Hello, I am Dr. José Manolo Álvarez and I am a blind person. I am currently work as a professor of assistive technology and special education courses at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR).
Due to my personal experience and from all the years that I have been developing projects for blind students, I constantly find many blind students fail to master basic skills in math and science classes, due to their high visual content and the lack of accessible alternatives to support the student to learn. I have dedicated myself to developing simple and non-intimidating educational accessible software and video games to promote an inclusive education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). All of my softwares are simple to use and are available in english and spanish language.
I am convinced that we as a blind persons, should always have high expectations, and with a lot of perseverance, a positive attitude and always believing in ourselves, with the support of Braille and assistive technology, we can achieve our dreams.
Tiflo Baseball
Tiflo Baseball is a simple educational home run derby video game to support the learning of basic math skills by blind elementary school students.
The game promotes a Multimodal learning based on the strengths of the blind students, integrating sounds and auditory feedback, Braile display support with aWindows screen reader, plus a simple keyboard navigation and input.
Tiflo Baseball is an excellent alternative for elementary level blind students, to practice basic math skills in an interactive and fun way. The video game is design to complementing the use of the Cranmer Abacus, Braille UEB math and Nemeth code, and even resolving basic math operation problems using the LEGO® Braille Bricks.