12 Expert Ipad Apps For Visually Impaired Students

February 20, 2017
Upon the requests of some of our readers hither inwards EdTech in addition to mLearning nosotros went ahead in addition to curated for you lot this pick of some real skilful iPad apps to purpose amongst blind in addition to visually impaired students. While some of the featured apps are free, others are are not. You may desire to larn through the collection (see links in addition to apps description below the visual) in addition to consider what plant for you. This operate is based on Apple's Accessibility Apps Collection inwards  iTunes App Store.

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1- TapTapSee - Blind & Visually Impaired Camera

‘TapTapSee is designed to aid the blind in addition to visually impaired position objects they come across inwards their daily lives. Simply double tap the shroud to get got a photograph of anything, at whatever angle, in addition to remove heed the app speak the identification dorsum to you lot (Note: Spoken identification requires VoiceOver to move turned on).’

2- Voice Dream Writer

‘Voice Dream Writer helps everyone write better: Text-to-speech proofreading reduces mistakes, phonetic in addition to pregnant search aid you lot purpose the correct words, in addition to an active outline helps you lot organize in addition to improve the construction of your writing.’

3- Be My Eyes – Helping blind see

‘Be the eyes for a blind somebody inwards require of aid remotely through a alive video connective if you lot are sighted or move assisted past times the network of sighted users if you lot are blind.’

4- knfbReader

‘Take a photo, the app reads the text inwards clear synthetic oral communication or amongst a connected Braille display. It’s every bit uncomplicated every bit that. The app also has synchronized text highlighting which reads along amongst the displayed text, a practise goodness for people amongst dyslexia in addition to other reading disabilities.’

5- BlinSquare

‘BlindSquare is a novel solution that combines the latest engineering scientific discipline to aid the blind amongst their daily lives. It has been developed inwards collaboration amongst blind people in addition to carefully plain tested. You require either an iPhone or an iPad to larn started. It also supports some additional accessories to heighten the experience.’

6- MBraille

‘MBraille brings you lot a mobile braille keyboard. With the gratuitous features you lot tin type, edit in addition to post tweets in addition to text messages using contracted or uncontracted English linguistic communication braille.’

7- NantMobile Money Reader

‘NantMobile Money Reader immediately recognizes currency in addition to speaks the denomination, enabling people experiencing visual impairments or blindness to chop-chop in addition to easily position in addition to count bills. Point the photographic telly camera of your iOS device at a pecker in addition to the application volition say you lot the denomination inwards real-time.’

8- Color Identifier

‘Color Identifier uses the photographic telly camera on your iPhone or iPod impact to speak the names of colors inwards real-time. It's a novel Augmented Reality app for discovering the names of the colors only about you!’

9- Light Detector

‘Light Detector transforms whatever natural or artificial lite origin it encounters into sound. Light Detector is slowly to use! Just run the application in addition to indicate your iPhone photographic telly camera inwards whatever direction. You volition remove heed a higher or lower sound depending on the intensity of the light.’

10- Digit-Eyes Lite

‘Digit-Eyes Lite allows you lot to read Digit-Eyes QR (Quick-Response) text bar code labels. It tin move upgraded to read UPC / EAN labels every bit well. You tin brand in addition to read your ain labels, too! Using the Digit-Eyes website, you'll move able to practise a PDF file of Digit-Eyes QR bar codes that each incorporate upwards to 250 characters of text’

11- Seeing Assistant Home

‘Seeing Assistant Home allows the users to color recognition, detection of the lite origin in addition to partially visually impaired people to purpose electronic loupe. Allows the users to scan in addition to generate barcodes in addition to QR codes. Seeing Assistant Home has been developed inwards closed co-operation visually impaired people inwards club to address their needs every bit good every bit possible.’

12- BARD Mobile

‘The BARD Mobile app provides access to braille in addition to talking books direct from the NLS Braille in addition to Audio Reading Download (BARD). BARD contains almost 80,000 books, magazines, in addition to music scores inwards sound in addition to braille formats, amongst novel selections added daily.’