Wyoming Assistive Technology Presents:
“Who Has the App Factor?”
Darcy Regan, Wendy Alameda, and J.P. Harris
Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR)
Mega Conference Laramie, WY
October 17, 2013
Overview
iPad Accessibility Features
1. Zoom, large text, and invert colors
2. VoiceOver text-to-speech
3. Assistive Touch
4. Siri
App Factor
Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:
• Identify built-in accessiblity features on the iPad
• Identify the top literacy, vision, and communication
apps
• Access additional resources ???
Demo
IPAD ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES
Zoom
Zoom magnifies the entire screen:
• Double-tap three fingers to zoom
• Drag three fingers to move around the screen
• Double-tap three fingers and drag to change
zoom
Large Text
• View larger text in Mail, Contacts, Calendars,
Messages and Notes.
Invert Colors
• Higher contrast helps you better see what’s on
your display.
VoiceOver
VoiceOver speaks items on the screen:
• Tap once to select an item
• Double-Tap to activate the selected item
• Swipe three fingers to scroll
Assistive Touch
• Allows you to use you iPad if you have
difficulty touching the screen or if you require
an adaptive accessory.
Siri
• Siri lets you use your voice to send messages,
schedule meetings, place phone calls, and
more!
Do you have the
APP FACTOR?
ClaroPDF
• Accessible and user friendly PDF viewer, Reader and
Annotator.
• Features built in human quality text to speech voices
with synchronized colored highlighting options
• Supports VoiceOver
• Variety of annotation features
Pocket
• Save articles, videos or web pages to read or
watch later
• Information will automatically sync content
across to your phone, tablet or computer so
you can view it at anytime on any device
• Internet connection is not needed!
• Has been called the “DVR” for the web
Voice Dream Reader
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Makes written text accessible to everyone
Load and manage text
Listen to text
Interact with text
iReadWrite
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Text to speech with dual color highlighting
Contextual work prediction
Phonetic spell checker
Sounds like confusable word checker
Text and picture dictionary
Customizable background and text colors
Choice of voices and fonts
Import documents
Share, print, and export documents
NaviDys
• A browser designed to facilitate reading on
the web
• Settings allow you to precisely adjust the font
for your eyes
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change settings in real time
change the font and size
adjust the spacing between lines
zoom in on all web pages
Prizmo
• Scan and recognize text documents, business cards, and
images
• Export as PDF/Text, vCard, or JPEG/PNG
• Highly accurate OCR, real time page detection and beautiful
image cleanup
• Fully compatible with VoiceOver
• Provides voice guidance to help position iDevice when taking
pictures
• Individual voices available as in-app purchases
Digit-Eyes
• Reads barcode labels
• Scan UPC/EAN codes and hear the names of
over 34 million products!
• Make your own QR code labels
Talking Calculator
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This calculator has large colorful buttons
Optional high contrast
Full VoiceOver support
The option to use speech for answers, button
names and formulas!
LookTel Money Reader
• Instantly recognizes currency and speaks the
denomination
• No need to hold the device still or capture a
photo and wait for results
• Recognition happens instantly and does not
require an internet connection
• Recognizes 21 different currencies
TapTapSee
• Designed to help identify objects encountered
in daily life
Predictable
TouchChat HD
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VocabPC
Spelling on QWERTY keyboard
Multichat 15
Word Power
Facebook, Twitter, email (Social Chat)
TouchChat HD
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Customizable
iShare
High quality text to speech
Pronunciation editor
Scene and Heard
• Multimedia App
• Visual Scenes Displays (VSDs)
Proloquo2Go
• Core Word
• Basic Communication
• Easy to Program
Verbally
• Text-to-Speech
• Free and Paid Version
Go Talk NOW
• Standard Pages
• Express Pages
• Combines Multimedia: Video, Music, Photos
Helpful Hints
• Give the individual time to explore the app
• It’s not about the app, it’s about
communication!
– www.communicationmatrix.org
Additional Resources on
Communication Apps
• Archived audio recordings on three
communication apps webinars
• App Rating Sheet
• Implementation Rubric for AAC Apps
• http://www.uwyo.edu/wind/watr/webinar/re
corded.html
iPad Loans
• Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources
• https://www.wy.at4all.com/