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Tag Archives: hearing impaired
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 [...]
Accessibility
Also tagged Android, hearing, iPhone, nuance, nuance speechtrans ultimate, speech to text
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NC Legislature Cut for Disabled Schools
I have been in public education since kindergarten. So, I can’t give first hand thoughts on what it is like to attend a school especially for the Deaf or Blind. If anyone has direct experience with these schools, please chip in with your thoughts. I am sure they have a lot more resources and assistive [...]
Tegrity Gets Closed Captioning
So, my idea for an app that transcribes lectures is not so farfetched after all. Tegrity is a web based note taking and recording tool that captures lectures so that they can be fully accessed a later date. Students can access it on their computer, tablet, or smartphone. Students can capture lecture images, create bookmarks, [...]
Accessibility 2.0, Education
Also tagged closed caption, lecture, tegrity, university
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What Words Really Mean
All of my life I’ve been called visually and hearing impaired. I never thought anything about it. To me, it just means I still have vision and hearing, but not to the full extent. To me, being called deaf-blind would imply that I am fully deaf and fully blind. I noticed something somewhere about how, [...]
