APPS TO SUPPORT TRANSITION TO COLLEGE Felicia J. Arce M.Ed & Barbara Locke ATP

Agenda§Using these tools to support education and employment §Bookshare and Learning Ally §Accessibility on the iPad §Dedicated Apps§What to do when apps don’t work. §References

Using these tools to support education and employment

Employment

Education

• Tool for interviews• Use as a transition skill in

new environment• Work performance

• Give students strategies• Supporting independence

in education • Build transition

skills/tools

Accessibility on the iPad

§Settings§Accessibility §Speak button§Siri

Bookshare Learning AllyCost: Free with Proof of Disability Documentation

Cost: Varies

Reading Features:• Listen to books with a high quality

synthetic text-to-speech voices• Hear and see highlighted words on

screen • Read with digital, braille, or large print• Read directly from your internet browser

Reading Features:

• Human-narrated Audio Textbooks & Literature

• Classic Audio- human-narrated without text

available

• VOICEtext Books

o Highlights words as students reads reinforcing

word identification and decoding skills

development

o Adjust speed, pitch, and the interval.

o Adjust zoom, Text Color, Background Color,

Highlight Text Color, and Highlight Color.

Dedicated Apps

• Saves articles from websites

• Be able to read articles off line

• Text-to-Speech

• OCR documents• Text-to-speech• Speech-to-Text• Add voice

messages to documents

• Add pictures to documents

• Supports PDF and Word documents, DRM-free EPUB and DAISY eBooks, Web pages and more.

• Also compatible with Bookshare, Dropbox, G-Drive, Evernote, Pocket, and Gutenberg.

Pocket*Voice Dream

Reader * Claro PDF

Dedicated Apps Continued

• Can use camera, photo album, or PDFs from other apps

• Image processing: rotation, crop, fixes uneven lighting or paper texture

• No Internet connection required for image and OCR processing

• Text-to-speech

• Reading modes for books, articles and labels, bills, etc.

• Synchronized text highlighting with speech and Braille output

• Ability to import, OCR, and read image-based pdf and jpg files

• Batch scan mode to process and read multiple pages

• Tap and read function

• Text-to-speech capability with the VoiceOver system feature

• Adjustable font sizes and audio to assist visually impaired people

Prizmo KNFB Reader Text Grabber*

What to do when apps don’t work.

• Text-To-Speech Proofreading• Word Finder• Creates an outline of headings,

paragraphs and sentences. • Drag and drop elements in the Outline

to organize your writing.

• Grammar Checker- Fixesgrammar and spelling mistakes.

• Sentence Rephrase-Explore different ways to express your writing.

• Dictionary and Synonyms• Text Reader- hear your

text be read back to you.

Voice Dream Writer Ginger*

Dedicated Writing Apps

• High quality recording

• Unlimited bookmarks

• Camera access within app

• Upload notes to

Windows/Mac via

Dropbox

• Word prediction

• Text-to-speech

• Grammar check

• Topic-related

dictionaries

• Spelling support

• Universal version

available with

license

• Note taking and PDF

annotation.

• Record lectures,

mark up PDF’s,

provide audio

responses

• Take notes as you

read

• Import doc & ppt

files from Google

Docs

• Share notes via

AirDrop, Dropbox,

Notetalker * Noteability* Co:Writer*

Organization Apps

• Supports photo and text

• Use quadrants for Do Now, Do Later, Inbox, Ask Questions/etc.

• Sync between iPad, Mac or Windows

• Track progress

• Set recurring tasks

• Use icons, colors

• Color coding events

• Include notes by folders

• To Do lists

• Include photographs

• Voice recording

• Reminders

• Sync with iCloud, Evernote

• Sync with iOS

calendars

• Recurring events

• Tasks and sub-tasks

• 25 priorities for

projects

• Reminders

• Notes related to

tasks

• Day, week, month &

tasks modules

Priority Matrix Planner Pro Awesome Note 2

Resources

§AEM Coordinator UW/WIND

§ https://www.wy.at4all.com/ - Device Loan program

§ Project Echo- UW ECHO in AT design for use in education: the use of technology to leverage scarce resources, improving outcomes by reducing variations in AT services and sharing ‘best practices’, case-based learning, and the monitoring of outcomes.

QUESTIONS?

Felicia Arcefarce@uwyo.edu

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