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Author Archives: kazr
AllAccess app
I often use Siri to locate some restaurants nearby when I visit different locations. However, I was always wondering if there is a better app for VoiceOver users. The app called All Access offers the information about not only Food … Continue reading
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E-bot and E-bot ADV
HIMS (www.hims-inc.com) will start shipping E-bot and E-bot ADV this June 2014. What is E-bot? E-bot and E-bot ADV are portable read, write, and various distance video magnifiers with OCR (ADV model exclusive). The E-bot supports iPad or Android tablet, … Continue reading
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Wearable Ear Computer
Jody Ranck (GIGAOM Research, July 2012) reported that advances in materials science, battery power, augmented reality and chip evaluation have made the possibilities for wearables grow rapidly. These “Wearables” are commuting devices that are always on, always accessible and easily … Continue reading
3D printing
The special issue (3D Printer Buyer’s Guide) in the Make: magazine reported that the first patent for 3D printing was obtained by Charles Hull in 1986. The essence of 3D printing is that software can “slice” a 3D image into … Continue reading
Brain Computing
Many studies have been done to allow patients to control prosthetics and other devices using computers by interfacing signals captured from nerves, muscles, or the brain. One example in an article posted in September 2010 in MIT Technology Review, the … Continue reading
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HP Prime: Color Graphing Calculator
I recently purchased a scientific touchscreen calculator for my husband’s birthday. Without knowing too much about this calculator, I have become very interested in some of its features. This HP Prime calculator has an interactive, 3.5 inch multi-touch color display … Continue reading
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Emergency Preparations
Do you have plans for emergency situations? Many resources, helpful suggestions, and check lists are available on the internet, but we often neglect taking the time to plan how we can act for emergency situations such as Fire, Earthquake, Storms, etc. … Continue reading
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Socially Speaking app – Social Skills Assessment
Penina Rybak, MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH, the designer of the “Socially Speaking” app, posted an article in the Closing Gap magazine about IPad use for children diagnosed Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In the article, she reported that many special education … Continue reading
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Smartwatch
Many people use their smartphones to check time instead of wearing a wrist watch. However, you may start hearing about smartwatch. Some of the smartwatches can accept calls, check e-mail, take pictures, calendars, and run some other apps. For example, Samsung … Continue reading
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Closed Captioning (e-captioning)
As new accessibility laws are in effect, meeting web accessibility requirements are becoming more challenging. Closed Captions (CC) help individuals with deaf or hard of hearing view videos and make it more accessible as captioning describes dialogue and audio cues such … Continue reading
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