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Tag Archives: Android
VisionSim App
Braille Institute has an app called VisionSim that is available on the iPhone, iPad, and Android that shows what it is like to have four different types of vision loss. Those are Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, and Cataracts. The app is free, and in addition to showing the simulation, it also gives a brief [...]
AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite
You hear a lot about Apple’s commitment to accessibility with the features on the iPhone and iPad, but Android devices tend to slip into the background. But, the good news is, AT&T has developed an app called Mobile Accessibility Lite that is basically a mobile version of a screen reader. Here’s their page explaining what [...]
Speech to Text iPhone App
I”ve talked about how I’ve had this idea for a speech to text iPhone app that can be used to record and transcribe lectures or any other speech to text on your smartphone or tablet. There is one available called SpeechTrans Ultimate for the Hearing Impaired. To use the app, press “record”, let the person [...]
Closed Captioning for Your Cell Phone
I’ve gotten to the point where I have a really hard time understanding people on the phone. So, I usually request text or email. I can access email all the time since I can just check it on my iPhone. Verizon’s frequency causes my hearing aid to make an obnoxious buzzing sound when I put [...]
Assistive Technology
Also tagged clear captions, deaf, hamilton, hamilton captel, hard of hearing, iPhone, iphone app, tty
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Android Accessibility Apps
Anyone want to comment on their experiences with Android and accessibility? I am an iPhone user and have not heard much about the android market. I’ve heard that they don’t have as good of a selection of accessibility apps as the iPhone/iPad have. There is a set of application for android devices called IDEAL Web [...]
Accessibility, Assistive Technology
Also tagged Apple, applications, apps, Google, iPad, iPhone
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EyeNote App for the Blind
Seems like anything you can think of, there’s an app for it on the iPhone or iPod touch. Now, you can get EyeNote, a scanner that scans US currency and tells you what the value is. It is a free download, and works on iPhone 3G and up, 4th generation iPod touch, and iPad 2. [...]
Accessibility, Assistive Technology
Also tagged app, blind, currency, eyenote, iPhone, iPod Touch, smartphone, visually impaired
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iPad and Other Tablets Used as a Learning Tool for People with Disabilities.
As I was searching through the Assistive Technology news, I came across a great article in Education Week called iPads Become Learning Tools for Students with Disabilities. This article talks about how a young girl with Down’s Syndrome and speech impairments can communicate via the iPad with her peers. The iPad has given her self [...]
