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Tag Archives: iPod Touch
VerbalVictor Smartphone App
Inspired by his son Victor, who has Pitt Hopkins Syndrome, a condition that hinders breathing and motor skills, Paul Pauca has developed a smartphone app called VerbalVictor along with his computer science students at Wake Forest University. The app is available on the iPhone and iPod Touch. This app includes pictures of various tasks such [...]
Apple iOS 5 to Add More Accessibility Features, and other Musings
This post is kind of all over the place, but all of my points are loosely related. Bear with me. iOS 5 Accessibility Features Since I got my iPhone, my life has gotten a lot easier with the built in GPS, ability to enlarge fonts, and to be able to email and text more often [...]
Assistive Technology, Uncategorized
Also tagged app, Apple, blind, deaf, iPad, iPhone, Keen Guides
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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 Android, app, blind, currency, eyenote, iPhone, smartphone, visually impaired
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Kindle Accessory for People with Mobility Impairments
I wrote a post on BlogKindle about a cool new assistive device that allows people with paralysis or other muscle disorders use the Kindle. The accessory was created by Origin Instruments, the creator of Proloquo2Go, a communication aid for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. I’m not going to rewrite the post on here, but [...]
Assistive Technology
Also tagged communication, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, mobility, origin instruments, PageBot, Proloquo2Go
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A Great List of iPhone Apps for the Blind and Visually Impaired
An assistive technology specialist sent me a list of some more iPhone/iPod Touch apps that I thought were really cool. Download from iTunes or if you don’t have iTunes, go to Apple’s iTunes page to download iTunes 10 iPhone Apps, Descriptions, and Prices Barcode Scanner — .99 Color ID - 1.99 Prizmo - OCR 9.99 [...]
Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Uncategorized
Also tagged Apple, applications, iPhone
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iPhone Apps for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
There are a couple of apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that are made for visually impaired users. One is iBlink. iBlink is a radio that provides podcasts and news of special interest for people who are blind or visually impaired, or for people who have an interest in learning more about what [...]
Accessibility 2.0, Accessibility Trends
Also tagged Apple, blind, Droid, iBlink, iPad, iPhone, iPhone Apps, JAWS, low vision, radio, SAMNet, Serotek, Shake & Dial, System Access, visual impairment, visually impaired
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