The app is 100 accessible for blind and visually impaired people as it allows you to use zoom and voiceover on your device.
Ipad apps for blind adults.
While some of the featured apps are free others are are not.
The app vibrates the user s ipad after a road has been crossed and can announce bus or train stops.
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Some of these apps can augment daily chores while the others are purely for entertainment purpose.
February 20 2017 upon the requests of some of our readers here in edtech and mlearning we went ahead and curated for you this selection of some very good ipad apps to use with blind and visually impaired students.
Because voiceover is integrated in ios and ipados it works with all the built in ipad apps.
Ability is an app that helps people with any type of disability to successfully navigate public places and search for accessible features at any public space example.
It is free to download on the app store.
Font larger text starting in ios 8 the ipad allows you to increase the text size from approximately 8 point font to 28 point font.
In the settings app go to general accessibility to view the low vision options.
Voiceover works with every built in app.
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Be my eyes this app allows a sighted person to be the eyes for a person who s blind in need of help moving through an unfamiliar environment both indoors and outdoors.
Let blind people see through your eyes.
Currently available for iphone and coming soon for android the app can be used in a variety of situations for example a blind person might need help checking the expiration.
Top 10 apps for disabled people.
This app is useful for both the blind and sighted alike.
It presents text from ebooks in a scrolling stream across the screen in a similar way to a news ticker or a display board on a train.
You can create custom labels for buttons in any app including third party apps.
It works in several languages for navigation using google maps.
Be my eyes connects blind people who need assistance with sighted volunteers who want to help out via a direct video connection.
You may want to go through the collection see links and apps description below the visual and see what works for you.
And many third party ones.
Ipad apps for visually impaired are designed meticulously to aid blind and other visually impaired people.
The md evreader is a free app for the ipad or android tablets which has been developed to help people with a central vision loss read.
Be my eyes who it helps.
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More apps coming soon.
Apps have made life easier for many people living with blindness or a visual impairment.
Being able to read things that are only in visual print was a task that might have required a non sighted person to seek the help of another.
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