iPhone & iPad Apps for the Blind &VisuallyImpaired

Friday, August 22, 2014

Tap Tap helps deaf and hearing impaired people respond to their audio environment.

Tap Tap helps deaf and hearing impaired people respond to their audio environment. Shout, honk, crash and TapTap will let you know you are being called. Adjust sensitivity for noisier environments. Adjusts with increased background noise levels.$2.99

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Blind Bargains: Deals, News and Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired

 Blind Bargains: Deals, News and Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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How to label your pictures in the camera roll or Photo stream

Have you ever wanted to know how to label your pictures in the camera roll or Photo stream? Now you can. This tip was discovered by Ezekiel Zeke Johnson One of the members of  iPhone and iPad Apps for the Blind And Visually Impaired Facebook Group.

 Not;This must be done with voice over on, it will not work with it off.

1.Go to a picture in your camera roll. Make sure that you hear the photo label as is, four example: 
Time and date of the picture. 






2. Tap your picture with two fingers and hold it. You are going to hear 3 beep tones then release your fingers. 
3.The voice over will say,"Alert, label element,editing texting...", now you are able to text in what ever you want about that picture, then press save. 

Now when you go to that picture, and press it, it will speak out what you typed.

Monday, August 11, 2014

BlindSquare in 1 minute




BlindSquare is an augmented reality GPS application for the blind.
It obtains information about the surrounding environment from FourSquare and Open Street Maps. It's algorithms enables it to determine the most relevant information, and then voices it out using high quality speech synthesis. For example, "What's the most popular café within 200 meters radius?"
If you are riding a bus, it will report your location, e.g. the next bus stop or the next street crossing.

Friday, August 8, 2014

BlindSquare is a solution that makes use of the latest features available in smartphones to aid the blind and visually impaired in their daily lives.

BlindSquare is a solution that makes use of the latest features available in smartphones to aid the blind and visually impaired in their daily lives. It has been developed and tested in close cooperation with blind and visually impaired users. It has won both the national Apps4Finland competition and the European OpenCities App Challenge in 2012. BlindSquare is available for iPhone and iPad in the App Store. It supports additional accessories to enhance the user experience.
BlindSquare is a new solution that combines the latest technology to help the blind with their daily lives. $23.99


How does it work?

When BlindSquare has determined your location using your iOS-device’s GPS capabilities, it will look up information about your surroundings on FourSquare and Open Street Map. Employing unique algorithms, it will then ascertain the information most useful to you and speak it in a clear synthetic voice.
You can use BlindSquare for example to find the most popular café within a 200 meter radius or to find the nearest post office or the library. Shake your device to hear your current address, as well as information about the location of the nearest street intersection and venues around you. Track your destination, so BlindSquare will periodically announce the distance and direction while you are traveling. If you use BlindSquare to mark your position, it can help you to find this spot again later. BlindSquare possesses filters you can set, so you only hear the information you currently need. Have BlindSquare announce streets and saved places only, so you do not get overwhelmed by more information than you need. If you mark your saved places and Foursquare venues as Favorites, BlindSquare will always notify you when you reach them. Since BlindSquare saves your favorites and your places to iCloud, they get synched between all of your iOS-devices, and you can use BlindSquare on all of them.
Although you will need VoiceOver to operate the app, BlindSquare uses its own high qualityAcapela voices in many different languages to announce information about your environment. This means you will always hear all of the information you need, even when you can’t touch the screen of your device, you lock the screen, or you use another app while BlindSquare is running in the background.
If you enjoy playing Foursquare, authorize BlindSquare to access your account, so you can check in at your favorite venues just by shaking your device. Set BlindSquare to share your check-ins on Facebook, Twitter, or to keep them private.
BlindSquare is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Russian, Estonian, Polish, Arabic and Hungarian.


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Monday, August 4, 2014

Restore your existing iOS device from a iCloud back up

When you set up a new iOS device or need to restore information on one you already have, your iCloud backup makes it easy.

Restore from an iCloud backup

  1. On your iOS device, go to Settings > General > Software Update. If a newer version of iOS is available, follow the onscreen instructions to download and install it. You must update your device to the latest version of iOS to make sure you can restore from a recent backup of another device, such as a lost or broken device. Please note step one may or may not apply to what you're doing. Personally I would decide if I want to update or not. You may or may not be forced to do that.
  2. Make sure you have a recent backup to restore from.        
    Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup, then look at the bottom of the screen for the message Last Backup, followed by the date of the latest backup.
    For information about backing up manually now, see Back up your iOS device to iCloud. If you don’t see a backup you expected to be there, see the Apple Support article iCloud: Troubleshooting restoring an iCloud backup.
  3. Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap “Erase all content and settings.” 
  4. In the Setup Assistant, proceed to “Set up your device,” tap Restore from a Backup, then sign in to iCloud.
  5. Proceed to “Choose backup,” then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.
  1. After using an iCloud backup to restore a device:
  • Your settings and accounts are restored from the iCloud backup you chose. Your device restarts and begins downloading your purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, Camera Roll, and other content. If your device can’t download the version of an app that was backed up, it downloads the latest version.
    Your purchased content is automatically downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store based on iTunes in the Cloud availability by country. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer available in the store.
  • You may be asked to enter passwords for iTunes, App Store, and iBooks Store accounts to restore purchased items.
  • Progress bars appear below Home screen icons for apps being downloaded.
    To make an app a priority for downloading, tap its icon.
To check if the information on your device is fully restored, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
If you subscribe to iTunes Match, you can download your songs, albums, and playlists from iCloud after other information on your device is fully restored.
For information about messages that may appear while restoring information from an iCloud backup, see the Apple Support article iCloud: Troubleshooting restoring an iCloud backup.
Note:   You can restore information on your iOS device from an iTunes backup instead of an iCloud backup. For information, see the iTunes Help topic Back up your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad.

Friday, August 1, 2014

Ariadne GPS In a world that relies on visual clues to navigate, exploring a city or taking a solo walk is no longer a challenge for the visually impaired.



Ariadne GPS In a world that relies on visual clues to navigate, exploring a city or taking a solo walk is no longer a challenge for the visually impaired. Ariadne GPS is a new app that brilliantly meets the needs of the blind in an easy to use interface. Talking maps allow you to explore the world around you by moving your finger around the map. This is a must-have application for the visually impaired. $5.99


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