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 […]
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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 […]
Monday Technology Tip: RXmindMe
Belva Smith, an Assistive Technology Training Coordinator at Easter Seals Crossroads, explains and demonstrates the uses of the RXmindMe app created by Apple. Having trouble viewing the video? Click here! Click here to visit our archived videos.
App Roundup
During a recent presentation at the “Journey To Success” conference sponsored by Down Syndrome Indiana, Wade Wingler did an “App Roundup” presentation. During that presentation, the group discussed a number of useful apps. Among them were www.BridgingApps.org, which is a great resource to find all kinds of apps and www.AppleVis.com which is a site dedicated […]
Fleksy for iOS
Imagine texting on an iPhone without being able to see it. Fleksy allows users to type text on the familiar keyboard layout, by tapping on the screen. According to Flesky.com, ” our patent pending technology does not need accuracy – just tap on the screen and Fleksy will automatically detect the text you meant to enter – even […]