THERE’S PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE APP FOR THAT!Melissa Padron, Volunteer

Amy Mitchem, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Intern

THERE’S PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE APP FOR THAT

Smartphones and tablets are valuable tools for people who have disabilities. They help build capacity by enabling people to do a broad range of tasks from placing a phone call to communicating with text-to-speech.

Participants will learn about a range of applications for different disabilities on both the Apple and Android platforms.

BUILT-IN ACCESSIBILITY

IOS• VoiceOver • Zoom• Mono Audio • Visible/LED and Vibrating Alerts • Assistive Touch• Guided Access • Speak Selection • Safari Reader • Large Font• Invert Colors

Android• TalkBack• Explore by Touch • Visible and Vibrating Alerts (Kick Back and Sound Back)• Scrolling• Long Press• Directional Navigation Pad• TTS Extended• Large Font• Invert Colors

Accessibility is the measure of how successfully a product can be used by people with varying abilities. Items listed are pre-installed cross-disability assistive programs rather than apps we get from App Store or Google Play.

STANDARD PHONE FUNCTIONS THAT MAKE PHONES MORE ACCESSIBLE

IOS• Siri • Dictation • iMessage • Facetime • Screen Capture• Bluetooth • Web Browsing• Multiple Language• Support

Android• Video Calling• Screen Capture• Multitasking• Multiple Language

Support• Multi-Touch• Voice Based Features• Web Browser• Messaging• Tethering (Mobile Hot Spot)• Bluetooth

ACCESSING APPLICATIONS

• IOS App Store

• Android Google Play Store

• Within the App Store and Google Play Store, you can search, purchase, and download different applications.

IOS APPLICATIONS • It’s Done! • Easy Speak • Dragon Dictation • VizWiz

IT’S DONE!Price: $2.99

• Makes a list of tasks and checks them off as they get completed• Customizes tasks to occur daily, weekly, or on a certain date • Sets reminders as to when a certain task needs to be completed • Allows a confirmation email or text message to be sent to a loved one, caregiver, etc. when a task has been marked complete• Saves completed tasks in the app’s history with the date/time of completion • Categorizes and prioritizes tasks according to type and level of importance • Available for Android

EASY SPEAK

Price: $39.99

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC) app for adults and children • Over 800 symbols and pictures with corresponding audio • Creates phrases or sentences that can be spoken out loud • Customize with your very own words, phrases, and pictures• Create custom color-coded folders

DRAGON DICTATION

Price: FREE

• Gives full control of the keyboard, including editing and new line functions • Editing feature that provides a list of suggested words • Dictate text messages and emails, or notes that can be pasted into other applications using the clipboard • Dictate status updates to Facebook and Twitter

VIZWIZ

Price: FREE

• Enables blind users to get information about their surroundings •Take a picture, record a question, and receive an answer • Email your questions and picture, or send them to web workers or Twitter

ANDROID APPLICATIONS

• MedRemind• Silver Magnifier • Diabetes Tracker• Easy Dial

MEDREMIND

Price: FREE

• Provides notification and alerts to remind about taking medication• Schedules a list of medicine for the day• History log of taken or skipped medicines• You can set alarms in either repeating or non-repeating patterns. Hourly time interval between alarms can be selected• At the scheduled time, application will pop up on a notification window with an alarm, vibration, and with LED indication.• You can customize: Tone, Vibration, LED color, persisting alarms, On bar notification or popup window type alerts.

SILVER MAGNIFIERPrice: Free

• Customizable magnification application

• Turns smartphone into portable CCTV

• Flashlight function• Distance magnification up to

approximately 15 feet• Close up viewing • Auto focus• Still image capturing• Large button controls

DIABETES TRACKER- • Price: Free• Saves Blood sugar entries directly in your

phone• Exclusive exercises and tasty food recipes• Warm-ups, yoga poses, & aerobics with

instructions and images• Detailed graphs and reports to monitor your

success • Track your Insulin intake and all your medicines • Set reminders to ensure timely intake of

medicines. • Maintain all your expenses and view the total

spent and averages • Password protection.• Detailed records for proper consultations• Share data with anyone via email or move it to

SD card.

EASY DIAL

Price: Free

• Turns phone into a giant button that can be used to place a phone call

• Customize who the button will call• Simple but very useful

Thank you!

Melissa Padron, VolunteerAmy Mitchem, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Intern

If you have any questions, please contact us: 979-776-5505info@bvcil.org