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IPAD2 Accessibility & APPS

IPAD for All

Vision

Voice Over

Speak Selection

• Want to select text from websites, email, messages, and more? Speak Selection lets you highlight text in any application by double-tapping it. Even if you don’t have VoiceOver enabled, Speak Selection will read you the highlighted text and give you formatting options like cut, copy, and paste. Turn on Speak Selection in Settings.

Invert Colors

Tactile Buttons

• iPad includes a few, easily discernible physical buttons: the Sleep/Wake button, located on the top edge; the Side switch and volume control buttons, located on the upper-right edge; and the Home button, centered below the display.

Headset Compatibility

Large Text

• You can increase the font size to see up to 56-point text in alerts, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes.

Zoom

Audible Alerts

• iPad lets you activate audio alerts for incoming and outgoing mail and calendar event requests. iPad also offers an audio option for confirming keyboard actions.

Hearing

FaceTime

• iPad features FaceTime video calling via Wi-Fi. Thanks to its high-quality video and fast frame rate, FaceTime is ideal for those who communicate using sign language or by lip reading. You can clearly see hand and finger gestures in detail, as well as facial expressions. So you can communicate from afar with the same range of emotion as when you’re face to face. FaceTime also lets you place and receive video relay and text relay calls using services like zVRS.com and HOVRS.com. Some of these services can connect you to others using instant messaging or videophones.

Closed Captioning

• iPad supports the playback of open captions, closed captions, and subtitling. Captions appear onscreen, just like the closed captions you see on TV. You can buy or rent captioned movies from the iTunes Store and watch them on the go. You can also create your own movies with captions using a variety of tools and applications, including Compressor (sold separately).

Headphone Jack

• In addition to speakers, iPad includes a standard 3.5-mm audio headphone jack. You can plug in earphones, earbuds, noise-canceling headphones, and amplified speaker systems.

Bluetooth Audio

iPad supports Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Extended Data Rate) technology and works with Bluetooth wireless headsets and other compatible audio devices.

Mono Audio

• iPad can route both right- and left-channel audio source material into both earbuds, enabling users with hearing loss in one ear to hear both channels in each ear. You can also adjust the volume balance between the left and right channels.

Messages with iMessage

• Sending messages with iMessage is even better than texting. Because it’s unlimited.* And it works between you and anyone on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 5. So text all you want. Send videos, photos, locations, and links to friends. And keep everyone in the loop with group messaging.

Visual Alerts

• Apps such as Mail and the App Store also display visual badges indicating the number of unread messages and updates available. And important status information such as network connectivity, time of day, and battery level are communicated visually on the screen at all times.

Physical and Motor Skills

Thin, Light Design

• iPad is incredibly thin and light, making it easy to hold and convenient to carry. Users who require additional assistance holding their iPad can use the iPad Smart Cover. You can stand iPad up to view the screen or lay it down at an angle to type or interact.

Large Multi-Touch Display

iPad features a large, high-precision, touch-sensitive display that requires no physical force, just simple contact with its surface. You can also use the built-in Zoom function to magnify the entire screen, so it’s easier to touch smaller items on the screen such as links, buttons, and images.

AssistiveTouch

• Built-in AssistiveTouch lets you enter Multi-Touch gestures using one finger or a stylus (sold separately). It also supports the use of adaptive input devices, like headsets and switches, so you can experience the full capability of iPad.

Tactile Buttons

• iPad includes several easy-to-press physical buttons: the Sleep/Wake button, located on the top edge; the silent and volume control buttons, located on the upper-right edge; and the Home button, centered below the display.

Multiple Orientations

iPad works in multiple orientations, so you can use it in portrait or switch it to landscape to suit your needs. With its built-in accelerometer, it automatically senses when the orientation has changed and adjusts the screen so it’s always right side up. You can also lock the screen orientation, so that it doesn’t change when you don’t expect it.

Intelligent Onscreen Keyboard with Predictive Text Entry

• The onscreen keyboard appears when you need it, and smartly adapts by displaying convenient keys such as “.com” and “@,” saving you keystrokes. The nearly full-size intelligent QWERTY keyboard includes advanced technologies such as autocapitalization and autocorrection that make it easier to type and avoid typos and misspellings. You can also have autocorrections and capitalizations spoken aloud to further assist you. iPad even learns as you type, so your speed increases almost immediately.

External Keyboards• For those who require them, physical

keyboards are an option. iPad supports the Apple Wireless Keyboard and most other Bluetooth wireless keyboards that use the Apple keyboard layout. Other Bluetooth keyboards may work too, although some unique or specialized keys may not be supported or work as expected.

Apple Stereo Headset Compatibility

iPad works with a variety of headsets, including Apple earphones and in-ear headphones that have a high-performance microphone capsule built into the cord. Control music playback or record your voice in compatible applications when you click the microphone capsule on your headset.

