Accessworld® Magazine by American Federation of the Blind (AFB)
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The following resources are provided as potential tools for implementation of the guidelines. MDE-LIO is not making specific recommendations, and no endorsements should be inferred. Applications App Free? AccessWorld® Magazine by American Federation of the Blind (AFB) AFB provides technology news of specifically designed technology for low Yes vision and blind people. It can be downloaded to iOS and Kindle devices and has VoiceOver capability. www.afb.org/aw/main.asp AppleVis This community-powered resource website is dedicated to blind and low vision users of Apple products and related applications. In addition, it advocates attention to future development in accessibility. Offers iOS apps directory, forum, blog, podcasts, guides, app deals, and accessory Yes reviews. Users can post in the forum comments and usability ratings of apps, plus search for information, comments, and ratings of app to review before purchase. www.applevis.com Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 1 of 35 Applications App Free? AppShopper by TouchArcade As of 12/20/12 the official AppShopper App was removed from the App Store. The app was removed by Apple due to a conflict with some new rules that Apple introduced with the iOS 6. Current users of the Yes AppShopper App will be able to continue to use the app. The developers are working on a new and improved version. http://appshopper.com/blog/2012/12/20/appshopper-app- removed-from-the-app-store-for-now Aroundme by ATTORNO A ME S.R.L. This app provides information on places around your specific location such as ATMs, restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, and schools. Fully Yes accessible with VoiceOver and can be downloaded to iOS, Android, and Windows devices. www.aroundmeapp.com Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 2 of 35 Applications App Free? Audible by a subsidiary of Amazon, Inc. Some features are Audible is the world’s largest producer of downloadable audiobooks in the free with world. Membership is required and includes one free audiobook download membership per month, 30 percent off purchases, free exchange of disliked books, and and others free audio newspapers of the New York Times or Wall Street Journal. It have fees features Whispersync technology that can switch back and forth from a associated Kindle book to the Audible audiobook without losing the place. with them. www.audible.com BARD Mobile App The BARD Mobile App provides access to braille and talking books directly from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD). With BARD Mobile, you can play the audio materials on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Yes Touch. If your device is connected to a refreshable braille display through Bluetooth, you can also read the braille materials available on BARD. https://nlsbard.loc.gov/login/NLS Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 3 of 35 Applications App Free? BigBrowser by Braille Institute This app magnifies the browser, text, search, and URL fields. It has Yes VoiceOver functionality and is designed for low vision readers. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bigbrowser-by-braille- institute/id602799897?mt=8 Blind Bargains by AT Guys LLC. Blind Bargains is your home for the latest deals and news for the blind and visually impaired. Blind Bargains scours the Internet to bring you the latest sales, deals, and news on computers, screen readers, notetakers, Yes braille printers, hard drives, accessible cell phones, memory cards, talking products, household items, and much more. This site also presents articles, news, and resources of general interest to the blind community and friends. www.blindbargains.com Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 4 of 35 Applications App Free? BlindSquare by MIPsoftMatt BlindSquare helps with navigation. It has been developed in collaboration with blind people. BlindSquare uses a GPS and the compass to locate the user. It then gathers information about the surrounding environment from No FourSquare. BlindSquare has some unique algorithms to decide what information is the most relevant and then speaks it to the user with high quality speech synthesis. https://itunes.apple.com/fi/app/blindsquare/id500557255?mt=8 Bop-It™ by Electronic Arts BOP IT!™ This is an action-reaction Hasbro game for iPad. It commands the player to BOP IT!, Twist It!, Pull It! and more. The player builds a score by listening for the BOP IT! commands and responding to them quickly before No time runs out. It improves attending to audio, reaction time, and acting upon directions. It’s easy to play and fun! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bop-it!-for- ipad/id438719058?mt=8 Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 5 of 35 Applications App Free? BrainPOP® by BrainPOP® Some Founded in 1999, BrainPOP® has animated curricular content: science, sections are social studies, English, math, technology, health, arts, and music. It free. The full features a short content movie with quiz, games, and monthly themes. It version must offers versions for English as a second language (ESL), junior (K-3), be Spanish, and Games. purchased. www.brainpop.com Calculator Pro for iPad and iPhone Yes by Apalon (basic) Calculator Pro offers two modes: Standard Mode for basic calculations and $0.99 Scientific Mode for advanced calculations for $0.99. Go to the app store. (for Scientific https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calculator-pro-for-ipad- Mode) free/id749118884?mt=8 Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 6 of 35 Applications App Free? Color Identifier for IOS & Android by GreenGar Studios Color Identifier uses the camera on your iPhone or iPod touch to speak the names of colors in real-time. It’s an Augmented Reality app for No discovering the names of the colors around you! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/color- identifier/id363346987?mt=8 Dragon Dictation by Nuance Communications Dragon Dictation is a voice recognition app powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that translates speech to text instantly as a text or email message. The user can dictate status updates directly to Social Yes Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders. It also supports a variety of global languages. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon- dictation/id341446764?mt=8 Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 7 of 35 Applications App Free? Dropbox by Dropbox Dropbox is a service that syncs files (photos, documents, and videos) in multiple locations and accesses them from anywhere for easy sharing. There are links to many ebook apps for easy downloading of books. Yes Dropbox was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, two MIT students tired of emailing files to themselves to work from more than one computer. www.dropbox.com Evernote by Evernote Evernote is designed to sync notes, web clips, files, and images that are available on every device and computer. It allows the user to save Yes searches, webpages, and photos with recorded audio descriptions, and offers a variety of collaborative and sharing choices. https://evernote.com Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 8 of 35 Applications App Free? EyeNote by Bureau of Engraving and Printing EyeNote is a mobile device application to denominate Federal Reserve Yes Notes (U.S. paper currency) as an aid for the blind or visually impaired. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eyenote/id405336354?mt=8 EyeReader by NetSoft Engineering EyeReader is a unique reading magnifier that utilizes the LED light of the No iPhone, providing a solution to the reading of small print in dark areas. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eyereader/id421570249 Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 9 of 35 Applications App Free? Free Graphing Calculator by William Jockusch The graphing calculator features a scientific calculator, graphing capabilities, unit converter, constants for scientific calculations, and Yes creation of a table of values. It has VoiceOver accessibility. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-graphing- calculator/id378009553?mt=8 Google Play by Google Google Play is Google’s name for the Android Market and is the platform Yes for Android users to buy and download their mobile apps. https://play.google.com/apps Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 10 of 35 Applications App Free? HiFutureSelf By dBelement, LLC HiFutureSelf allows the user to easily set up alerts and reminders. Send reminders or fun messages to your future self. HiFutureSelf launches Yes instantly, and gets right to the point. With as few as two taps, you can set up reminders for your daily routine. It is VoiceOver accessible. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hifutureself/ id384927725?mt=8 Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education April 2014 Low Incidence Outreach Page 11 of 35 Applications App Free? iBlink Radio by Serotek Corporation The iBlink Radio application is for the visually impaired to use with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad! iBlink Radio offers radio stations, podcasts, and reading services of special interest to blind and visually impaired persons. Serotek’s award-winning online community is dedicated to promoting the digital lifestyle to its low-vision and blind subscribers. Community radio stations featured are owned and/or operated by persons with limited or no eye sight. Genres include oldies, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, Yes alternative, classic rock, old time radio, and more. Reading services provide narration of newspapers, magazines, periodicals and other print publications including: USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and hundreds more.