On October 6, 2011 The Iris Network and DBVI held a Demonstration and Resources Day for People With Vision Loss at York County Community College in Wells, ME. Steve Kelley presented two sessions: There’s An App For That; and Accessible Cell Phones. The handouts for this session may be downloaded from this link: http://www.lowvisiontech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/App_for_that.doc or appear below:
There’s An App For That
Apple Resources:
All With My iPhone: http://allwithmyiphone.com/ includes audio tutorials about popular apps for users with vision loss
AppleVis: http://www.applevis.com for vision impaired iOS users
Apps:
LookTel Money Reader: http://www.looktel.com/products $9.99 identifies paper currency
Color Identifier: http://www.greengar.com/ $1.99 identifies colors beneath the camera
Talking Tag: http://talkingtag.com/lv.htm $4.99 purchase digital tags $14.99/200 record messages on tags
Learning Ally Audio (formerly RFB&D): http://www.learningally.org/apple/ $19.99 Audio books for students
Talking Calculator: http://www.adamcroser.com.au $1.99 customizable talking calculator
iBlink Radio: http://www.serotek.com/ Free; Plays a variety of leisure and educational streaming audio including Maine Airs
Read 2 Go: http://read2go.org/ $19.99 Plays DAISY Books and interfaces with Bookshare.org for direct downloads.
For a copy of this sheet or to use it online, please visit http://www.lowvisiontech.com/category/apple/
Accessible Cell Phones
Cell Phone Resources: Youtube video series by Carroll Tech’s Brian Chalmers begins with Seminar 1 http://youtu.be/Wk_QFaF8-QE
Council of Citizens With Low Vision International Lectures with Dr. Bill Takeshita: http://www.airsla.org/broadcasts/CCLVI110519.mp3
Types of accessible phones:
Smart Phones:
Apple iPhone: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint coming
Android Phones: all
Nokia Phones: all
Blackberry: AT&T
Just a Phone:
Samsung Haven: Verizon
Jitterbug: pay-as-you-go wherever cell coverage is vailable
Important to note:
- Windows Mobile 7 not supporting accessibility
- Nokia not continuing with Symbian operating system
- Oratio for Blackberry is only available on Curve model through AT&T
Android Accessibility:
Eyes Free Project: to get more info read the FAQ
http://eyes-free.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/documentation/android_access/index.html
Mobile Accessibility for Android Code Factory: http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=415
For a copy of this sheet or to use it online http://www.lowvisiontech.com/category/cell-phones/