Education

Adult students in Plano Texas have developed an abacus App for sale at Products or systems used by people with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible; examples include specialized ...

Open Captions is a website that lets you search for captioned YouTube videos. As the video is playing, if you click on a word in the captions, a small window opens and shows you the ASL The commonly used acronym for American Sign ...

The  Navigating College  handbook is a first-of-its-kind resource written by autistic adults for autistic college students exploring the various aspects of the higher education experience. From traditional topics like classroom accommodations and ...

The Institute for Accessible Science has a website that helps you find resources for science education and career development, including assistive technology and accessible laboratory setups. It is focused on biomedical science, and is funded by ...

The latest version of Apple's iOS The operating system for Apple's portable products: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. system for iPhones and iPads includes Siri , a powerful speech recognition Any technology ...

Here's a new video on how assistive listening systems can be used in the classroom . (Hard of hearing, Communication, Education, Child/Primary School, Adolescent/Transition, Volume control, audio quality, Best practices, K-12, ...

Parlerai is a customized social network for special education, linking school, therapy, and home environments to foster better communication. Parents are the customers -- they select who gets what information, and can manage all the interactions. ...

One of the problems with iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch devices is that with one press of the Home button, whatever has been done with the current app Short for "application"; usually a program that runs on a portable device or wireless ...

SNApps4Kids is a website that collects information about iOS The operating system for Apple's portable products: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. and Android Google's operating system for small computers, ...

Syracuse University's School of Education has released iAdvocate, an iPhone/iPad app that helps you develop strategies for advancing services to students in special education . iAdvocate has resources, and even simulations of interactions with ...

People who are blind or have low vision, as well as librarians and others looking for accessible books, can find the Louis database at the American Printing House for the Blind that covers more than 300,000 titles, available in braille ...

OneSwitch is a UK organization that develops and shares information about simple access to games and other software. It's got lots of fun, practical solutions for entertainment, music, and art, and an attached blog for dialogue and ...

The World Blind Union has released a toolkit on audio description : what it is, how it works, and how to do it. Written for non-technical people, the toolkit offers both basic background and plenty of guidance on how to add audio description to ...

The Attainment Company now offers an inexpensive app for iOS devices that lets you control a PC or Mac: the Attainment Switch . The iOS device can simulate one- or two-switch setups, and uses a wifi connection to the computer. (Physical ...

The Gizmo's Freeware website has two lists of websites that legally offer free books in alternative formats. One covers free audio books , the other covers free books in electronic text formats , many of which may be converted from text ...