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Sign IT
IT training for deaf and hard of hearing people.
The Sign IT DVD ROM is an educational tool to enable deaf people to access IT by learning key terms and concepts in sign language.
The DVD ROM, brought to you by togetherITworks, has been made possible by funding from Barclays. It includes regional signs from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland of 100 common IT terms and concepts that will help deaf people develop their computer literacy.
What is Sign IT?
Sign IT is a learning tool and not a training course. It can be used by any deaf and hard of hearing people who use computers. It translates common IT terms and concepts into sign language, with text and sign definitions of 100 common IT terms and concepts that will help deaf people to develop their computer literacy.
Sign IT is a useful accompaniment to accredited IT training programmes like European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) and new Computer Literacy And Information Technology (CLAIT) courses.
Technical specification
To use the Sign IT DVD ROM you need a PC (it will not work on a Macintosh computer) with the following setup:
- Windows 98, 2000 or XP
- 32MB RAM (although 64MB is recommended)
- minimum of 16bit High Colour display (although 32bit True Colour is recommended)
- an 800x600 or 1024x768 screen resolution
- a DVD ROM drive.
- QuickTime software (which is included on the Sign IT DVD ROM)
- a mouse.
Where can I get Sign IT?
You can buy Sign IT from the Communication publications section of our online Shop.