Many individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing often have to rely on lip reading or an interpreter to engage in conversations. This is where Ava may prove useful. Ava is an app noted to be the “first smart captioner for conversations based on machine intelligence.” In other words, it’s an app that allows users to […]
Posts with the assistive technology tag
8 more accessible gift ideas for those who are blind
In November 2014, our very own Nikol Prieto wrote about 10 accessible gift ideas for those with vision impairments. The article has since become one of our most popular blogs of all time! Because that article did so well, I wanted to provide you with even more options for your loved ones with visual impairments. […]
Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator
Graphing calculators are often a necessity in secondary and higher education classrooms. For individuals who are visually impaired, standard ones are wholly inaccessible. The Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator is the world’s first fully accessible handheld graphing calculator. The Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator includes the same functions as the TI-84 Plus. However, […]
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National Cristina Foundation Connects Nonprofits with Technology
When the National Cristina Foundation was established three decades ago, nobody had yet come up with the term “digital divide.” But that’s what their mission has been for more than 30 years: to connect nonprofit groups with technology needs to donors of reusable hardware so the disadvantaged can have access to computers, mobile devices and […]
Consumer Highlight: Lonell Jones
I met with Lonell Jones and Jim Rinehart, Assistive Technology Specialist at Easterseals Crossroads, at Lonell’s home in Fort Wayne, Indiana to learn about the assistive technology he is using that allows him to keep working. I learned that Lonell was born premature. He told me that he was pronounced dead for twenty minutes. I […]
5 Ways to Utilize Your Amazon Echo
Over the past couple of years, I’ve briefly covered the Amazon Echo. In sum, the Amazon Echo (aka “Alexa”) is a hands-free personal assistant. When I first wrote about the Echo, I had very limited knowledge on how it could really benefit individuals with special needs. I have only recently discovered some cool features and tricks which […]