Technologies Supporting Visual Impairment
Learn to Code! Blind kids learn to code with new Ballyland app
Learn to Code! Blind kids learn to code with new Ballyland app Ballyland Code 1: Say Hello is the first ever app for iPad that introduces blind and visually impaired kids (5+) to computational thinking and coding. The app uses Audio Based Coding©. Get it now! ...
read moreMicrosoft launches free navigation app, Soundscape in partnership with Vision Australia
Click on the links below to read more about the app and the headphones required to be used with it: https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/646738/microsoft-blind-navigation-app-soundscape-launches/...
read moreReading Adventure Time App is now available FREE in the Apple app store
Reading Adventure Time is a teacher centric, student friendly app that includes activities and assessment to help students build reading skills. This OSEP funded app is FREE for anyone to use. The app provides activities that support reading improvements in speed,...
read moreNew Coding Robobricks with Braille on them launching soon – 30% discount offer
TACO Playbits and Robobricks Tangible Coding from Robotix Indian educational technology company, Robotix, have announced two ranges of hands-on coding products for kids. Both TACO Playbits and TACO Robobricks are aimed at preschoolers and little kids aged 3 to 7....
read moreNew games from Sonokids
NEW: Ballyland Stay Still, Squeaky! For those of you who wonder if this app is the same as the Stay Still, Squeaky iBook: The story is the same as the story from the iBook, which is no longer available. But on top of the story, the app includes a brand new Bonus game,...
read moreBrailleNote Touch by Humanware
New technology making life easier!!! ...
read moreYou can participate in an online focus group to discuss audio description for television.
Follow the final link to watch and hear The Lion King - fantastic. Researchers at Curtin University are currently conducting research into audio description (AD) on television in Australia. While disability advocates have been lobbying for audio description on...
read moreAnother fabulous article with videos explaining the advantages of bat-like echolocation
Rising popularity of bat-like echolocation helping more blind people see through sound By Nicola Gage Photo: Daniel Earle uses castanets to make noises that allow him navigate in a manner similar to bats. (ABC News: Nicola Gage) Related Link: How echolocation can help...
read moreAccessibyte launched a new learning to type package called TYPIO for students with a visual impairment
This may be worth investigating - you can get a licence for use at home or the school can get a licence for up to 100 people. Accessibyte offers both online and traditional software for visually impaired students. An interactive typing tutor called TYPIO...
read morePerkins School for the Blind – fabulous articles and videos now available
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