MAT Program: Apps of Interest
Contributed by Joseph Beckett, Program Coordinator for MAT
In the not too distant past, individuals with disabilities were limited to few assistive and mainstream technological offerings. Although guide dogs, canes, human assistants, large print, braille, and alerting indicators were commonplace, there would be a gap in time before advanced accessible technology for the visually impaired offered a full quality of life. In time the absence of advanced assistive and mainstream technology would greatly reverse, spearheaded in part by the advent of the smartphone. This device; portable, user-friendly, and chock full unimaginable capabilities, opened, through applications, a plethora of possibilities in the areas of communication, translation, and information. Presently Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others, are producing striking and awe-inspiring technology that has tremendously changed the playing field, but even greater contributions to the (mobile) application realm are being made by smaller companies. Below are several mobile application suggestions.
*Although these apps were carefully reviewed, there is no guarantee that they are still in operation.
StorySign by Huawei
StorySign helps to open the world of books to deaf children. It translates children’s books into sign language, to help deaf children learn how to read.
App Website
Ballyland Magic by Sonokids Australia
The Ballyland Magic app is an educational and fun iPad game specifically designed for children who are blind or have low vision, to learn and practice a number of touch gestures for VoiceOver, Apple’s built-in screen reader.
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Ballyland Code 1: Say Hello by Sonokids Australia
Get started on your programming journey today! Children who are blind or have low vision can in this fun app learn basic coding concepts and skills that will be applicable to any programming language. Get introduced by way of the Tutorial game ‘Play with Coding’. Then take on your first Coding Challenge with simple coding commands.
App Website:
Android Accessibility Suite by Google
Android Accessibility Suite is a collection of accessibility services that help you use your Android device eyes-free or with a switch device.
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6006564?hl=en
Lookout by Google
Lookout uses computer vision to assist people who are blind or have low vision in gaining information about the world around them.
Lookout uses the camera and sensors on your device to recognize objects and text and gives you spoken feedback, earcons, and other signals to inform you about what it sees.
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9031274
Capti Voice by Charmtech Labs LLC
Listen to documents, news, books, etc. Capti will improve your productivity and make your reading more enjoyable. A great tool for students, language learners, commuters, busy professionals, retirees, people with dyslexia or other learning disabilities, and many more. Capti is your literacy and reading support tool.
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TextGrabber – Real-Time OCR by ABBYY
ABBYY TextGrabber easily and quickly digitizes fragments of printed text, reads QR codes and turns the recognized result into actions: call, write, translate into 100+ languages online and into 10 languages offline, search on the Internet or on maps, create events on the calendar, edit, voice and share in any convenient way.
App Website
Image Translator by Sparkling Apps
Image Translator uses advanced AI techniques to find the text in the image. Either translate directly using your camera or use any images stored on your phone.
App Website
Voice Texting Deluxe by Sparkling Apps
After the massive success of 'Voice Texting Pro', we have now launched 'Voice Texting Deluxe'. It's still simple: just speak into the microphone and convert your speech into text. Then directly send your message to e-mail, SMS, Twitter or Facebook. You can also send it to your clipboard (copy) and paste the dictated text in any other application.
App Website
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