Home Catalogue Software

A revolutionary way for personalised computing, communication and internet access

This program is no longer available from Spectronics. If you wish to purchase the software, please contact AbleLink Technologies in the USA directly on sales@ablelinktech.com or visit their website at www.ablelinktech.com for more details. If you have a tech support enquiry about the program previously purchased from Spectronics, we are still happy to assist you of course. Just contact our Tech Support team in Australia on mail@spectronicsinoz.com or in New Zealand on mail@spectronics.co.nz

Whether it’s a family member who is unsure about technology or finds it confusing, or your school needs a better way to manage and deliver individualised content directly to every student, Endeavor Desktop Environment transforms the e-landscape!

Endeavor Desktop Environment brings everyday technologies, such as social networking, online access and communication, and productivity, to individuals who have been excluded from full participation in the technology revolution due to barriers imposed by the complexity of everyday technologies. Endeavor seamlessly incorporates accessible tools to enable:

• web browsing
• email communication,
• enjoyment of music and visual media.

In addition Endeavor provides access to news via an accessible RSS reader and powerful learning tools for corporate training or accomplishing activities of daily living using AbleLink’s signature step-by-step multimedia learning system. Endeavor Desktop Environment is the culmination of years of research and development in the area of cognitive supports and simplified access to mainstream computing.

When users log into Endeavor Desktop Environment, personalised content is available within their custom desktop using dynamic buttons configured with descriptive images and audio to facilitate access. A single click on a desktop button delivers the latest content in an accessible format according to the user’s personalised accessibility profile. The need for drop-down menus, drag and drop, scrolling and double clicks can be confusing for some users. Endeavor Desktop Environment eliminates these barriers, giving everyone a simpler, faster and more rewarding computing experience.

• Instead of searching for applications or information, a simple click on a desktop button launches the latest content or information, complete with individualised settings.
• Step-by-step instructions for completing any type of task are a single click away.

Click on image to enlarge

Accessibility features include:

• Web Trek – A clean, visual web browser for accessing favourite websites and simplifying access to existing web-based resources used by schools for online learning. Specific pages or sites can be shared through the Endeavor Library, and safe access to the internet can be provided in a school environment or for vulnerable populations.
• Endeavor Email – A picture-based address book is available for those who need it, and automated audio files can be used as an alternative to written text for users with limited literacy skills. As with the web browser, text-to-speech can read standard text-based messages aloud to the recipient as desired or needed.
• Visual Media Player – Pictures, video clips, movies and audio recordings are easily played using Endeavor Desktop Environment’s built-in media player with controls that are customisable, straight-forward and easy to navigate.
• RSS Reader – The Endeavor News Reader provides information and pictures from RSS feeds with accessibility features that include text-to-speech and simplified, customisable controls. News and information of interest to the Endeavor user is automatically delivered to his or her desktop, putting the user in control of their information access.
• Step-by-step instruction – AbleLink has long been the leader in computer-based, multimedia task prompting, using their patent-pending AIMS learning system which facilitates assembly and delivery of audio instructions, video clips, and pictures into instructional sequences that provide step-by-step instructions for nearly any task or activity, such as:
  • completing a form or application
  • steps for completing a science experiment
  • instructional task support for non-English speakers completing a work-related task, etc.

Endeavor Desktop Environment is designed for seniors, students, and individuals with cognitive disabilities and is currently used in assisted living facilities and other supported living environments.

Endeavor Desktop Environment can be ordered in different editions:

• Endeavor Desktop Environment Pro: Includes all functionalities above
• Endeavor Desktop Environment Standard: does not include Endeavor Email or Step-by-step Instruction Task Builder
• Endeavor Desktop Environment WorkStation: Does not include Administrator capability (content cannot be managed on that computer)
• Endeavor Desktop Environment SmartStation: Includes Administrator capabilities for one or more WorkStation licences (local or remote)

On a school site for example, at least one Endeavor Desktop Environment SmartStation must be installed to provide Administrator capabilities/content management for Workstation licences installed.

Requirements and ResourcesexpandClick to collapse