Assistive Technology
Tech provides students with visual impairments with the tools that will take them into the 21 century.
This app is a FUN way to learn iOS gestures, listening skills and increasing auditory processing!
How and why travelers with visual impairments should know about the Share My Location feature.
In order to use a screen reader like JAWS, you need to know the basics to navigation.
The Freedom Scientific Ruby 7 HD has a great combination of features that are ideal for students who have low vision.
Braille Beetle: fourth installment in a series of articles describing a variety of braille displays, pointing out the advantages of each unit.
Consider this AAC app for students with multiple disabilities who are approaching transition.
Wearable technology (finger rings) that turn color into musical sounds!
A brief examination of the cost of Microsoft Office and alternatives for a VI student.
This one-hour webinar is a case study on the approach used to teach literacy skills to a kindergarten student with Phase III CVI.
Information on how to add enhanced voices in schools that do not allow in-app purchases.
My proposed outline for a website that supports students with vision impairments in pursuing higher education.
This fun cause-and-effect app c es of s animal names, sounds and and basic tech skills.
Eight things I'm glad my TVI did to help me prepare to attend a four-year college, and the weird ways they helped me to prepare for anything.
SoundBible.com offers free and royalty free sound effects for download in either wav or mp3 format.
Software developer and entrepreneur Marty Schultz demonstrates electronic game applications to teach skill areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum
3 topics are included in this training that demonstrate the use of Augmentative-Alternative Communication (AAC) Systems for children who are d
Ten things that I wish my teacher of the visually impaired would have taught me about transitioning to a four-year college with low vision.
Current bug-work around and strategies for overcoming software bugs.
The third in a series that describes a variety of braille displays, pointing out the advantages of each unit. This article features the HIMS Braille Edge.
Try this accessible coding activity with your students!
Finding solutions to common technology problems facing Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments.
I will be taking on a personal project aiming to provide clear, concise explanations of various settings within JAWS, based on my experiences.
Use the Page Width Microsoft Word zoom setting to improve your visual access to documents without having to change the font size!
Converting a semi accessible .pdf textbook quiz into a completely accessible quiz in MS Word.
How to create custom keyboard shortcuts in Windows to open different programs using only your keyboard. Great for screen reader users!
This second article will focus on the Brailliant 14 and Braille Trail Reader LE (coming soon from APH)
Learn to read by chunks! Part 2 in this series.
Remote Desktop Computer Lab Management Software can help create a more enjoyable learning experience for teachers and students
Software developer and entrepreneur Marty Schultz demonstrates electronic game applications to teach skill areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum
Here are two fun Easter-themed activities: Easter Word Scramble and Easter Mad Lib!
Learn more about Chromebook accessibility here!
See this student's 3D printed teaching materials used to support the coding program.
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Braille Sheets: an early Braille literacy tool!
Try these approaches when teaching emerging braille students.
Google Celebrating Seiichi Miyake with a featured GIF of a cane traveler standing on truncated cones at a crosswalk.