Slider encourage and stimulate visual
development and problem solving skills. Flip It jumbles
a part of the picture vertically or horizontally. The user
identifies the jumbled area and is rewarded by a sound
when they fix it by clicking on it. Slider creates very simple,
sliding puzzle-type games. Students must ‘slide’ the part
of the picture into place to complete it. An extensive
assortment of pictures is provided. Your own pictures
and sounds can be used. These programs are suggested
for individuals with visual impairments and are
accessible by touch window or mouse.

Input methods – Touch Screen/Mouse

Picture Switcher (Windows 3.1+)

   

Picture Switcher gives a switch user grid style access
to the activities produced by Knockout and Reveal,
Flip It and Slider. A wide range of activities are included
in this package.

Input methods – 1 or 2 switch, keyboard


Look Here (Windows 3.1+)

   

Look Here has been designed for the sensory (visual)
stimulation of the very young and the developmentally young.
It has fifteen different imagesthat can be modified with
special effects. Options such as speed, size and background
colour can be changed. Load different effects and then
Choose one of the fifteen images: chessboard, Manhattan,
grid, shapes, lines, snake, wheel, confetti, dancing line, bars,
rings, ovals, Xs, moving line and wobble. Useful for individuals
requiring visual stimulation.

Input methods – none.