Hearing Disabled
- Signed Stories: Books presented in video format, accompanied by narration and sign language
Nonverbal
- Verbal Me Free; Allows nonverbal kids to touch graphic buttons which “speak” for them.
Visually Impaired
| Name | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| ViA - By Braille Institute | Tool to find apps built specifically for, or provide functionality to, users with a visual impairment. | Free |
| Dragon Dictation | Easy-to-use voice recognition app. | Free |
| Light Detector | Transforms light into sound. | $2.79 |
| Color ID | Use a iPhone or iPod camera to speak the names of colors in real-time. | Free |
| Tap Tap See | Helps identify objects using an iPhone camera. | Free |
| Be My Eyes -- Helping Blind See | Allows sighted person to “see” for a blind person through a live video connection. | Free |
| Talking Calculator | A calculator with large colorful buttons, full VoiceOver support, and the option to use speech for answers, button names, and formulas. | $1.99 |
| Voice | Take a picture of anything that has words and Voice will read it to you! | Free |
| Access Note | Official iOS notetaker from American Foundation for the Blind. Designed for VoiceOver users; keyboard commands customized for input with both QWERTY and refreshable braille display keyboards. | Free |
| Visual Brailler | Braiile editor for iPad. | Free |
| Read 2 Me | Allows full speech synthesis for an entire library of texts including your *.txt files. | $2.99 |
Eye-Gaze Computer Control
- Umoove.me offers several games that allow you to experience eye movement technology by tracking your head movement so sensitively it approximates eye tracking.
- HeadStart is a driving arcade game for Android, where you use head movement to move your car right and left to avoid oncoming traffic.
- Umoove Flying Experience for iPad and iPhone allows you to fly through a 3D village just by moving your head slightly.
- Zombie Watch is a endless runner game for iPhone and iPad that allows the game to be played by using head movement only. The player maneuvers through the gate openings using head-movement.
Motor Challenges
- Panther Calculator – Designed with Universal Design for Learning in mind, Panther Paper and Panther Calculator apps allow people with writing disabilities to input mathematical expressions.
Speech Synthesis
Allows you to personalize computer-speech to match your own voice.