Podcast: Play in new window | Download ATFAQ026 Show notes: Panel: Brian Norton, Mark Stewart, Belva Smith, and Wade Wingler Q1. Apps on an android device that would mimic the iOS Speak Selection and Speak Screen Q2. Question about accessible appliances Q3. What are your must have Samsung/android accessibility apps? Q4. How do I reset my […]
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ATU252 – Urban Agriculture and People with Disabilities, Free National Park Passes, Customizing Amazon Echo
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Cindy Chastain & Emily Toner Agrability Toolbox: http://www.agrability.org/Toolbox/ | Purdue Extension Newsletter on Urban Agriculture: egglest@purdue.edu | chastai1@purdue.edu Amazon Echo can be customized for specific commands, devices with this free tool http://buff.ly/1LByHHA America the Beautiful – National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass http://buff.ly/1o29cDR App – Free Speech […]
AM176 Phree– Electronic Pen
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey 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! A common tool in the world of assistive technology is the Livescribe pen, a pen that allows you to […]
VisuaLearn App
The Educational App Store provides a long, helpful list of apps available for individuals with or without special needs. One app out of the dozens listed is VisuaLearn, an app that “promotes vocabulary development, sight word acquisition and sentence building.” VisuaLearn was initially developed for young learners with Down syndrome, but was found to benefit […]
Speaking with a New Voice
Writer: Tiffany Whisner, Coles Marketing Pick up your phone. Dial a number. Talk to someone. You listen to them talk back. Seems easy, doesn’t it? Not for everyone. For many years, a person with impaired hearing or speech had to use text telephones, also known as TTY, in order to communicate over the phone. This […]
The Sounding Out Machine
Looking for an affordable solution to help your child with reading? The Sounding Out Machine is an app that transforms the iPad into an assistive reading device! The app was developed by FizzBrain, “a mom-and-pop studio committed to bringing the latest and very best of educational practices into the world of apps.” The Sounding Out Machine app […]