Monday Tech Tip: Dictate + Connect app

Brian Norton, Manager of Clinical Assistive Technology, at Easter Seals Crossroads, shows us shows us the Dictate + Connect app. This app is a digital recording app that has a feature that shuts off the recorder when noone is speaking and turns it back on when someone starts to speak again. http://www.dictate-connect.com/ Check it out here:

ATU215 – Beam Messenger, Apple Music and Siri for people with disabilities, Free Assistive Technology Webinars

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: Beam Messenger App with Alec Gordon Alec Gordon, Beam Propulsion Lab CEO and founder | http://www.beammessenger.com/ | […]

AM139 – GreyMatters: Reaching Beyond Dimentia

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 139-07-10-15 GreyMatters: Reaching Beyond Dementia 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! If you have a loved one with dementia, you probably already […]

GoTalk Express 32

Are you or a loved one in the market for a powerful, yet simple picture communicator?  Perhaps the GoTalk Express 32 will work for you!  The GoTalk Express 32 is a full-featured communicator which gives users the ability to scan and link messages together to play in sequence.  According to EnableMart, “It is an ideal […]

6 Empathy-teaching apps

For several children, understanding and learning empathy is very challenging.  However, by learning about empathy, children will ultimately improve their social skills, learn coping strategies, work on positive behavior, and more.  While learning empathy is difficult for many children, it is especially challenging for individuals with autism and other special needs.  Here is a list of six different apps, categorized by age group, which […]