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Accessible Instructional Resources

Hi folks...

I am on a mining expedition...all of you have useful and ACCESSIBLE websites that you use while teaching your students. I am requesting that you seen me the URLs (and what ever annotation as it relates to content and accessibility you care to provide). Results appear below.

Thanks in advance for sharing.

Accessible websites by Subject

• Louis Braille Center
  www.louisbraillecenter.org 
  The Louis Braille Center offers a collection of Braille literature that warms the heart and turns the mind toward the Light. Online catalog features biographies of Louis Braille, books by Helen Keller, inspirational and devotional books, poetry, children's classics, books for learning Braille.
• Talks on Mathematics and Logic  http://www.cam.org/~aselby/fairUse/sounds/index.html
  A website that offers words, sounds and (sorry) images to make understanding and explaining mathematics and its rule-based thought easier and cleared. The Leading online chapters from books on Pattern Based Reason and Three Skills for Algebra use words to explain basic ideas. Here is a way to meet mathematics with a minimal dependence on symbols if you have software able to read text online.
• Six popular search engine text version page
  http://www.netbahn.net/html.txt/search_engines.txt.html
  This page links six popular search engines to a text version page without advertisements. It provides a simple field entry box for each search you wish to make.
• Speech Friendly Search Engines
  http://www.wwwebit.com/Kina/search.htm
  17 search engines that have a form line for text input.
• Dictionary - word definitions
  http://www.dictionary.com
  Outspoken/Mac/Netscape Options on Netscape: uncheck Auto Load Image (this replaces graphics with an icon)
  Dictionary.com entry word box is at the top of the page. The dictionary search produces definitions from several dictionary sources and is presented in an easy text viewing field. In definitions additional links are indicated as well as additional URLs to link to for research information.
  This dictionary is linked also from: Hypertext Webster Interface http://www.shadow.net/~jrd/webster.html
• Shakespeare's Word Glossary
  http://www.gh.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/glossary.html
  Simple A to Z word list of Shakespeare's Vocabulary. Text page.
  Use Find Command on Computer: Mac Open Apple F PC Ctrl F
  Outspoken on Mac: Read dialogue box features
  1. Type to search letter heading A to Z hyphen hyphen space letter space hyphen hyphen (outspoken reads hyphen as a dash) or Type: vocabulary word to look up
  2. Mark button for direction of search forward - down backward - up Outspoken use keypad Select Key to choose buttons.
  3. Select Find Button Outspoken select key or Computer Return/enter Key as find is the default button.
• World 91 Counties Online: Information from Federal Research Division
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.html
  Excellent TEXT information on 91 countries from the Library of Congress Country Studies Handbook. Check the research completed date for timeliness of data.
  When country is selected a very nice search for data entry box appears at the top of the page, a table of contents for information about the country follows.
  Netscape: Options - uncheck Auto Load Images
  Search the Country Studies: Outspoken 1.75 - When pointer is at search selection button: Hold option and outspoken keypad up direction key 2 times - then select. This places writing cursor inside the entry box.
  Outspoken 1.75 on Mac:Home Page http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Hold Shift and outspoken keypad direction keys: when you get to Search or Browse select one.
• SAT Test Question of the Day
  http://www.collegeboard.org/tqod/bin/question.cgi
  The SAT question for the day is a practice activity for taking the SAT test and gives the student an opportunity to ask for a hint, submit their choice, try again, or ask for correct answer.
  Netscape: Option uncheck Auto Load Image
  Outspoken Version 1.75 for Mac: The selection circles are not picked up by Outspoken. To select the circle place the "pointer" to the RIGHT of the period (outspoken says: 1 period). To select circle Hold Option and push Outspoken right arrow key 2 times on keypad. This will move pointer into the circle. To choose - push Outspoken Select on Keypad.
• Rock and Minerals by Name
  http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by-name.htm
  Text description of the properties of minerals by name selected from A to Z. Learn the physical characteristics of minerals. Site gives minerals classification by class and groupings.
• Shakespeare Research Topics
  http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/studentnote.htm
  Student page introduces the student to the sites to begin their internet research regarding Shakespeare and his works.
  Study Guide: http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/works.htm#Guides
  Netscape Options: uncheck audio load images
  Outspoken Mac: read columns Hold SHIFT key with keypad direction arrows.
• Books Read on the Internet
  http://town.hall.org/radio/HarperAudio/
  HarperAudio: spoken-word cassettes 32 authors books are presented in audio - radio on the internet.
  Audio-file Format FAQ's http://town.hall.org/radio/formats.html
  Netscape: Options uncheck Auto Load Images and save options change.
  Outspoken/Macintosh: for reading in columns - hold down Shift with keypad direction keys for up/down/left/right.
• Cathy's: newsstand:
  http://www.calweb.com/~rainbows
• Rick Roderick's Home page
  http://home.earthlink.net/~hughese 
  This site is great for  Real/Audio content.
• Christian Science Monitor
  http://www.csmonitor.com
  One of the most speech-friendly newspapers, choose the text-only link.
• New York Times Text Version
  http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/front/
  The  is also quite speech-friendly for the most  part.  You will have to have a userid, but it is free.