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Touch Typing Software for the Visually Impaired & Blind

Specialised edition developed with advice and guidance from the Thomas Pocklington Trust

Compatible with:

JAWS and other screen readers

Dolphin SuperNova and other magnification software/hardware

Google and other captioning software

Learning to touch type is considered one of the most beneficial skills for visually impaired and blind individuals. This is because it allows them to transfer their thoughts easily and automatically onto a screen. It provides them with an invaluable tool and asset for independent working and communicating.

Learning to touch type at any age can dramatically boost confidence, self-belief and independence. However, teaching learners with visual impairment at an early age can drastically transform their experience whilst at school and in FE/HE. It puts them on a more even standing with their sighted peers and opens doors to new career opportunities.

Achieving muscle memory and automaticity when touch typing increases efficiency and productivity. However, most importantly, it frees the conscious mind to concentrate on planning, composing, processing and editing, greatly improving the quality of the work produced.

Features of KAZ’s VI/Blind Touch Typing Software:

Specialised ‘Preference Screen’ offering a ‘dark mode’ setting and the ability to tailor the course to individuals’ specific needs

Ability to drag/expand the course to the size of your monitor, with no loss of quality

Compatible with screen readers, magnification and captioning software/hardware. However, it is also designed to work stand-alone

KAZ’s proven ‘Accelerated Learning’ teaching method incorporating ‘brain balance’ teaches the skill quickly and easily

Challenge modules cater for users with short term memory and helps develop automaticity and ‘muscle memory’, whilst ingraining spelling

Includes ‘speaking keys’ so learners can hear which key they have typed and spoken instruction with auditory feedback on error keys.

Schools and Business editions include an easy-to-use admin-panel, allowing the upload and monitoring of users in real time. They also allow the upload of problematic/course related vocabulary, allowing users to learn to type and spell simultaneously

The KAZ Course

The KAZ course is a tutorial and is designed to be used independently or with minimum supervision. However, a structured lesson plan is available in Administrators’ admin-panels should they wish to teach the course during lessons.

The course consists of five modules:

Module 1– Flying Start - explains how the course works, teaches the home-row keys, correct posture whilst sitting at the keyboard, and explains the meaning, causes, signs, symptoms and preventative measures for Repetitive Strain Injury. Upload - Season 2

Module 2– The Basics - teaches the A-Z keys using KAZ’s five scientifically structured and trademarked phrases. The second season of , the sci-fi comedy

Module 3– Just Do It - offers additional exercises and challenge modules to help develop ‘muscle memory’, automaticity and help ingrain spelling. : The season shifts from personal mystery to

Module 4– And The Rest - teaches punctuation and the number keys.

Module 5– SpeedBuilder - offers daily practice to increase speed and accuracy.

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: Nora joins an anti-technology group in the real world that seeks to dismantle the corporate digital afterlife systems.

: Nathan (Robbie Amell) is trapped in Lakeview with his ex-girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards), who he mistakenly believes has uploaded to be with him, while he remains in love with his customer service "Angel," Nora (Andy Allo).

: The season shifts from personal mystery to systemic critique, highlighting how elite businessmen use technology to disenfranchise lower-income voters in swing states through "free" uploads.

: New concepts like "Mind Frisking"—which allows recording residents' private thoughts and dreams—raise significant privacy and ethical concerns.

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: Nora joins an anti-technology group in the real world that seeks to dismantle the corporate digital afterlife systems.

: The season shifts from personal mystery to systemic critique, highlighting how elite businessmen use technology to disenfranchise lower-income voters in swing states through "free" uploads.

: New concepts like "Mind Frisking"—which allows recording residents' private thoughts and dreams—raise significant privacy and ethical concerns.

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