Orientation and Mobility Posts
Ballyland App for the iPad: Teaching Finger Gestures For VoiceOver
Overcoming anxiety of learning to use VoiceOver through an O&M Hi-Tech training and the Ballyland App.
Tap Tap See iPhone App verses CamFind iPhone App
We went to the grocery store and selected three items we wanted to identify with these apps. We tested their accuracy and time it took to identify the item.
BlindSquare Checklist
Basic checklist for beginner user of BlindSquare an iOS navigation app.
The Use of BlindSquare to teach compass directions
A lesson plan to teach students and adults who are visually impaired or blind compass directions using the BlindSquare app.
Guide dog teams and technology: Don’t forget the dog!
Guide dogs and technology: how to make them work together
The value of GPS System in Orientation and Mobility
Attitudes about the use of accessible GPS systems from the perspective of students enrolled in Orientation and Mobility prep training program.
HI-Tech O&M Progress: Navigation apps and adult clients
An O&M's personal experience and suggestions when teaching navigation apps to adult clients.
Using BlindSquare to Create a Resource for Beginning College Students
Information on how to create important POIs on a college campus and then sharing these POIs with college students who are visually impaired/blind.
EyeNote vs. MoneyReader
This post contains a video demonstration and comparison of two money reading apps.
Earplay: Interactive Audio Stories iOS app
Part casual game, part interactive audiobook, Earplay is a new kind of immersive audio storytelling.
Painting a picture of the World Through Sound: BlindSquare video
Video of a young student traveling indenpendently using a cane and the BlindSquare app.
Transloc Transit App with Low Vision Students: O&M Lesson
Using Transloc Transit App with low vision students to identify a familiar or unfamiliar destination stop and pull chord to signal for bus to stop
OverTHERE: Explore and Interact with the surrounding environment, iOS app
Want to know what is "over there"? Use the OverTHERE iOS app to find out!
Blind Abilities Podcast: Who won the race?
Blind Abilities interview with Project Starfish after their successful completion of the first ever Blindfold Racer Championship.
BlindWays: a crowdsourced bus stop location app
Navigate directly to a bus stop using the BlindWays iOS app.
Using iOS Tracing Apps: Part 2, O&M
Orientation and Mobility related tracing, scanning and tracking activities to compensate for blindspots.
O&M Safety: Do Not Disturb iOS Feature
Using the Do Not Disturb feature during O&M lessons to avoid text, email and phone call distractions.
Portable Speaker for O&M Instruction
Safety reasons for using a portable mini-speaker, such as the August MS315, during O&M lessons.
Piggy in the Middle: An O&M Spatial Concept Lesson
O&M lesson that teaches spatial concepts to a low vision student whose not a native English speaker.