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Big Tech Brands Make Accessibility Mainstream: Part 1

Thanks to big tech global brands like Amazon, Google and Microsoft, we’re now on the verge of being a fully inclusive society, as assistive technology for people with disabilities is now of mainstream use. “What’s vital for the disabled community is now valuable to everyone, as we all turn to our mobile devices on a […]

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Better Sleep Improves Your Overall Well-being

A regular bedtime and wake-up schedule improves the quality of your sleep. It can also impact your sense of well-being. This is especially true for individuals with physical or intellectual disabilities. Sleep problems are almost three times more common in people with chronic conditions, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Many individuals use a stylus to help operate phones, tablets, and more.  Paul Tudisco came up with […]

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TeachMe: Kindergarten – Educational iOS App

If you’re looking for an app for your kiddo to practice early math and spelling on, check out TeachMe: Kindergarten.  TeachMe: Kindergarten is an educational app on iOS devices that teaches six different age-appropriate subjects. The app teaches subjects that align with US common core standards.  Subjects include sight words, addition, subtraction, spelling, and writing […]

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Monday Tech Tip: iOS Watch Wake Up

Brian Norton, Director of Assistive Technology, shows us how to use an Apple Watch to unlock an iPhone, which is helpful when something (like a face mask) prevents you from opening your phone with Face ID. Check it out here: Click here to learn more about unlock with Apple watch.

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Turn your handwriting into speech with the HandySpeech App

Over the years we’ve written about several different text-to-speech tools.  Text-to-speech (TTS) is a type of assistive technology that reads digital text aloud.  If you’re looking for a tool to help turn handwriting into speech, check out HandySpeech! The HandySpeech App is the only handwriting-to-speech application for iOS devices.  It helps provide individuals with speech […]