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Helpful Apps for Students with Disabilities Page 1 Description Area Cost Android iPhone iPad URL uSound – optimizes audio files for greater clarity includes medical Amplification yes yes http://usound.co/ audiometry. Brevity-edit text quickly. Annotation 0.99 yes yes http://www.underwareapps.com/ ClaroPDF - Read, study, and annotate Annotation 3.99 yes yes http://www.claro-apps.com/claropdf/ PDF documents PDF Expert 5-edits PDF documents. Useful to read, review, and edit Annotation 10 yes yes https://readdle.com/products/pdfexpert5 documents. RefME – create, edit, and manage citations by scanning barcodes of books Annotation Free yes yes yes https://evernote.com/products/refme/ and journals and it will import proper citations. Alexicom AAC – communication Communication yes http://www.alexicomtech.com alternative for Android users. Aphasia-Female – AAC speaks using Communication Free yes yes http://www.aphasia.com pictures and phrases. Assistive Express – AAC alternative with Communication 24.99 yes yes http://www.assistiveapps.com/ fewer key strokes. AutoVerbal – AAC alternative using text Communication 24.99 yes yes http://AutoVerbal.com to speech. BioAid – customize sound levels for Communication Free yes yes http://bioaid.org.uk/ better hearing. ChatAble –symbol and photo supported Communication 49.99 yes yes http://www.therapy-box.co.uk/predictable.aspx communication aid. ClaroCom Pro – Augmentative and Communication 13.99 yes yes http://www.claro-apps.com/clarocom/ Alternative Communication app. Closed Capp – using voice recognition, speak into your phone and your words Communication yes http://www.livecaptionapp.com/ are transcribed in real time. Communicate Easy – communication aid designed to verbalize items from Communication 3.99 yes yes http://autismappszone.com/ customized library. Emo Control – learn emotion Communication 0.99 yes yes http://dunedinmultimedia.com expressions at your own pace. Helpful Apps for Students with Disabilities Page 2 Description Area Cost Android iPhone iPad URL Eye-Sign – converts text or speech to Communication yes https://creationapplication.com/ video sign language. Fleksy – forgiving keyboard that allows Communication Free yes yes http://fleksy.com/ quick editing of information typed. Grace – picture exchange app for Communication 29.99 yes yes yes http://www.graceapp.com independent communication. HearingAide – alerts user to key Communication yes http://www.hearingaideapp.com/ everyday sounds around them. HelpTalk – create sets of actions that Communication yes http://www.helptalk.mobi represent communication needs. iBraille – allows users that know Braille to create and send messages in grades 1 Communication Free yes yes http://www.ibrailler.com & 2 and six dot Braille. iCommunicate – design visual schedules, storyboards, routines, speech cards and Communication 49.99 yes yes http://www.grembe.com/home more. Live Caption – speak with people who Communication yes http://www.livecaptionapp.com/ are deaf using Live Caption. Locabulary Pro – combines location and Communication 130 yes yes http://locabulary.com vocabulary for efficient communication. Mimi Hearing Amplifier – adjust filters Communication yes yes http://www.mimi.io and volume to suit your needs. Mimi Hearing Test – accurately measure Communication Free yes yes http://www.mimi.io your hearing. Mimix – converts spoken and written Communication yes http://www.mimix.me words into sign language. Open Access Face to Face – real time http://conexu.com.au/services-projects/openaccess-face-to- communication between spoken and Communication Free yes yes face sign languages. OtoSense – listens, leans, and notifies user of audio based alerts in their Communication yes yes yes http://www.otosense.com environment. RocketKeys – customizable talking Communication 170 yes yes http://myvoiceaac.com/app/rocketkeys/ keyboard with word prediction. Helpful Apps for Students with Disabilities Page 3 Description Area Cost Android iPhone iPad URL Say It with Signs – makes a phone conversation possible between a deaf Communication yes http://www.siwsapp.com/ and hearing person. SiGame – educational game to learn sign Communication Free yes yes yes http://www.sigame-app.com language. soundAMP – amplifies sound in real Communication yes http://www.gingerlabs.com/ time. Speak Tap – modernizes mechanical Communication 14.99 yes http://tapspeak.com/drupal/ switch that records and plays messages. Speech Sounds – useful for those who Communication 23.99 yes http://www.mmsp.com.au/speech-sounds-on-cue-for-ipad/ need to see and hear sounds. Terminology 3 – combines dictionary and thesaurus into a research tool Communication 2.99 yes yes http://agiletortoise.zendesk.com/hc/en-us making it easy to explore words and phrases. TypeinBraille – allows