iPad apps to support Cognition - MonTECH
iPad apps to support Cognition - MonTECH
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<strong>iPad</strong> Apps <strong>to</strong> Support<br />
<strong>Cognition</strong><br />
Leslie Mullette, OTR/L, ATP<br />
Clinical Coordina<strong>to</strong>r / <strong>MonTECH</strong><br />
Community Services Bureau<br />
Conference<br />
September 27, 2012
App Categories<br />
• Vision<br />
• Hearing<br />
• Memory/Organization<br />
• Productivity<br />
• Communication
Vision Apps<br />
• Eye Glasses<br />
• Jumbo Calcula<strong>to</strong>r<br />
• Touch LCD<br />
• VOD (Voice over Daisy)<br />
• Web Reader<br />
• Built in accessibility features
Sent from my <strong>iPad</strong><br />
Jumbo Calcula<strong>to</strong>r<br />
• Jumbo Calcula<strong>to</strong>r is<br />
great for those with<br />
failing vision (and an<br />
<strong>iPad</strong>), or those who<br />
just want the ease of<br />
use of a large<br />
but<strong>to</strong>ned calcula<strong>to</strong>r.<br />
• Free
Eye Glasses<br />
• The Eye Glasses<br />
app is ideal for<br />
farsighted<br />
individuals, those<br />
with reading glasses<br />
or bifocals, senior<br />
citizens and anyone<br />
that just needs <strong>to</strong><br />
see more clearly.<br />
• $3.99
Touch LCD<br />
• Talking clock<br />
• Analog or digital<br />
• Count down timer<br />
• S<strong>to</strong>pwatch<br />
• 5 color schemes and<br />
night mode<br />
• Chime every hour,<br />
30 minutes or 15<br />
minutes<br />
• $1.99
Sent from my <strong>iPad</strong><br />
VOD (Voice OF Daisy)<br />
• Voice of DAISY (VOD) is<br />
a DAISY digital talking<br />
book player that can<br />
handle the multimedia<br />
DAISY.<br />
DAISY is an international<br />
standard for individuals<br />
with visual impairment or<br />
dyslexia who experience<br />
difficulty reading printed<br />
matter.<br />
• Free
Hearing Apps—Sign Language<br />
• ASL 101<br />
• ASL Dictionary
ASL 101<br />
• Learn almost 1000 English/ASL translations<br />
of letters, numbers, words, sentences,<br />
phrases, questions and more<br />
• Easy <strong>to</strong> navigate via alphabetical index and<br />
search over 25 categories<br />
• Practice receptive skills with interactive quiz<br />
• $1.99
ASL Dictionary<br />
•Over 5,200 signs from A-Z<br />
•765 Multiple meaning words<br />
signed<br />
•Multiple word signs such as “don’t<br />
want” & “hard of hearing”<br />
•473 Idioms translated<br />
•Time<br />
•Money<br />
•Dates, Months, Years<br />
•General numbers<br />
•Finger Spelled Alphabet<br />
•Symbols<br />
•Common Phrases like “You’re <strong>to</strong>o<br />
late”<br />
•$3.99
Hearing Apps--Relay<br />
• Hamil<strong>to</strong>n Mobile CapTel<br />
• IP-Relay<br />
• Sorenson Video Relay<br />
• Z4 Mobile
Hamil<strong>to</strong>n Mobile CapTel<br />
• This app makes it<br />
possible for you <strong>to</strong> see<br />
exactly what is being said<br />
<strong>to</strong> you on every call. It's<br />
called Hamil<strong>to</strong>n Mobile<br />
CapTel® . Similar <strong>to</strong><br />
captions on television,<br />
you'll be able <strong>to</strong> listen <strong>to</strong><br />
what you can, and you'll<br />
be able <strong>to</strong> read what you<br />
can't hear.<br />
• Free for individuals who<br />
qualify
IP-Relay from Purple<br />
• For iPhone 4, iPhone<br />
4s, iPod <strong>to</strong>uch and<br />
<strong>iPad</strong> 2<br />
• Make and receive VP<br />
calls<br />
• Place and receive<br />
VRS calls<br />
• Free<br />
• Android version<br />
available
Z4 Mobile<br />
• Make and receive ZVRS,<br />
point-<strong>to</strong>-point, VCO Plus<br />
and HolaVRS calls using<br />
Wi-Fi or cellular connection<br />
(depending on model)<br />
• Manage your Profile<br />
account directly from your<br />
Apple mobile device<br />
• Have instant access <strong>to</strong> The<br />
Z’s social media links<br />
• Free<br />
• Z5 available Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012<br />
•
Sorenson Video Center<br />
• The Video Center app is a<br />
mobile version of the Video<br />
Center feature that is available<br />
on the Sorenson videophone.<br />
This mobile version of the<br />
Video Center lets you view<br />
