Monday Tech Tip: Using Your Face as a Switch with iOS7

The INDATA Project’s Brian Norton explains how the new Apple iOS7 allows people to use head movements as a switch. This is useful for people who may be unable to use the touch interface of an Apple product.

ATU121 – How will iOS7 and the iPhone 5 impact people with disabilities who use assistive technology?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Show Notes: Sami Rahman from Bridging Apps www.BridgingApps.org Scott Davert from AppleVis.com Apple’s new technology: www.Apple.com and www.Apple.com/enable www.EasterSealsTech.com […]

AM121 – iOS7 and single switch access for people with disabilities who use assistive technology

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Show Notes Hi folks. Welcome to “Accessibility Minute”, your weekly look at Assisitive Technology—those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs. Just this week, Apple released iOS7 –or the iPHone operating system version 7 — to […]

Franklin Speaking Language Master

The Franklin Speaking Language Master allows people to hear and read thousands of words, definitions and thesaurus entries. Users can highlight a word, and the device will speak aloud the word and definition. This is a great resource for people with low vision, learning disabilities, and dyslexic students. It is a reference tool to achieve […]

TableTapper Switch

Many people with severe physical or cognitive impairment benefit from using one or more switches to access computers. A switch is an assistive technology device that replaces the need to use a computer keyboard or mouse. It is an alternative for computer access and  allows for people with mobility impairments to continue to use computers. One type […]

Roller Plus Joystick

The Roller Plus Joystick is an excellent alternative to a mouse. It will seem familiar to powered wheelchair users, eliminating the need for the user to learn a new control method. This assistive technology is useful for people with limited mobility. The Roller Plus Joystick has the same functions as a trackball, but cursor movement is […]