you to write in Communication 4.99 yes http://www.everywaretechnologies.com/ Braille on your iPhone. VerbaVoice – speech converted to sign Communication Free yes yes yes http://www.verbavoice.de/ language or text. ZoomContacts – “Large Print” app allows Enlarged Text 4.99 yes http://mobile.aisquared.com/ZoomReader/ adjustments to font sizes and colors. Accessibility Launcher Lite – creates Independent shortcuts to launch any pre-configured Free yes https://sites.google.com/site/smartkeysninja/ Living app for low vision or blind. All Access – scan logos or QR codes and Independent text to speech options read the content yes yes yes http://AllAccess.US Living to you. Assist-Mi-comprehensive assistance to Independent users on the go, empowering greater www.assist-mi.com Living independence to an accessible world. Be My Eyes-helps answer user questions Independent Free yes yes www.bemyeyes.org by video chat. Living Helpful Apps for Students with Disabilities Page 4 Description Area Cost Android iPhone iPad URL ClaroMagX – turns your mobile device Independent Free yes yes http://www.claro-apps.com/claro-magx/ into high definition visual magnifier. Living Color ID – uses camera on mobile device Independent to scan and speak the names of colors in 4.99 yes yes http://www.greengar.com Living real time. ColorADD – enables colorblind people to Independent Free yes yes http://coloradd-app.net/ understand colors. Living ColorVisor – detects colors in your Independent environment and verbalizes them using 4.99 yes yes http://visorapps.com/ Living VoiceOver. Curb – connects you to safe, reliable Independent Free yes yes yes http://gocurb.com transportation from professional drivers. Living Easy phone – using language recognition and text to speech makes using touch Independent yes http://www.gamoon.it/ screen devices easier for low vision and Living blind users. First Then Visual Schedule – increase Independent http://www.goodkarmaapplications.com/first-then-visual- independence and lower anxiety during 9.99 yes yes yes Living schedule.html transitions through different activities. GARI Mobile Finder – identifies mobile Independent device that best suits your accessibility yes http://fundacion.vodaphone.es/fundacion/es Living needs. iBlink Radio – access to online radio, Independent podcasts and news services that are Free yes yes http://www.serotek.com/ Living designed for low vision and blind users. iMove – uses VoiceOver and GPS to tell Independent you points of interest around you and Free yes yes http://www.everywaretechnologies.com/ Living customized messages and navigation. Magnifying Glass with Light Pro – Independent transforms mobile devices into lighted 1.99 yes yes http://www.falconinmotion.com/ Living magnifying glass. Mobile Accessibility – combines 12 Independent accessible applications for blind visually yes http://www.codefactory.es Living impaired users. Helpful Apps for Students with Disabilities Page 5 Description Area Cost Android iPhone iPad URL Money Reader – detects American Independent http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=icansee.money.u yes currency and verbalizes results. Living s MouseTrack – used with head tracking Independent 4.99 yes http://therapy-box.co.uk/mousetrack.aspx cameras to operate mobile devices. Living Smart Steps – assists with everyday Independent Free yes yes yes http://smartsteps4me.com/ problem solving. Living Stepping Stones – create visual guides or Independent 0.99 yes yes http://www.getshinythings.com “paths” using your own photos. Living Tap Speak Choice – fills needs for simple Independent 170 yes yes http://tapspeak.com/drupal/about to complete speech. Living Tap Tap See – uses camera function to Independent photograph and identify items audibly Free yes yes http://www.taptapseeapp.com Living for users. Tecla Access – tools that provide access Independent yes http://gettecla.com/ to mobile devices. Living Tinnitus Help – establishes tinnitus Independent sound frequency and offers option to 15.99 yes yes http://www.ind-technik.eu/kontakt/ Living mix that with nature sounds. Tinnitus Music Trainer – designed to Independent reduce tinnitus while listening to music 2.99 yes yes http://danubeteam.in.rs/ Living by adjusting sound frequencies. ViBe – creates customized vibrations Independent connected to selected people in your Free yes yes yes http://www.base2apps.com Living contact list. VisionAssist – screen magnifier app. Magnification 3.99 yes yes http://visionassist.slinkyware.com MindNode-versatile mind mapping tool Mind Mapping 10 yes yes https://mindnode.com with many customization options. iThoughts-helps organize thoughts Mind Mapping 10 yes yes http://toketaware.com/ithoughts-new-home/ visually AudioNote-Syncs notes and audio. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audionote-notepad-voice-