Tablet apps for accessibility and inclusion
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Welcome
Welcome to this online session We are due to start at Midday Don’t worry if you cant hear anything yet Could you type in the chat box where you are
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Tablet Apps for Accessibility and InclusionKevin Hickey
Adobe Connect
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Aims
By the end of this session you should have a greater understanding of some of the Tablet Apps available which can support accessibility and Inclusion.
Unfortunately we wont have time to cover:– Managing devices– Apps not related to accessibility and inclusion– Advice on specific devices– Demonstrations of the apps in action– Apps for mobile phones
Overview
Questions? Built in accessibility Apps for :
– Image Communication– Text to speech/screen reader– Voice recognition– Making Notes– Mind Maps
– https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlUoOEy_1LXtdDEwUldfd2dtNWE0LXFVNXRaY2tGVkE
Questions?
Which type of tablets do you or your learners currently use?
Who uses Tablets at your learning provider? Which Apps do you use to support accessibility
and inclusion?
Tobii SonoFlex Free & paid for
versions available
Wide range of words/symbols
Use camera to create own symbols
Image Communication
Grid Player Uses grids from
The Grid 2 Comes with
some basic symbol sets
Works well with additional speaker
Image Communication
Image communicationMyChoicePadMakaton Symbols & sign language videos
TaptoTalk Wide range of devices
Predictable Symbols, keyboard or
handwritten Send messages to
facebook & twitter
Text To Speech
Verbally
SpeakIT
Ivona Pronunciation Pro
Text to Speech
Dragon Dictate
Speech to Text IspeechDictation
Dictation/ speech to text
AudioNote
SoundNote
Note taking with audio
Dropbox
BlueBox
EverNote
Note taking/Storage
iThoughts
MindJet
MindMaps
Cogimap
Links
Spreadsheet of Apps https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlUoOEy_1LXtdDEwUldfd2dtNWE0LXFVNXRaY2tGVkE
Blog of mobile AT resources– http://asstech.wordpress.com/category/mobile/
Feedback on the session– http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/feedbacktabletappsforaccessibilityandinclusion17052012
Copy of this presentation– https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1UoOEy_1LXtenpv
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