iPad App, TouchChat, Serves as Augmentative Communication Device

TouchChat is a full-feature application for the iPod and iPad. It turns your Apple product into an augmentative communication tool, a device that uses visual images to represent words so people who can’t speak have a way to communicate. Augmentative Communication devices use simple pictures to illustrate words or phrases the user would like to […]

iPhone Apps for the Visually Impaired

Many applications are available from Apple for the iPhone and serve as assisistive technology. These apps are opening a new world for people who are blind or have vision impairments because it allows them to virtually see. In previous blog posts, INDATA featured Looktel Money Reader and VizWiz in our weekly Tech Tip videos. Below, […]

Friday Podcast

Information from the INDATA Project is now available via podcast! Every Friday, the INDATA Project will release two podcasts featuring new assistive technology projects. The podcasts are available for viewing on the INDATA Project website and on iTunes. The “Assistive Technology Update” is a fast-paced weekly update for AT professionals and enthusiasts. The “Accessibility Minute” […]

INDATA Publishes iPhone, iPod and iPad Assistive Technology Apps Resource List

If you’re a loyal follower of the INDATA Blog, you know that we are crazy about Apple products. We’re also crazy about downloadable assistive technology applications for the iPhone, iPod and iPad. After a lot of research and many trials, we’ve created one comprehensive list of apps that we recommend to use for assistive technology […]

EvoAssist Consolidates Home Assistive Technology Devices into one Gadget

EvoAssist can facilitate numerous everyday tasks through infra red and RF radio controls including answering telephones, opening curtains, raising alarms, unlocking doors and changing television stations.  Previously, people with home automation systems may have need multiple devices to control their environment. With this iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad application, device control can be combined into […]