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Assistive Apps

  • VoiceNote (Free)

    by: Pacific Fisher Group

    SubjectCommunication, ILS, Leisure/Recreation, Utility, Writing
    Accessibility FeatureSpeech to Text, VoiceOver/Screen Reader
    PlatformAndroid
    Age RangeElementary, Preschool, Secondary, Teachers

    VoiceNote allows you to quickly and easily record short notes as well as important ideas with set reminders using speech recognition.

    get VoiceNote (Free) on google play

  • Wakelet (Free)

    by: Wakelet, Ltd.

    SubjectCommunication, Community of Practice, Utility
    Accessibility FeatureMagnification, VoiceOver/Screen Reader
    PlatformAndroid, iOS, Website
    Age RangeSecondary, Teachers

    Save content from across the web, including articles, videos, blogs, tweets, songs, and more. Arrange bookmarks into collections and add images. Collaborate with others on group collections to share ideas. Use the browser extension to save web content and organize it into collections.

    https://wakelet.com
    https://www.amazon.com/Wakelet/dp/B08DJ5Z367
    download Wakelet (Free) on the App Store get Wakelet (Free) on google play

  • Web Reader - Text to Speech (Paid)

    by: Chris Chauvin

    SubjectReading, ILS, Leisure/Recreation, POHI/CI
    Accessibility FeatureText to Speech
    PlatformiOS
    Age RangeSecondary, Teachers

    Web Reader 3.0 for iPhone uses text to speech technology along with web page content recognition to read web pages. Configure web pages to be read as soon as loaded, read pages manually after loading, or use Cut, Copy, and Paste to read only sections of text.

    download Web Reader - Text to Speech (Paid) on the App Store

  • Web Reader HD - Text to Speech Page Reader (Paid)

    by: Chris Chauvin

    SubjectReading, ILS, Leisure/Recreation, POHI/CI
    Accessibility FeatureText to Speech
    PlatformiOS
    Age RangeSecondary, Teachers

    Web Reader HD for iPad uses text to speech technology along with web page content recognition to read web pages. Configure web pages to be read as soon as loaded, read pages manually after loading, or use Cut, Copy, and Paste to read only sections of text. Reads PDF.

    download Web Reader HD - Text to Speech Page Reader (Paid) on the App Store

  • Whitestick (Free)

    by: Tom Lorimer

    SubjectCommunity of Practice
    Accessibility FeatureVoiceOver/Screen Reader, Magnification
    PlatformWebsite
    Age RangeTeachers

    Tom Lorimer set up this website to assist the visually impaired computer user in locating information and services related to blindness. The whitestick.co.uk website is designed for ease of use and to offer guidance to any visually impaired web user to try something new in the information technology world.

    www.whitestick.co.uk