Yesterday I discussed a handful of apps that are fully accessible using VoiceOver. One I didn’t discuss is Nearby Explorer, which is a GPS app for people who are blind. Nearby Explorer is yet another app from the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). (If you’re unfamiliar with APH, it is a nonprofit that offers thousands […]
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Here Comes the Bus App
Waiting for a school bus can cause a lot of stress and worry for parents. If the bus is running behind schedule, you don’t want your child out there longer than necessary, right? If it’s dark, freezing, or stormy, worries tend to heighten. What if there was a way to tell exactly when the school […]
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Advocates for Our Angels
Writer: Tiffany Whisner, Coles Marketing Four minutes. It only took four minutes for seven-year-old Savannah Martin to disappear and make it to the pond on the edge of her family’s property in Lawton, Okla. — and drown. In 2008, Kevin Curtis Wills jumped into Iowa’s Raccoon River and tragically drowned at the age of nine. […]
Monday Tech Tip: Trekker Breeze handheld talking GPS system
Jim Sullivan, Humanware representative, shows us a handheld talking GPS system, called Trekker Breeze. Check it out here: For more information on Trekker Breeze
Tinitell Wristphone for Children
In today’s highly-connected world, several parents provide their children with expensive smartphones so they, too, can become connected. However, some parents are reluctant to give their children these smartphones. Now there is a wearable, durable and affordable mobile phone for children: Tinitell. In sum, the Tinitell is the smallest mobile phone in the world designed especially for […]
5 Apple Watch Apps for Visually Impaired
It’s almost been one year since Apple announced its first ever wearable, the Apple Watch. Since its official release back in April, several individuals have experienced the convenience of the wearable. How might those with visual impairments reap the benefits of the watch too? AppleVis has provided a great directory of Apple Watch apps that are partially […]