Apple has a history of building accessibility features into its products. Though promotional in nature, the link below provides a useful overview of the accessible features built into Apple products, including the iPad, iPhone, Mac, and the Apple Watch. Check it out, you may discover a feature you want to test out!
Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone (https://www.apple.com/accessibility/)
Once again, Brian Meersma of the Assistive Technology Blog, has featured a remarkable and very useful app, the Keeble Accessible Keyboard.
The Keeble, App, which costs $15 and is available at the App Store, is a virtual keyboard for iPad made by AssistiveWare. The app is only available in English for iPads running iOS 8 and above.
As a result of new features available in iOS 8 the Keeble keyboard can be used in almost every app on the iPad including mail, Safari, and messages. Keeble gives users a number of customization options to make text input easier for users with special needs such as motor challenges, dyslexia, and other disabilities.
Brian speaks highly of this app although he does have a specific suggestion for an improvement to the App. To read his full review, including his suggested improvement, visit, Keeble Keyboard for iPad: Flexible Text Input for Users with Special Needs.
Brian Meersma at the Assistive Techology Blog recently reviewed the KNFB text reader app and says:
For people who are visually impaired or have difficulty reading, the KNFB Reader is perfect for accessing printed text.
To read Brian’s full review visit, KNFB Reader App: Amazingly Fast and Accurate
WINAHEAD 