Anna Leung, iPad specialist at Easter Seals Crossroads in Indiana, introduces us to the free “Slide 2 Unlock” app–available for the iPad. This app provides great practice for the “slide to unlock” gesture, which is required for iOS devices.
Posts with the Apple tag
Smarty Ears: Apps for Aphasia
Over the past few years, the company Smarty Ears has aimed to help individuals with communication issues. They have created several educational apps to help promote speech and language skills for individuals with aphasia, apraxia, dysphagia and more. Visitors of the website will be able to search for apps by specific area including: AAC Aphasia Apps Apraxia Autism […]
Monday Tech Tip: Hand Gestures on iPad
Anna Leung demonstrates some helpful hand gestures available on the iPad.
6 New Accessibility Features on OS X, Yosemite
With their upcoming devices and updates, Apple is trying to create the most seamless, convenient experience for all users on all of their devices, both OS X and iOS alike. In last Tuesday’s blog, I covered upcoming accessibility features in the new iOS 8 available this fall. During the keynote conference this year, in addition to releasing […]
10 New Accessibility Features in iOS 8
Last week at Apple’s annual developer conference, the company announced the launch of its new mobile operating system, iOS 8. Over the years, Apple has strived to make its products as accessible as possible for all users. With the said mission in mind, though both OS X and iOS platforms currently offer many accessible features, Apple continues […]
Visually impaired use smartphones to see world
Smart devices have opened up a whole new world to individuals with visual impairments, granting them the ability to communicate, navigate in unfamiliar areas and even take photographs of their surroundings… Wait, what? It is generally understood that individuals with visual impairments read and complete tasks oftentimes through the sense of touch; these individuals read content […]