Tag: IOS

MyScript Calculator – the Free Handwriting Calculator

If you or a student you work with have difficulty writing numbers and mathematical symbols legibly if  required to use pen or pencil, check out  MyScript Calculator . This app,  makes it possible for anyone to  a stylus or  finger to enter handwritten numbers and symbols into a calculator on an Android or iOS handheld device.

The app is free from VisionObjects. It offers a “handwriting calculator” that works remarkably well.  The calculator works just as well for basic computation as it does for more complex mathematics.

BENEFITS AND FEATURES

  • Works on your smartphone (Android & iOS)
  • Works on your tablet (Android & iOS)
  • Use your handwriting to write any arithmetic formula.
  • Write and calculate mathematical expressions in an intuitive and natural way with no keyboard
  • Supported mathematical symbols:
    • +, -, x, ÷, +/-, 1/x, ()
    • %, √, x!, |x|
    • ℯx, xy , x2 
    • cos, sin, tan
    • acos, asin, atan
    • ln , log
    • π, ℯ,
  • Scratch-out gestures to easily delete symbols and numbers

The video below  illustrates what this app can do. The video shows the app on Android. Numerical expressions can be copied easily and used in other apps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-uYh3HTb4c

Manage Your Time with Timely Time Teller App for iOS

Timely Time Teller is a simple  iOS app that gives  users repeating alerts at specified  intervals. When alerts are turned on, Timely verbally tells you the time at  set intervals.  The app is nicely described in the video below.  Its very simplicity makes this an attractive and useful app for many reasons. It could be especially useful for those who have difficulties with executive functions.

Click here to view in the App Store.

Text-to-Speech App – Voice Dream Reader for iOS

 

if you serve students who have reading disabilities or who just prefer to listen to text,  the Apple Voice Dream Reader App is worth suggesting.  The app costs $4.99 in the App Store and is available for the IPhone, IPad and Tablet.  Click here to download the app.

Voice Dream Reader can extract text from ePub, PDF, Word, Pages, Keynote and web pages and then read them aloud using text-to-speech with synchronized highlighting.  Voice Dream Reader comes pre-loaded with the Heather voice, but additional voices can be purchased for $0.99. One downside is that all text formatting and all images are extracted and not visible.

To learn more and to view a video of the app in use: Asstive Technoloyg Blog: Voice Dream Reader App for iOS