In this Phase I effort, Education TURNKEY Systems, Inc. (TURNKEY) will study the feasibility of integrating public domain and user-supported microcomputer software with adaptive devices to enhance the ability of handicapped students and teachers to use microcomputer-based learning. As part of this effort, TURNKEY will conduct a number of important activities designed to assess the technological, economical, and administrative feasibility of such an approach. Specifically, these tasks include: 1. identification of public domain, user-su6ported, and some commercial software packages whose structure and objectives are well suited to modification for use with adaptive devices; 2. determination of the types of adaptive devices which are best suited to integration with microcomputers and appropriate software; 3. an analysis of both the software and devices to specify high priority matches which will serve as the basis for Phase II products; and 4. if earlier tasks suggest such a concept is feasible, preparation of a comprehensive plan for Phase II product development and a preliminary plan for Phase III marketing and further development.
Anticipated Result It is expected that, at the completion of Phase I, the project will report on feasibility of the proposed approach and will produce a plan for product development in Phase II. By the end of Phase II, it can be expected that a number of fully realized products will be available for marketing.
