Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q126/4/49.asp ------ Assistive Technology Area added to Macworld NY highlights The educational offerings at Macworld Expo, coming to New York next month, have been beefed up with a New Assistive Technology Area. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/mc/20000622/tc/assistive_technology_area_added_to_macworld_ny_highlights_ ------ Helping hand A Cape Cod man is first in the nation to use new robotic arm designed to help the disabled. http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/helpinghand13.htm ------ Coming Soon: A PDA That Listens Speech recognition leaders aim to give PDAs a voice and ears. by Tom Spring, PCWorld.com July 5, 2000, 6:23pm PT Two leaders in speech recognition, IBM and Belgian speech technology giant Lernout & Hauspie, have each built speech-enabled prototypes of handheld devices that could be commercially available as early as next year. Both recently showed off palm-size devices that perform speech-to-text transcriptions, have voice-controlled personal digital assistants, and can respond to questions with a computer-synthesized voice. IBM and L&H also plan to connect their devices to competing wireless networks. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=17541 ------ A Stylus With Ears L&H is building an all-in-one device with an Intel 206-MHz StrongARM processor, 64MB of flash RAM, and a stylus that doubles as a microphone. It says the PDA can recognize 25,000 words, letting you dictate e-mails and navigate and update your personal information manager's calendar with voice commands. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=17541&pg=2 ------ Act's provision would postpone 508 deadline A provision of the fiscal 2001 military construction appropriations bill Congress passed late last month would give agencies more time to make their systems accessible to the disabled. http://206.144.247.86/vol19_no19/news/2395-1.html