eXplore2 with the iPad2

Accessibility & Apps for Students who are Blind, and Students with Low Vision

 About the presenters

Niels Nicolajsen
Educational Consultant for Students with Visual Impairments Orientation & Mobility Specialist Assistive Technology Specialist for the visually impaired

Accessibility & Apps for Students with Visual Impairments

Richard Svekla
Assistive Technology Specialist for multiple disciplines UBC Masters of Education student in visual impairments
Please note that this file is an amalgamation of two separate slideshow presentations on the iPads accessibility features

 Retina display at 20481536 resolution rear 5MP iSight camera with illumination 1080p HD video camera with video stabilization, temporal noise reduction Dictation feature built into the onscreen keyboard 10-hour battery life 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) From $519 (16 GB WiFi) to $849 (64 GB WiFi + 4G)

iPad 3: Whats new?

Note: shipping began March 16, 2012

How many Apps?

As of the Apple announcement of the iPad 3 on March 7 (2012)
over 585,000 apps! over 25 billion downloads!

 Hard to be an expert on apps

At times, too many to choose from New ones always added Existing ones updated / improved Non-popular ones removed

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The Evolving World of Apps for the iPad

Easier to be an expert on the built-in features

Better yet, share expertise in a community of learners

and iPhone

REMEMBER: the iPad is COOL but its NOT the

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only tool in the learning

toolbox for the student!

Accessibility & Apps for Students with Low Vision

Tip #1: apply a matte screen protector

Low vision features built into the iPad:

Zoom
Large Text White on Black
(i.e. reversal of all colours)

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Speak Selection

VoiceOver built-in TTS feature on the iPad: Reconfigures all previous modes of interaction New interaction of Finger gestures
Refer to Vision Alberta handout, page 2

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Rotors & Keyboarding

Typing with VoiceOver enabled and the on-screen keyboard, the default is a double-tap on each letter Using the Rotor feature of VoiceOver, touch typing can be enabled (let go of the desired letter) 2 fingers in a rotating motion (e.g. ones thumb and forefinger opening a bottle top)

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Each rotor setting can be tweaked with a flick up or down

External keyboards:
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Apple Keyboard Dock (no longer available) limited to portrait orientation BlueTooth keyboards: USB keyboards?
via "Apple Camera Connection Kit"

Accessibility & Apps for Students with Low Vision

External keyboards:
USB keyboards!
E.g. Crayola (at right) via "Apple Camera Connection Kit"

 AirPrint printers
Not all WiFi printers are compatible with iPad! As of March 2012, Apples list of 132 AirPrint compatible printers (see link on this webpage):
http://www.apple.com//ipad/features/airprin t.html

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A rose by any other name

Some printer companies (e.g. HP) indicate mobile / iPad compatibility using their own label

Also, search the App store or via iTunes for iPrint apps

BRAILLE DISPLAYS
iOS 5.1 (released March 7, 2012) is supposed to work with all current braille displays via Bluetooth
Brailliant (by Humanware) Focus 40 Blue (by Freedom Scientific) etc.

Settings General
Accessibility VoiceOver Braille (requires Bluetooth on)

One example of accessories: iGrill?

cooking / temperature $80 Apple accessory for the iPhone / iPad App is free:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app /igrill/id400796680?mt=8

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But is the app accessible with VoiceOver?

Accessibility & Apps for Students who are Visually Impaired

Third-party iTunes APPS

GAMES using VoiceOver

Papa Sangre Text Twirl!... Bop It! for iPad Zany Touch Arcade Hoops Basketball Stem Stumper

Additional ones from AppleVis website: Blindshoot http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindshoot/id498792267?m t=8 Moxie, and Moxie 2 (word games) http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/moxie-freeedition/id309662269?mt=8 King of Dragon Pass http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/kingof-dragon-pass/id335545504?mt=8

CAMERA APPS
LookTel Money Reader

Omoby, Digit-Eyes, VizWiz

Listen At It, aidColors, Color Blind Aid, Kolorami and many magnification tools for low-vision users!
but are these any better than the built-in camera? how about ZoomTexts app, ZoomReader? http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zoomreader/id414117816?mt=8

VIDEO CHATTING
FaceTime Built-in, ergo it has been tested to work with VoiceOver by Apple Limitation: can only connect to those with mobile Apple devices
Not Android phone users, etc. Nor computer users, especially PC (Windows) machines

