Free and Low Cost Resources

Assistive Technology Offers

Ghotit

Ghotit develops solutions for people with dyslexia and dysgraphia. Ghotit is offering users to use Ghotit for free for 6 months.
Download 64-bit for Windows - Ghotit Version 7 free for 6 months
Download 32-bit for Windows - Ghotit Version 7 free for 6 months
user: call-edu
pass: free-covid-19
Setup Instructions
Contact: ofer@ghotit.com

Glean

Glean is a note taking tool from Sonocent which allows students to take notes independently, and has dedicated tools for recording and making notes during online classes. The offer allows institutions to get free access to the tool for an unlimited number of students.  Glean is designed to be so simple that students can learn how to use it themselves in as little as five minutes.  It now includes dedicated tools for online learning, so that students can take notes independently and record lectures wherever they are.
Download Glean FREE for an unlimited number of students through August 31, 2020
Contact: charles.hague@sonocent.com

ObjectiveEd

ObjectiveEd is providing free use of their distance learning system to schools, for teachers to use with students with vision impairments through the end of the 2019/2020 school year.  This product is "gamified learning".  ObjectiveEd's mission is to provide students with disabilities, and the parents and professionals dedicated to their education, digital curriculum and integrated performance monitoring and reporting tools that will help the students achieve their best educational outcomes. 
Sign up at ObjectiveEd
Contact: marty@objectiveed.com

Streamer Solutions

Everyone can get 4 weeks of free captioning and translation of any livestream event, including Zoom, Facebook Live, Google Meet, WebEx, etc. After 4 weeks, the cost to continue using the service is $9.97/month or $99/year (which comes to $8.25/month). Register for one of the webinars presented by Robert Palmquist, CEO SpeechGear, Inc. to learn how to sign up for the service and how to use it to caption and translate your livestreams.
Educators 
Businesses 
Government Agencies
Churches 
Contact:  rpalmquist@speechgear.com

Reader Pens

Portable, pocket-sized device that reads text aloud. Has many more features.
Parent Trial
School District Trial*
*Be sure if you are District Staff working from home, that you put the School District name and address. Also note in the ‘other details’ where to ship to, so you are sure to receive the package.
Videos of Reader Pens in action: 
Parents/Students
District/School staff/Students
Free webinar can be scheduled by contacting timothys@scanningpens.com or 203-339-1709

Present Pal

Present Pal is free for the next several months. Presentation support software that works like a set of interactive flashcards and helps students with any presentation anxiety. We support many individuals with different needs, dyslexia, ADHD, autism or anyone who suffers from presentation anxiety.  Video available.
Contact: cara@presentpal.co.uk

Mountn’Mover

Remote Learning
Loan Program
COVAID-19
Eval Kits
Contact: info@blueskydesigns.us or 888-724-7002

YesAccessible! TypeAbility

TypeAbility for the blind and visually impaired teaches both typing skills, and also skills for editing and navigating in documents, menus and dialog boxes for those who uses JAWS or Fusion.
TypeAbility is now available for only $30 (usual price is $150) for those using the free Home Temporary License of JAWS/Fusion through June 30, 2020.  TypeAbility will time out June 30, 2020, as well.
More Information can be found at www.YesAccessible.com
Contact:  info@yesaccessible.com