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Sci-Voice Talking Lab. Quest(TLQ) hands-on Workshop for Engaging Students with Blindness in Science Laboratories Image description: Vernier Sci. Voice Talking Labquest 2 (TLQ) with temperature probe. The screen displays a logarithmic plot of increasing hand temperature and statistics of the data. By: Ashley Neybert Independence Science
What is TLQ? • An innovative 21 st century technology. • The first portable handheld scientific talking data logger. • A useful tool for blind and visually impaired customers to be able to independently collect data in chemistry, physics, biology, earth science, physical science, and more!
A Brief History of TLQ • Developed by Independence Science in 2010 • A partnership was formed between Independence Science and Vernier Software & Technology through a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. • This same partnership and more NSF funding has brought you TLQ 2.
What’s New with TLQ 2? Increased hard drive space Faster processor Internet conductivity Ability to allow for data sharing between devices • A more intuitive interface • Talking Periodic Table feature • •
TLQ 2 Keyboard Commands • • • F 1 decreased volume F 2 increased volume F 3 starts and stops data collection F 4 back and forth between menu and last screen F 5 slows speech rate F 6 increases speech rate F 10 opens menus F 12 switches between pages in TLQ App Arrow keys and Escape normal keyboard functions Enter selects an element in the Periodic Table
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