About IDEAL Group, Inc.

IDEAL Group, a 2002 spinoff from IDEAL at NCR Corporation has transformed into a corporation that prioritizes both its business goals and its commitment to social responsibility and philanthropy. Throughout its evolution from IDEAL at AT&T and AT&T Bell Labs Project Freedom to IDEAL at NCR Corporation, IDEAL Group has emerged as a pioneering leader […]

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Steve Jacobs Bio

Steve Jacobs Bio President, and CEO IDEAL Group, Inc. Home: https://ideal-group.org Email: steve.jacobs@ideal-group.org Cell: (614) 777-0660 Fax: (614) 522-1031 TTY (800) 750-0750 Steve Jacobs serves as the CEO of IDEAL Group, Inc., which he spun off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation in 2002. Jacobs has dedicated over five decades of his career to the high-tech […]

History of IDEAL Group, Inc.

The history of IDEAL Group, Inc. is a fascinating journey of evolution and innovation, particularly in the field of accessibility and technology for individuals with disabilities. Here is a cohesive history based on the information from their website: AT&T Acquisition of NCR Corporation (1991): AT&T’s objective was to capitalize on the burgeoning personal computer and […]

IDEAL Group Projects (1992-2024)

2023-2024 Researching and Developing an unconventional AI solution in support of K-20 students with neurocognitive print disabilities. Writing a  series of articles exploring a demand-driven, unconventional, AI solution in support of K-20 students with neurocognitive print disabilities. Funding: Self-Funded 2023 Developing audio tour apps for 22 history museums. Objectives: To make outdoor museum exhibits come […]

IDEAL Group Firsts, Acquisitions, and Tech Transfers

IDEAL Group, a 2002 spinoff from IDEAL at NCR Corporation has transformed into a corporation that prioritizes both its business goals and its commitment to social responsibility and philanthropy. Throughout its evolution from IDEAL at AT&T and AT&T Bell Labs Project Freedom to IDEAL at NCR Corporation, IDEAL Group has emerged as a pioneering leader […]

AI Acknowledgement

The initial framework for each of my articles is developed with the support of various AI models, including Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet, OpenAI GPT-4o, and Meta LLaMA 3.1. These models have been instrumental in identifying key topics related to improving the understandability of educational content for students with neurological, cognitive, and learning print disabilities (neurocognitive […]

IDEAL Group Mobile App Development Economy of Scale

Last Update: April, 2024 Notes Apps4Android Mobile Applications Date Released Download Source Installations   Developing audio tour apps for 22 museums. This is a work in progress. Funded by: The White House American Rescue Plan 3-Mar-23 – April-24   Not yet released   Developed an audio tour app of various exhibits at Fort Griswold and […]

IDEAL Group Acquisitions and Technology Transfers

IDEAL Group has transformed into a corporation that prioritizes both its business goals and its commitment to social responsibility and philanthropy. Throughout its evolution from IDEAL at AT&T and AT&T Project Freedom to IDEAL at NCR Corporation, IDEAL Group has emerged as a pioneering leader in the creation of accessibility applications and services. IDEAL’s applications […]

AI-Enabled OER Commons Support for Students with Learning and Cognitive Print Disabilities

Link to this OER Commons Group Goals Objective: Mitigate/eliminate issues associated with LLMs     Link to this OER Commons Group: https://oercommons.org/groups/ai-enabled-oer-commons-support-for-students-with-l/14795/ This group investigates the advantages of employing IDEAL Group’s Textbook-Based Model (TBM), which adapts open textbooks from OER Commons (and other OER resources) to produce tailored content for students with learning and cognitive […]

Open Educational Resources

Contents: Open Textbooks Public Domain Audiobooks Diagrams and Graphs Clip Art, Images, and Graphics Multi-Purpose Platforms Sounds, Music, Sound Effects Videos Virtual Manipulatives Open Textbooks: American Memory Project (Library of Congress): The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and […]

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