Monday Tech Tip: Dictate for Office 365

Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us the Dictate feature in Office 365 that allows you to use the speech-to-text feature in Office 365 products. Check it out here: Click here for more information about Dictate.

BreatheWell Wear App

BreatheWell Wear is an app for Android Wear smartwatches.  It is designed to “help individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in managing stress through diaphragmatic breathing.” The BreatheWell Wear app assists users in performing slow, deep, diaphragmatic breathing by providing auditory and visual guidance to pace breathing.  It also […]

Consumer Highlight: Heidi Whitrock

Heidi Whitrock was born and raised in Vandalia, IL and graduated from Vandalia Community High School. After high school, she got married and they moved to Godfrey, IL. While living in Godfrey, she had her daughter, Abigail, and went to Louis & Clark Community college where she obtained an Associate of Applied Science degree specializing […]

Monday Tech Tip: iCanConnect

Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us iCanConnect, which is a national program that provides free equipment such as tablets, smart phones, computers and braille equipment for people who have both vision and hearing impairments and meet the federal disability and income guidelines. Check it out here: Click here for additional information […]

Monday Tech Tip: Jabberwocky AAC app

Josh Anderson, Manager of Clinical Assistive Technology, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us the Jabberwocky AAC app, which is a communication app for iOS devices that allows users with limited speech to talk using only head movement. Check it out here: Click here for more information about Jabberwocky AAC.