Smart911 app

Monday Tech Tip: Smart911

Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us the Smart911 app, which allows people to input information about members in their home that would help them in the event of an emergency. Users can input information about medical conditions, accessibility needs, location information such as hidden driveways, gate codes, or pets. It also […]

Helperbird logo

Monday: Helperbird

Brian Norton, Director of Assistive Technology, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us Helperbird, which is a Chrome browser extension that makes the web more accessible and allows a user to customize settings to make reading web pages easier. Check it out here: Click here to learn more about Helperbird.

screenshot of Reachability & Haptic Touch settings

Monday Tech Tip: Reachability & Haptic Touch

Brian Norton, Director of Assistive Technology, at Easteseals Crossroads shows us how to use iOS Reachability, which will shrink an iPhone screen down to half a screen for one handed use and Haptic Touch, which allows you to press on the display using different lengths of time to pull up previews, actions, and contextual menus. […]