Imagine!'s 2006
Consumer of the Year
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Click here to see a video about our 2009 Consumer of the Year.

The mission of Imagine! is to create and offer innovative tools and supports that allow our consumers to live fulfilling lives of independence and quality. One way we do this is by providing assistive technology to consumers that helps to diminish or eliminate environmental barriers.

In 2005, Imagine! launched one of its most ambitious projects ever - the development of two SmartHomes in Boulder County. The SmartHomes will incorporate cutting edge residential technologies to enhance the quality of life for clients, augment the effectiveness of staff as caregivers, and provide cost and energy savings for Imagine!.

The SmartHomes will provide permanent housing for individuals with physical, cognitive, and developmental disabilities. As the first such homes in the nation, the SmartHomes will serve as a model for the future of residential care for people with cognitive disabilities. In addition, creating this new way of providing residential services has enormous potential to impact groups of people with related concerns (dementia, autism, chronic mental illness, Alzheimer's) through partnerships with other agencies.

The SmartHomes will be the culmination of Imagine!'s years of research in the field of assistive technology, visits to demonstration sites in Oregon, Florida and Indiana, and extensive interface with the University of Colorado's Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.

Click here to see a video about our SmartHome.

Visit the Imagine! SmartHomes website.

Below is a list of free online technology resources that may be of use to Imagine! families and consumers. Please note that inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement by Imagine!.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition: AVG Free provides you with basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows.  More info:  http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage#ixzz0gH8Mhwdp

GIMP:  Photoshop alternative: GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching.

Itunes: iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And you can add to your collection anytime, 24/7

Open Office: is the leading open-sourceoffice software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Thunder: Screen Reader: Thunder is award-winning free screenreader talking software for people with little or no sight

Audacity: audio recording: Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds

Tazti: Speech Recognition: is an accessibility application for those users who need to work on the PC with their voice. It works in a web environment and it lets you move around websites like FaceBook and MySpace using your voice

Magnifixer: Screen Magnifier: is a utility that magnifies and amplifies the image of your screen in a determined area, like a magnifying glass. You can place it anywhere on the screen, enlarging it as much as you want, and using the zoom level you want. Magnifixer always shows you the screen area that is under the mouse cursor.

Head Mouse:  is a virtual windows mouse designed specifically for people with mobility impairments. It is free and only requires an USB WebCam

Virtual Keyboard: is an on screen keyboard with prediction capabilities for an easy writing. Designed specifically for people with mobility impairments.  More info:  http://robotica.udl.cat/

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