1. Welcome
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2. Tablet Apps for Accessibility and
Inclusion
Kevin Hickey

3. Adobe Connect
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4. Aims
 By the end of this session you should have a
greater understanding of some of the Tablet Apps
available which can support accessibility and
Inclusion.
 Unfortunately we wont have time to cover:
– Managing devices
– Apps not related to accessibility and inclusion
– Advice on specific devices
– Demonstrations of the apps in action
– Apps for mobile phones

5. Overview
 Questions?
 Built in accessibility
 Apps for :
– Image Communication
– Text to speech/screen reader
– Voice recognition
– Making Notes
– Mind Maps
– https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlUoOEy_1LXtdDEwUldfd2dtNWE0
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6. Questions?
 Which type of tablets do you or your learners
currently use?
 Who uses Tablets at your learning provider?
 Which Apps do you use to support accessibility
and inclusion?

7. Image Communication
 Tobii SonoFlex
 Free & paid for
versions
available
 Wide range of
words/symbols
 Use camera to
create own
symbols

8. Image Communication
 Grid Player
 Uses grids from
The Grid 2
 Comes with
some basic
symbol sets
 Works well with
additional
speaker

9. Image communication
MyChoicePad
Makaton Symbols & sign
language videos
 TaptoTalk
 Wide range of devices

10. Text To Speech
 Predictable
 Symbols, keyboard or
handwritten
 Send messages to
facebook & twitter

11. Text to Speech Verbally
SpeakIT
Ivona Pronunciation
Pro

12. Built-In Text to Speech
 VoiceOver  Text-To-speech

13. Dictation/ speech to text
Dragon Dictate
Speech to Text Ispeech
Dictation

14. Note taking with audio
AudioNote
SoundNote

15. Note taking/Storage Dropbox
BlueBox
EverNote

16. MindMaps
iThoughts
MindJet Cogimap

17. Links
 Spreadsheet of Apps
 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlUoOEy_1LXtdDEwUldfd2dtNWE0LXFVNXRaY2tGVkE
 Blog of mobile AT resources
– http://asstech.wordpress.com/category/mobile/
 Feedback on the session
– http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/feedbacktabletappsforaccessibilityandinclusion17052012
 Copy of this presentation
– https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1UoOEy_1LXtenpv
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