Podcast: Play in new window | Download288-7-20-18 Mindly 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! Do you have a hard time organizing your thoughts, ideas, and more? Mindly, an app […]
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InnerVoice Communication App
InnerVoice Communication is a “thoroughly researched, award-winning communication app for children with autism that teaches social communication skills, using engaging animated 3-D avatars of themselves, characters, or favorite toys.”Users can choose an avatar from a library of faces, a photo of themselves, or one of their favorite characters – and watch them come to life […]
SAJE Technology
SAJE Technology empowers people with special needs by providing voice-activated technology. Their mission is to, “Develop the highest quality products and provide distinguished customer care. Offer our customers the right technology at the right price, allowing the user to gain control of their surroundings, to create the most independence throughout their living environment.” SAJE Technology […]
AM287 – Samurai 360 Circular Knife
Podcast: Play in new window | Download287-7-13-18 Samurai 360 Circular Knife Hey there! Welcome back 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! One of the biggest challenges individuals face in the kitchen […]
AfterShokz Bluez 2S Bone Conduction Headphones
I wrote about Bone Conduction Wireless Glasses on Tuesday. In sum, they are glasses that create sound using mechanical vibrations. Bluez 2S Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones are another example of bone conduction technology. AfterShokz website provides a brief history of how bone conduction was discovered: The ‘phenomenon’ of bone conduction is generally credited as being […]
Bone Conduction Wireless Glasses
Bone conduction is “the conduction of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull.” Bone conduction transmission can be used with individuals with normal or impaired hearing. One example of available bone conduction technologies is the Bone Conduction Wireless Glasses. Bone Conduction Wireless Glasses look like standard glasses or sunglasses. However, they […]