Teachers

The Nearpod platform enables teachers, schools, and districts to use their iPads to manage content on students' iPads, iPhones, iPods, or Macs. It seamlessly combines interactive presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated solution. School account required.

In combination with your iOS device's built-in camera, ZoomReader lets you magnify and read printed text. Take a picture of an object like a book or menu, which the app will convert into text using state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. ZoomReader will then read the text back to you using a natural-sounding voice.

The TSBVI serves as a public school for blind, DeafBlind, and visually impaired students as well as a resource for teachers and parents. The TSBVI website offers comprehensive training, curriculum, a library, technical assistance outreach, workshops, and conferences.

Voice Dream Reader is the world's most accessible reading tool. With advanced text-to-speech and a highly configurable screen layout, it can be tailored to suit every reading style from completely auditory to completely visual, plus a synchronized combination of both.

An audio recorder and voice memos app. Features iCloud Drive sync. Swipe left or right to start/stop recording. Swipe up or down to reveal three different recording modes. Features in-app purchases.

Word prediction makes typing on your iPad fast and friendly, with ‘Speak As I Type.’ The spell checker, dictionary, picture dictionary, and other study tools provide extra assistance with essays, assignments, or general reading and writing. If you’re using your Safari browser, just touch on-screen text to hear it read out loud with on-screen highlighting.

Designed to help the blind and visually impaired students identify objects they encounter in their daily lives. Tap the screen to take a photo of anything, at any angle, and hear the app speak the identification.

Supports persons with autism and intellectual disabilities to solve problems when in the community going to work, school, or out with friends.

Perkins School for the Blind is committed to providing education and services that build productive, meaningful lives for children and adults around the world who are blind, DeafBlind, or visually impaired with or without other disabilities.

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.