Sync Automatically• iTunes can synchronize your latest music, movies, podcasts,

contacts, calendar events, and photos via Wi-Fi or when you connect iPad to your Mac or PC. This feature makes it easy to manage your content with the minimum number of keystrokes or mouse clicks.

Accessibility Solutions for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

TecEar Music Link T-coil inductive ear loop• Music Link offers people with hearing loss clear audio without

feedback and distracting background noise. It works with iPhone, iPad, iPod, and any audio device with a standard (three-connector, two-ring) 3.5-mm headphone socket. Some models may require a headphone jack adapter for use with iPhone

APPS for Accessibility• ONE NOTE

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AUDIO Audioboo is an application for recording and sharing your voice with the world. Cost Free

Capture Notes 2Write, Type, Record Audio - pinpointing critical items with Flags, Import PDFs, add and take Photos, Share to Dropbox and Evernote and keep it all beautifully organized. Cost Free

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Evernote is an easy-to-use, app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. Cost FREE

PenultimateThe original and most popular handwriting app for iPad. It gives you the natural experience of writing on paper, with the added power and availability of Evernote. Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or at home on the sofa.Cost Free

Blio, It will have you reading eBooks as never before. Smart enough to know that books are more than just words: there’s style, presentation, and a world of color. Cost Free

Google SearchSearch the web faster and easier with the latest Search app from Google. Get new features available only in this app. Now, with streaming voice search.Cost Free

Story Time is an interactive story telling app that is bundled with beautifully illustrated story books for children. Each story is bundled with original colorful illustrations, narrations and sound effects!Cost Free

VisionSim developed to allow people with healthy vision to see the world through the eyes of a person experiencing one of nine degenerative eye diseases. Cost Free

A SPECIAL PHONEIn 3 easy steps (shake - verify - dial), make a call withoutlooking, and use 6 friends’ images for speed dialing.Cost $0.99

BIGNAMESWith large, high-contrast text, its easier to select and call aperson from your contact list.Cost $1.99

Dragon DictationVoice recognition to speak, see and edit your text, then share itto the clipboard, SMS, and email.Cost Free

Magnifying Glass With Light - digital magnifier with flashlightCost Lite: Free Pro $1.99

IHEAR DialerMove your finger across the keypad to hear phone number digits, then select the digit by releasingCost $1.99

AbilipadAbilipad is a customizable keyboard and adaptivenotepad, with word prediction and text-to-speech. COST $19.99

soundAMP RThe advanced processor amplifies soft and medium sounds,and softens loud sounds.Cost $4.99

TOUCH MOUSEWith free desktop software, your device becomes a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your computerCost FREE

VODUsing an FTP client, transfer DAISY files for playback of audiobooks.Cost $25.99

Web Reader HDUses text to speech technology along with web page content recognition to read web pages to you. You can configure web pages to be read as soon as they are loaded, read pages manually after they are loaded, or use Cut, Copy, & Paste to read only sections of text.Cost $4.99

WritePad Take notes in your own handwriting with an iPad stylus pen or even your finger. The handwriting recognition software will adapt and learn your style of writing. You can use simple gestures to select text, cut, copy, paste, and insert special characters.Cost $9.99

ZOOMREADEROCR and text-to-speech app to help read text to those whohave difficulty with print. Uses iPhone 4 camera to captureimage, OCRs it and reads it aloud or shows enlarged versionwith contrast adjustments.Cost $19.99

Calculator Pro for IPADdesigned for everyone looking for simplicity and functionality. . Users who want to make basic calculations will definitely enjoy the standard option while math gurus will find it very handy to use a scientific mode. Cost FREE

My Script Calculatorperform mathematical operations naturally using your handwriting.Cost FREE

VIA by Braille Institutea fully accessible app for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. ViA has been designed to help identify apps that are useful for adults and children who are blind or have low vision, including those with additional disabilities. Cost Free

Oh No Fractions!A simple way to compare and explore fractionsCost Free

Speak It!Reads text aloud. Copy emails, documents, web pages, PDF files, and more; paste them into Speak it!,Cost $1.99

Talking CalcIt's a TALKING calculator for kids!It's INTERACTIVE --- Enter a number, tap and count the circles, which make a sound and then disappear. Touch the number again and ... the circles are back. Cars honk, fish bubble ... it entertains while you learn. Cost Free

Brighter and Bigger" is a reading glasses tool for people who have difficulty reading fine print and focusing on nearby objects due to presbyopia, eye illness, etc.Cost Free

Panther Math Paper uses Universal Design. So people can do math independently on the iPad, even if they can't hold a pencil. Cost $19.99

Learning Ally, formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, is committed to making reading accessible for all who learn differently. We provide over 75,000 audiobooks, audio textbooks, and other recorded books to help anyone who experiences difficulty in reading print material succeed. Cost Free

· Teachers use Nearpod to share content with their students and to manage the flow of the lecture.· Students use Nearpod on their iOS devices to receive multimedia content and to participate in engaging assessment and collaboration activities.Cost FREE