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Blitab is an Android tablet combined with a smart Braille surface. As an Android tablet, it has Wi-fi, Bluetooth and can run Android Apps. The upper portion...
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Everywhere you go, people are using technology to text, listen to music, watch a video, play a game, participate in social media,...
Welcome to the first blog in our Back to School with Bookshare series. Over the next two months, we will publish a series of blogs specifically designed to...
This iBook is about going to the beach! Using high contrast images and sounds, the writer talks about playing in the sand, laughing with friends, and throwing...
For quite a while, assistive technology devices produced for students with visual impairments and blindness have tended to be dedicated devices. That is, they...
This iBook delves into the color BLUE! Using bright colored images and sounds, the book describes blue as the color for "Calm and Sadness" and uses different...
Journal writing is an activity that encourages students to become confident writers by giving students the opportunity to practice writing in safe environment...
During the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple revealed a number of new accessibility features for Apple products that are anticipated to be...
Taptilo Blocks are now publically available! Each colorful block is a jumbo braille cell - the perfect size for little hands to hold and play with. The pins...
This iBook delves into the color YELLOW! Using bright colored images and sounds, the book describes Yellow as "Bright and Happy" and uses different identifiers...
The App Store and Google Play are full of educational apps geared for all levels of students. Mainstream classroom teachers are using these fun educational...
Great readers are made, not born. For students with disabilities, the path to reading greatness may require tools and support. We know the final weeks of the...
This simple iBook is about after school activities. Each page has a clear image of an item from an activity the student does after school along with sounds...
Recently I wanted to begin creating my own iBooks for some of my students with multiple disabilities who also had good use of their functional vision.
I...
Sonokids has just released an exciting new iOS app called VO Lab. This app is designed for 14+ to learn basic VoiceOver gestures. The app is interactive and...
In this iBook, the writer describes events that happen on their birthday. For each page, there is an image and text describing what they do on their birthday...
Do you have a toddler, preschooler, kindergarten/early elementary student or student with multiple disabilities who is learning to use an iPad? The I Hear Ewe...
Bookshare funding remains in jeopardy as Congress continues to consider the budget for both the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. We urgently need your help to...
Author's note- Bookshare, a service that provides large print and Braille digital books for people with print disabilities worldwide, is currently in danger...
Students are learning to create PowerPoint (or the Apple equivalent, Keynote presentations) in early elementary school. Here are some simple PowerPoint themes...
In this iBook, the characters from the famous Disney book "Cinderella" are identified with their images and sounds that go along with the image. Readers are...
Your VI students are using technology successfully, but are you and your general education teachers creating accessible materials? Learn how to create...
As TVIs, we tend to download and try various apps in hopes of finding one that fits our student’s needs in a more precise and pointed way. I have been using...
How do you keep students - especially young students - safe when they are doing online research? Can you prevent students from stumbling across inappropriate...
The Lighthouse Guild and Bookshare announce an exciting new student literacy program. Eligible students with visual impairments or print disabilities will...
In this iBook, each page has a letter of the alphabet with a corresponding object starting with that letter and a sound clip associated with the picture. For...
Dictation is a voice-to-text feature giving students the ability to talk to his/her device rather than type. Dictation is available anytime there is text...
What is the Kids A-Z App?
Many elementary schools have subscriptions to Reading A-Z, a resource that provides access to a wide variety of leveled books for...
iGameMom has reviewed over a hundred free apps and has created this list of 10 favorite free book apps for preschoolers. Read the 10 Free Book Apps Preschool...
Blindfold Bird Songs was such a popular matching game that I started getting requests to do a similar game but with animal sounds.
Just like Bird Sounds, Sound...
Do you have a braille student under the age of 10 who lives in the United States? Fill out the Santa form and Santa will write a braille letter to your...
"Listening vs. Reading" is a big debate as our classrooms become digital classrooms - especially for students with visual impairments and blindness. Is "...
In braille, there are 6 dot positions, where each letter corresponds to a different combination of dots. For example, the letter “A” is dot position 1, and...
Accessibility continues to remain a top priority with Apple; Apple kicked off the October "Hello Again" press event with a video highlighting built-in...
Does your student love learning and practicing Braille letters with the Exploring Braille with Madilyn and Ruff app? Sensory Sun has released and exciting new...
This is the third blog about Spin & Solve.
While the game itself became quite popular - it was the 2nd most popular game after Blindfold Bowling, many...
Nursery rhymes are an important part of early childhood development - interactive nursery rhymes with activities are even better! Young children are...
Unite for Literacy has a mission: to provide a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures and...
Teachers - including TVIs - are responsible for tracking each student's progress in every subject and every type of skill. Especially in this digital age,...
We are excited to announce two new sections on Paths to Technology!
Have questions about new features in iOS 10, TalkBack, NVDA, JAWS, Windows 10 and other...
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