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

joining us from ?

Tablet Apps for Accessibility and InclusionKevin Hickey

Adobe Connect

Can you here me? – If not please type tell us via the chat window

Use the Chat Box to Ask any Questions– Don't worry about spelling mistakes

Where to focus? Something's gone wrong? Let us know We will be recording

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

VoiceOver Text-To-speech

Built-In 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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