Solutions:
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Apps for Individuals with Vision Impairment
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Apps for Reading
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Handwriting Recognition Technology
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Reading / Highlighting Products
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Recorded Directives, Messages, Materials
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Screen Magnification and Screen Reading Combined
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Screen Magnification Software
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Screen Reading Software and Training
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Tactile Graphics & Maps
Apps for Individuals with Vision Impairment
Vendors and Products
- KNFB Reader
- Magnifier & Microscope [Cozy]
- Magnifying Glass (Android app)
- Magnifying Glass + Flashlight Android
- Magnifying Glass for Android
- Microsoft Office Lens-PDF Scanner
- NowYouSee Android
- Path Guide
- Reading Glasses - Magnifier - Visual Aid Zoom
- Sunu App
- waveOut
- weZoom - Magnifier and Low Vision Aid
Apps for Reading
Apps to help with reading disabilities including OCR, audiobooks, etc.
Vendors and Products
- (How to) Pronounce
- ABBYY TextGrabber + Translator
- Accessible Literacy Learning (ALL)
- Adjective Remix
- Aeir Talk
- Audiobooks for iPhone
- BARD Mobile
- ClaroSpeak
- Dictionary - Merriam-Webster
- Dictionary.com
- Ghotit Buzz Writer
- iBooks
- iPractice Verbs
- KNFB Reader
- Notability
- Prizmo
- SnapType
- Sounds: The Pronunciation App
- Voice Dream Reader
- Voice Dream Writer
Handwriting Recognition Technology
Handwriting Recognition Technology includes a variety of products: e.g., software, writing pens, note collection platforms, and scanning products/services.
Vendors and Products
Reading / Highlighting Products
Products include voice output (screen reading capabilities) and other tools to enhance the reading for individuals with reading difficulties. Other features may include: screen highlighting, study skills, test taking, and Internet tools.
Vendors and Products
Recorded Directives, Messages, Materials
Individuals with reading or memory deficits may have difficulty reading or remembering memos, directions, meeting notes, and other print information. Tape recording the information allows the person with the disability to listen to the information instead of reading the information. Tape recorders can be purchased at local electronics stores.
Screen Magnification and Screen Reading Combined
The following products include screen magnification and screen reading in one software product.
Vendors and Products
Screen Magnification Software
Screen Magnification Software can be installed on a PC to magnify both the text and graphics on the computer screen. Features may include: Magnification from two up to 32 times normal size; reverse color contrast; cursor enhancement; auto tracking; option for screen reading capabilities; and automatic scanning of text documents.
Vendors and Products
Screen Reading Software and Training
Screen Reading Software can be installed on a computer to allow text to be converted into computer synthesized speech. With this software, the computer basically reads aloud the text that appears on the screen. The hardware that provides the actual "voice output" is a speech synthesizer. This can be an internal sound card or an external speech synthesizer device. The screen reading software “tells” the speech synthesizer what to say.
Vendors and Products
Tactile Graphics & Maps
Tactile graphics can be developed by using special thermal paper to enhance images, that when heated, will produce a tactile image, Braille embossing technology, or create your own! These products can produce raised-line maps, graphs, diagrams, and charts.
Vendors and Products
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
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