Sue Ordinetz, has prepared two tip sheets featuring apps that may be helpful to college students with and without disabilities.
Ms. Ordinetz is an Adjunct Professor – Occupational Therapy at American International College.
Apps for Higher Ed Android Apps
Looking for an accessible PDF reader?
According to Carol Leynse Harpold, at OT With Apps, ClaroPDF is a great app that provides text to speech capabilities and annotation tools. If you work with students or adults, this is worth the small price. Developed by Claro Software, this innovative software company based in the UK develops and licenses Assistive Software, including speech technology, image technology and touch technology. The app is available from the iTunes store for iPhone and iPad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dho8Gfkfoos
ClaroPDF app features allow:
Annotation features:
-Highlight
-Underscore
-Strikeout
-Notes
-Free Text (type straight into the PDF)
-Free line draw (with many colors, opacity and thickness control)
-Shapes (Circle, Square, Line – with many colors, opacity and thickness control)
-Images (you can even insert Photos from your iPad Camera or Photo Library into the PDF file)
Easily manages PDF Files
– Open PDF files ClaroPDF from other apps
– PDF files can be Saved into the Gallery, sent by e-mail, or opened in other apps supporting the PDF file format
Smart Zoom
Full-Text Search & Navigation
ClaroRead compatibility – ClaroRead Pro and Plus for Windows can scan paper into accessible PDF files, retaining the original page image. Can be opened and spoken in ClaroPDF.
At a recent media event, Apple announced a number of new software and hardware products. Although Apple executives have, in previous years, devoted stage time to accessibility announcements, they did not do so at this event. However. these announcements still impact accessibility and assistive technology.
Brian Meersma of the Assistive Technology Blog, reviews and comments on the features that have a positive impact on accessibility.
Brian’s comments are at: Apple’s Announcements Impact on Accessibility
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