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Category Archives: AT_Apps
Object Identifier apps
If you are looking for an object identifier app for someone with low vision, blind, or simply teaching someone what each object is, you may want to use and compare the following object identifier apps. Surprisingly I have found that most … Continue reading
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Tagged Apps, object identifier, vision, Wearable comuting
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Sesame touch-free smartphone
You might have heard about the Sesame touch-free phone in 2014. The Sesame Phone is powered by both Voice-Control and Computer-Vision technologies. The technology was made for people who have limited or no use of their hands so that they … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility Features, Assistive Technology, AT_Apps, Home Automation
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AutoMath Photo app for Android
AutoMath Photo app for Android has been downloadable from Google Play for over a year so you might have already tried the app by now. Unfortunately, it still cannot always recognize your handwritten equations, as AutoMath answers math questions by taking … Continue reading
Be My Eyes – helping blind see
iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) are very popular among the visually impaired mobile device users. For example, most of them use VoiceOver, which is a gesture-based screen reader, and comes on IOS devices. Voice commands let the user schedule meetings, make phone … Continue reading
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Pepper – Intelligent robot
Many researchers and developers have been working on robotic applications to support the physical and educational needs of persons with disabilities. S0me examples are medical devices that can be used during surgery procedures, robot-assisted rehab to enhance human motor controls … Continue reading
YouTube Kids app
YouTube Kids is a free app from Google. This YouTube Kids app includes age-appropriate videos, popular children channels, and playlists. A few examples of programming playlists are from Sesame Street, POCOYO, LEGO, Little Baby Bum, EvanTube, Stampylonghead, and more. In … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT_Apps, Technology in Education
Tagged activities, Apps, Education
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Verbally (text-based AAC app)
Many app developers have been creating AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) apps and updating the features. Augmentative communication manufacturers such as DynaVox and Tobi ATI offer apps (from free to a couple hundred dollars) vs their hardware AAC devices which … Continue reading
Speech Recognition
Speech recognition (SR) is the translation of spoken words into text vs. Text to speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech (Wikipedia). The speech or voice recognition feature (i.e. Siri or Google Now) has been added to many … Continue reading
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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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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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