Skype From postings on AppleVis, previous versions of Skype were more accessible than more recent updates Skype eventually seems to play catch-up in making their app more accessible

VIDEOCONFERENCE
Polycom RealPresence Mobile FuzeMeeting (www.fuzemeeting.com)

SMART Bridgit Conferencing

iPads & Interactive Whiteboards

But which app does this best? And what else is needed?

iPads & Interactive Whiteboards

How to share the teachers electronic presentation on the iPad for the student with low vision
- One of many solutions: run SMART Bridgit software on the teachers computer (or FuzeMeeting, or :
http://bridgit.smarttech.com ($ cost $)

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iPads & Interactive Whiteboards

- then run the SMART Bridgit Conferencing app on the iPad: (free)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-bridgitconferencing/id433502122

RECORDING & AUDIO

Voice Memos (built-in iPhone only) List Recorder (99) Dragon Dictation (free)
Note: new to iPad3 is the Dictation feature built into the onscreen keyboard useful in almost every app!

VLingo (iPhone app) AudioNote Lite (free) Hound (free) & others similar to it

NAVIGATION
iPhones built in compass: Zoom yes Speak Selection no but it is VoiceOver friendly! Various 3rd party iPad apps (some better contrast than others, not likely VoiceOver friendly)

butSendaro GPS LookAround ($4.99) an accessible GPS app for blind iPhone users
andNavigon Canada GPS that works with VoiceOver

WORD PROCESSING
Notes (built in) PlainText (free) Pages ($9.99)

Quickoffice Pro HD ($14.99)

EverNote (free) CloudOn (free) Microsofts app

BOOK APPS
Print book readers:
iBooks: VoiceOver friendly Kindle: VO friendly Kobo: clumsy using VO

Audio book readers:

Overdrive: VO friendly, plays in background, has sleep function Audible: VO friendly, plays in background, sleep function Audiobooks: VO friendly, plays in background, sleep function

and many more

PDF APPS
Zoom

2-finger pinch

Speak Selection

iBooks kobo GoodReader for iPad pdf-notes for iPad Adobe Reader Perfect Reader

built-in speech

PDF APPS contd

VoiceOver friendly:
iBooks (free)

NOT VoiceOver friendly:

Kobo GoodReader for iPad pdf-notes for iPad Adobe Reader Perfect Reader

DAISY APPS
VOD Lite voice of DAISY (free; full version is $25.99) DaisyWorm (99) inDAISY ($19.99)
Possibly the very 1st DAISY app but is it the best?

Read2Go ($19.99) for BookShare books

Learning Ally Audio ($19.99) requires a subscription

UTILITIES
Calculators (iPhones built-in is VoiceOver friendly) BrailleTouch texting (iPhone?) TypeInBraille Periodic Table of the Elements (by Kevin Neelands) is VoiceOver friendly! Qwiki encyclopedia

Dictionary.com HD

UTILITIES contd
iPad calculators: many options for low vision!
E.g Jumbo Calculator

Periodic Table of the Elements?

Best to download the PDF from AB Educations Chem Data booklet

ZoomContacts (99) - an LP solution for organizing contact lists

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zoomcontacts/id442917350?mt=8

UTILITIES contd
Dropbox!

Benefits:

One user account Load onto the iPhone and/or iPad Also installs on PC or Mac computers Files transferred easily between the above Files and folders can be shared between multiple users* Theres even a public access folder for anyone to access a file* * iCloud cant do these!

UTILITIES contd
Dropbox!

On the downside:

Dropbox gives only 2 GB free, vs. iClouds 5 GB free Changes to iPhone & iPad iOS now limits what apps can upload files into Dropbox (e.g. Pages & Keynote will open files from Dropbox, but cannot upload them back again)

Previous version of Dropbox on older iOS

(Photos or videos, and Other files)

Current version of Dropbox on new iOS 5.1

(photos & videos only)

WEB RESOURCES
Feeling disconnected?
iPad & iPhone user guides: http://manuals.info.apple.com
Accessibility: http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ip ad/vision.html Accessible apps, guides & discussion for blind and vision-impaired users: www.applevis.com Explore with the iPad: Accessibility Resources and Tips: http://www.vision.alberta.ca/media/97 619/ipadtips.pdf 1-2-1 Mobile Media Tablet Project's Wiki: http://121mobilemediatabletproject.wi kispaces.com