Leveling the playing field with apps
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An opportunity to level the playing field for diverse learners has arrived. With the use of mobile devices and a set of apps, barriers to learning can be removed and will set the stage for access to learning for ALL learners.
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Fleksy app: Alternate Text Input Tool for the Visually Impaired

Fleksy app: Alternate Text Input Tool for the Visually Impaired | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
From www.tuaw.com - August 22, 2012 3:23 PM

Fleksy is a state of the art text input system for touch screen devices. "Designed for those whose eyesight is bad or nonexistent, Fleksy records the taps on the screen and makes a guess based on your patterns. It then says the word, enabling you to quickly construct sentences without even looking at the screen."

 

For the first time ever, blind, visually impaired, and sighted people are able to quickly and easily type text on touch screen phones and tablets. This free app gives you the full Fleksy typing experience. Visually impaired users can also upgrade to the full version to email, copy, or message the text you enter.

 

One more app that is leveling the playing field!

 

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Haptic App Helps Visually Impaired (and More) Learn Math

Haptic App Helps Visually Impaired (and More) Learn Math | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
From news.cnet.com - March 9, 2012 2:48 PM

A Vanderbilt grad student, Jenna Gorlewicz, wants the visually impaired to be able to use one of their strongest senses--touch--to better visualize algebra, geometry, and more.  18 months ago she decided to develop a tablet app that uses haptic (or tactile) technology to help the visually impaired learn math and other subjects that are visually rich.

 

"Gorlewicz sees haptic tech being an important educational tool for a wide variety of students, given that it appeals to visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. In addition to those who are completely blind and partially visually impaired, it may also benefit those who are deaf and can take advantage of the haptic and visual feedback, as well as children with autistic and attention deficit disorders who interact more easily with tablets and tactile feedback."

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Drexel collaboration leads to VisAssist apps for visually impaired

Drexel collaboration leads to VisAssist apps for visually impaired | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
From articles.philly.com - August 11, 2012 5:08 PM

In a nine-month senior design project, seven Drexel Univesity students in a computer-science program, chose to do something different: help another set of students who could see more limited horizons because they are blind or visually impaired.

 

"The tangible result of this unusual collaboration between Drexel and the 180-year-old Overbrook School for the Blind is a set of mobile apps called VisAssist. It could even lead the Drexel students to a start-up company of their own if they choose to go that route.

 

Three of the five apps, available for now only on Android devices, enable the blind or visually impaired to use Facebook, Twitter, or Wikipedia. The two others are more general-purpose: a faster keyboard – called a BinoBoard, for "binary keyboard" – that works anytime a user needs to type, and a souped-up magnifier called the Contrastinator that helps the user read."

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