iPhone & iPad Apps for the Blind &VisuallyImpaired

Friday, January 31, 2014

HeyTell Remember walkie-talkies? HeyTell is the ultimate cross between walkie-talkies and texting.


HeyTell Remember walkie-talkies? HeyTell is the ultimate cross between walkie-talkies and texting. It connects to people in your contacts list and sends an email or text asking them if they want to communicate with you. Once they accept, all that you need to do is press a button and speak. Once you release the button your voice message is sent.  HeyTell is a great way to send a quick message and communicate with one another on the run. Free


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Friday, January 24, 2014

List Recorder This feature-rich application allows users to record and organize lists using audio or text.


List Recorder This feature-rich application allows users to record and organize lists using audio or text. List Recorder is designed to integrate with VoiceOver as well as Braille displays. Replay, sort, delete or email recordings with ease using custom gestures such as tilt and tap. optional stereo and your choice of recording formats. The light version,which limits the user to 10 seconds per recording, is a great way to test List Recorder. buy the full version for $7.99



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Friday, January 17, 2014

Evernote is a powerhouse application stores voice notes, photographs and text so that they can be accessed from multiple devices.





 Evernote has been around nearly since the beginning of the AppStore. This powerhouse application stores voice notes, photographs and text so that they can be accessed from multiple devices. Photographs are scanned for text which can then be searched. Evernote has VoiceOver support. Free


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Thursday, January 16, 2014

11 Ways to Stop iOS 7 From Killing Your iPhone Battery

11Ways to Stop iOS 7 From Killing Your iPhone Battery

There are a few basic things you might be doing to make precious hours of running time slip away. Here are a few quick fixes to keep iOS 7 devices powered for much longer.

1. Background App Refresh

The battery-draining culprit that perhaps bears the most responsibility is a new feature called Background App Refresh, whose default is set to "on" in iOS 7. It lets apps run in the background while you multitask and continually refreshes content when running on Wi-Fi or a cellular network. To disable this feature, visit Settings > General > Background App Refresh. Here, you can turn off the entire function or just disable that apps you don't need to refresh on an automatic basis. 

2. Location-Tracking Apps

Many apps — from Google Maps to Twitter and even the iOS camera — are tracking your location at all times. You can turn off Location Services completely (Settings > Privacy > Location Services) or disable certain apps one by one. We recommend the latter option, so you can still leave on key location-based functions such as Find My Phone if it's ever lost.
There's more, too. Selecting the System Services option under Location Services will reveal a collection of other app features that are stealing away battery life, including "Popular Near Me" and "Frequent Locations."

3. Parallax

Apple has added a bunch of new animations and a parallax feature — which makes it seem like the wallpaper can move behind the apps — but they eat away at your power slightly faster. Some people have complained the movements are dizzying anyway, so there's no harm in turning it off. To do so, visit Settings > General > Accessibility and click Reduce Motion to "on.

4. Automatic Updating

iOS 7 lets you automatically download new app updates whenever they're ready without visiting the App Store to do it yourself. It's a smart function, but the last thing you want to do is run app updates when your battery is down to fumes. To disable this, visit Settings > iTunes and Apple Store and uncheck the Updates option.

5. Turn Off AirDrop

AirDrop lets you share files with other users on the same network, but when you're not using it (or Bluetooth, for that matter), do your battery a favor and shut it off.  AirDrop is great when you are AirDropping. The rest of the time it's just fidgeting in its seat, looking for another device to play with. Turning it off is easy, just swipe up your Control Center, and hit the toggle.

6. Stop searching for Wi-Fi

There's no need to have your phone searching for Wi-Fi when there's no trusted network in sight. You'll save yourself some trouble if you get in the habit of turning of Wi-Fi from the Control Center when you leave the house. Alternatively, you can go to Settings>>Wi-Fi and turn Ask to Join Networks to off. This way your phone will hop on Wi-Fi networks it knows, but won't look around for more without direct orders.

7. Turn Down the Brightness

This has long been a helpful way to save battery life on any device and iOS 7 is no exception. Use the Control Center or visit Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness and disable Auto-Brightness and decrease the setting manually.

8. Spotlight

Apple's internal search functionality (called Spotlight) can now be accessed from any screen, but because it's continually indexing new data, it's killing your battery. Check out Settings  General  Spotlight Search and disable what you don't need.

9. Disable location services (for apps that don't need it)

Google Maps needs to know where you are, yes. But Facebook? Hop over toSettings>>Privacy>>Location Services to get a full list of the apps that are asking about where you are. You can probably turn off about half, and cut down on a lot of GPS polling.

10. Go on a push notification diet

Not every app needs to push its notifications; that stuff takes power. Go toSettings>>Notification Center and scroll down to the Include section. Then go on a toggling spree.

11. Don't push; fetch


If your email isn't that important, or you have a couple of accounts, go turn the low-priority ones to Fetch instead of Push, which means your phone will go retrieve mail at set intervals instead of having it pushed to you every single time Uncle Harry or a spambot blasts you. This one is pretty dependent on how often you get emails and how crucial they are, so you'll have to feel it out, but you can set to fetch in Settings>>Mail, Contacts and Calendar>>Fetch New Data

Friday, January 10, 2014

oMoby searches the Internet using photos taken with your iPhone camera and works well with VoiceOver.



oMoby searches the Internet using photos taken with your iPhone camera and works well with VoiceOver. I tested it by using a photo of our laptop mouse. It correctly identified it as a Logitech mouse. oMoby allows use of images from the iPhone photo library and supports some code scanning. We found it to be slower than using Google Search verbally, however oMoby could be very useful because of its unique image recognition. Lastly, oMoby is free, so you have nothing to lose by trying it.

Small Nat that oMoby is not currently in the US but hope you soon.

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Yellow Pages is a free app that allows you to search via voice for a business or person nearby. Once located, the number and information can either be added to your contacts or called directly.



 Yellow Pages is a free app that allows you to search via voice for a business or person nearby. Once located, the number and information can either be added to your contacts or called directly. It works in the United States. It also has a ratings feature for businesses and offers movie times for theaters. FREE




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