The app aims to support the augmentative and alternative communication process for children, which can work by supplementing existing speech or replacing speech entirely. This helps to improve social interaction, school performance and improve their sense of self-worth. Electronic aids use picture symbols, letters, and/or words and phrases to create messages.
The website was created in response to a growing demand seen on the VIPhone mailing list for a website for sharing information about accessible iOS applications.
The website uses a community-focused approach, asking users to provide information about the accessibility of an iOS application – good or bad. Users can also contribute guides, tutorials, tips or news items to help users get the most out of the iOS devices.
The IDEAL Video Magnifier uses the inbuilt camera and video recording capabilities of your Android smartphone to turn it into an electronic magnifier that can be used for tasks such as reading letters, newspapers or books, or viewing objects.
Features of the IDEAL Video Magnifier include:
DAISY is a talking book format that allows you to navigate through an audio book in different ways such as hierarchically (by chapter or heading) or using other forms of content such as images. The new DaisyWorm application supports DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3 formats and will play non-protected full audio and full text/full audio DAISY books on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Current features (as cited in the Apple apps Store) include:
