Assistive Technology
My Review of the YouDescribe app and Website. Watch YouTube videos with volunteer created audio descriptions.
Blind individuals can achieve quality access to high-level mathematics using LaTex code.
For such a specialized, "smart" device, the Humanware BrailleNote Touch lacks the ability to share its display wirelessly to other devices.
Apps and techniques I use on my phone to travel independently with a blindness cane on my college campus and beyond.
The second installment in this series explores the tools that your student can use to increase their reading speed.
This article will focus on the unique aspects of using the Orbit Reader 20 with a Windows PC running either JAWS or NVDA.
How I use the Coursicle Class Scheduling App in College to Register for Classes at the last minute, and register in a minute or less.
Some ruminations on edtech in general and the beginning of an idea to create an electronic audio jigsaw puzzle for creating an audio math game
Download these free books and use them with your students; see how other TVIs are creating customized books and incorporating them into their lesson plans!
O&M Trivia, Math Flash, Braille Challenge, and more trivia games and podcasts are available and fun for everyone!
Watch this app review video!
Is your student an emerging braille reader? Check out this fun device!
Learn more about what goes on at a school for the blind and what resources are available based on a to TSBVI.
Teach self-advocacy skills with this Help Menu lesson!
This article will focus on the unique aspects of using the Orbit Reader 20 with an iPhone, iPad, or other iOS device.
Using the YouVisit platform to tour colleges in virtual reality. Compatible with screen readers and magnification.
How to be a Be My Eyes volunteer and effectively help people with vision loss.
Registration is now open for the 2019 NC STEM Camp for Students with Visual Impairments or Blindness
Got a student that is interested in science or technology? Register them for a summer camp that will rock their world!
Please help put together a list of STEM opportunities for students with visual impairments!
There are 2 sessions included in this training module that examines assessment of and intervention for students with behavioral challenges.
This course will address current tools to access multimedia content, and ways to integrate technology into a student’s workflow in the classroom.
Love these braille and accessibility-themed emojis!
No need to walk down the stairs blindfolded, here's 12 safe and positive alternatives to the viral Bird Box Challenge.
Ten little-known facts about braille for World Braille Day 2019, Louis Braille's 210th birthday.
This fun memory app can be used to teach spatial terms, listening skills, gestures, auditory patterns and increase memory!
Use this amazing BETA feature from Desmos online calculator to create beautiful embosser ready graphs. All you need to do is input your equation!
Young readers will enjoy reading this short story about ladybugs. Learn how to quickly create ePub books!
Creating 'triple-media' books for early readers: print, braille, auditory books!
This article will focus on the unique aspects of using the Orbit Reader 20 with a Chromebook.
How Aira helps me independently navigate the airport and TSA with vision impairment.
A guide to finding audio described movies on in flight entertainment.
How I use the MyMathLab software with assistive technology in my college math classes.
A solution to the problem of Excel spreadsheets not reading column and row headings for particular cells for the visually impaired
Using HTML numeric representations of numbers, the visually impaired can see colors on web pages.
Here is an idea to help streamline your progress monitoring paperwork!
How to read handwriting and handwritten notes using technology.