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Learning and using a dedicated braille notetaker can be very challenging, especially during times when contact with a TVI or AT Specialist is inconsistent. ...
Marty Schultz, President of ObjectiveEd and founder of Blindfold Games, is presenting a live webinar: “How ObjectiveEd's learn-through-games system works"
His...
FutureBot is a machine who loves asking bizarre questions to calculate your future. The thing is, he isn’t very good at it. But we admire his passion for...
After several weeks of distance learning, I have made note of the things that can be done to enhance the learning experience for our students with visual...
Updated August 2020
Using IPEVO for Remote Instruction
With many students starting the fall of 2020 with remote instruction, there is a critical need for...
Accessibyte is an online platform built specifically for blind and visually impaired students. The Accessibyte platform is fully self-voicing and highly visual...
Seesaw is an online platform that had been used by schools prior to COVID- 19 in New Hampshire to communicate with parents and share student work. Once schools...
Do you have a student who visually struggles to see a map but does not use a screen reader? SAS Graphics Accelerator - a free Google extension for accessible...
Assistive Tech for The Win!
Up to this point, the content we’ve put out on this blog page has mostly about cooking. However, our wonderful meal kit delivery...
Since learning has gone online in most places across the country, I am getting many questions about what the best Chromebook setup is for a student with low...
At the time of the writing of this post, there are a lot of people at home from work and school. Because of this stability, people are looking for ways to...
Using Screen Readers in Google Classrooms
This post is related to a previous post Learning Management Systems in the Age of Pandemic. Our school decided to use...
ChromeVox is the native screen reader for Chromebooks. The recent Chrome OS update has revamped ChromeVox to incorporate significant changes for Chromebook...
Freedom Scientific has recently released a series of JAWS and Google suite video tutorials. These video tutorials are in addition to their previous JAWS...
This month, my student and I created a book about what she is a thankful for using the Book Creator app on an iPad. My student dictated the sentences for the...
Simplifying Browser Use
In my classes, we use three major browsers on PC (Windows): Internet Explorer( IE), Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome and of course,...
You may have read previous articles that I’ve written on touch typing. One of the first ones I wrote was Five Resources to Teach Keyboarding Skills and...
Are you interested in learning about accessible digital charts and graphs? SAS Graphics Accelerator is a free Chrome extension that enables users to access...
Screenreader Comparisons
Since I have recently fielded several inquiries from parents and/or students about which screenreader to obtain/use, this review...
Google Classroom, one of the many google suite products available to users of the Polaris, is an app that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store onto any...
Alexa seems like it (or she) has become a part of our culture. As more and more homes are subscribing to WiFi services, smart speakers such as Google Home and...
What is Ballyland?
Ballyland is a fictional location that most of the apps and programs created by Sonokids take place. There are five familiar characters...
Students and adults are quickly consuming information through auditory input and are excited about the new speech rate feature on Alexa enabled-devices. In the...
At my school, we were recently able to purchase several Ruby 7 HD video magnifiers, manufactured by Freedom Scientific. In case you are not familiar with the...
NOTE: Prior to reading this article, you may wish to review previous articles in this series:
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If you have talked to me about assistive technology in the last few months, there's a high chance that I have mention Microsoft Immersive Reader and how it can...
Since the start of my freshman year at my university, I have taken over a dozen online classes- read more about why and how in my post about virtual college...
The new Voice Access provides hands-free access for Android, enabling users to navigate, compose and edit text, along with additional interactions, such as "...
What are they?
A very common device in classrooms for going online and completing curricular activities. Most classrooms use 9 or 11 inch Chromebooks....
There is an update coming available later today that will be pushed to all MATT Connect devices. This software update will introduce a three-interface set up:...
Several users have mentioned new issues with the Braille Note Touch and Google Classroom. One issue is that the focus jumps back to the top. Are you having any...
Technology for the blind and visually impaired has come so far! Just in the last couple of years we have seen amazing new devices and features come out. One of...
There is usually one in every school. Or maybe just on everyone’s caseload. The lone blind kid who is super high functioning and keeps up with his or her...
When assistive technology is integrated into the regular education classroom, students with low vision can access print materials to complete science projects...
Several months ago, I was attending a small assistive technology conference in Washington, DC. After having played with a variety of different technologies, I...
Alexa is now a kid-friendly DJ, comedian, storyteller and teacher! Amazon has created a kid-friendly version of the Amazon Dot. This edition is wrapped in...
Voice-activated assistants, such as Amazon Alexa or Google Home, are being integrated into our homes and lives. These are mainstream devices which respond to...
Earlier today, I realized that I had to read a long online article before going to a lecture. This task sounded very tiring, since I had just finished a two...
HumanWare has recently published new tutorial videos for the MATT Connect. The MATT Connect is a magnifier, distance viewer, and an educational tablet with pre...
The Basics
In the past I have completed several blogs about the Book Creator app. However, about six months ago the developers created a web based version...
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