SignMail video messages and<br />
all other videos that are<br />
available on the Sorenson<br />
videophone right on your<br />
iPhone, iPod <strong>to</strong>uch, or <strong>iPad</strong><br />
device.<br />
• Free <strong>to</strong> Sorenson<br />
Cus<strong>to</strong>mers
Hearing Apps--Other<br />
• Subtitles<br />
• soundAmp
Subtitles<br />
• Subtitles allows easy<br />
access <strong>to</strong> a huge library<br />
of movie subtitles in 20<br />
languages. Subtitles is<br />
especially useful for the<br />
hard of hearing and<br />
people who would like<br />
access <strong>to</strong> subtitles in their<br />
native language when<br />
visiting the cinema.<br />
• $0.99
Sound Amp<br />
• soundAMP is a software<br />
application that turns<br />
iPhone, iPod <strong>to</strong>uch and<br />
<strong>iPad</strong> in<strong>to</strong> high quality<br />
hearing solutions.<br />
• Sounds are picked up by<br />
the microphone, amplified<br />
and processed in realtime<br />
by soundAMP, and<br />
sent <strong>to</strong> your earbuds.<br />
• $4.99<br />
• Lite version $0.99
Memory/Organization Apps<br />
• Calendar (Built-in)<br />
• Reminder (Built-in)<br />
• Awesome Note<br />
• Ben<strong>to</strong><br />
• First/Then<br />
• Med Helper<br />
• Vocal<br />
• Picture Schedule<br />
• Visules
Built-in Calendar<br />
• Meetings,<br />
appointments,<br />
engagements,<br />
birthdays,<br />
anniversaries all have<br />
their time and place<br />
with Calendar.<br />
• Alarms can be set as<br />
reminders.<br />
• Can be synced<br />
through the cloud
Reminders—built-in app<br />
• Forgetting happens way<br />
<strong>to</strong>o often. That’s why <strong>iPad</strong><br />
helps you remember with<br />
Reminders. Create a list<br />
of have-<strong>to</strong>-dos, want-<strong>to</strong>dos<br />
or whatever you like.<br />
Set a due date, and<br />
Reminders notifies you so<br />
you stay on track. iCloud<br />
even keeps all your<br />
reminders on all your<br />
devices.
Awesome Note Lite
Ben<strong>to</strong><br />
• Personal database<br />
app for <strong>iPad</strong>.<br />
• Organize contacts,<br />
track projects, plan<br />
events and manage<br />
lists<br />
• $9.99
First/Then<br />
• First-Then allows<br />
schedules <strong>to</strong> be created<br />
“on the go” and<br />
cus<strong>to</strong>mized <strong>to</strong> the needs<br />
of the<br />
individual. Schedules<br />
can be created <strong>to</strong> show<br />
daily events or steps<br />
need <strong>to</strong> complete a<br />
specific activity or daily<br />
events.<br />
• $9.99<br />
• Available for Android
Med Helper<br />
• A comprehensive<br />
prescription/medication<br />
compliance and tracking<br />
App designed <strong>to</strong> help<br />
individuals and<br />
caretakers manage the<br />
challenges of staying on<br />
time up <strong>to</strong> date and on<br />
schedule with very simple<br />
<strong>to</strong> very complex regimes.<br />
Available on Android and<br />
IOS platforms.<br />
• Free
VoCal<br />
• Your reminders, in YOUR<br />
voice, in YOUR words,<br />
delivered on time, every<br />
time. Your alerts are<br />
delivered even when the<br />
app is switched off!<br />
Simply speak your<br />
personal memo, set the<br />
time and date, be<br />
reminded in YOUR voice<br />
using YOUR words.<br />
• Free
Picture Scheduler<br />
• With the Picture<br />
Scheduler, you can<br />
attach a picture <strong>to</strong> a<br />
note, which is<br />
particularly helpful for<br />
those who need<br />
visual <strong>support</strong>s <strong>to</strong><br />
perform daily tasks.<br />
• $2.99
Visules<br />
• This app an be used by<br />
anyone who thinks<br />
visually and would benefit<br />
from visual cues for daily<br />
tasks, decision-making,<br />
and other activities.<br />
• Visules provides a<br />
compact way <strong>to</strong> s<strong>to</strong>re a<br />
large collection of visual<br />
<strong>support</strong>s, and keep them<br />
well organized.<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Sent from my <strong>iPad</strong><br />
• $4.99
Productivity Apps<br />
• Documents <strong>to</strong> Go<br />
• Dragon Dictate<br />
• AudioNote<br />
• Notability<br />
• Notes (Paperport)
Documents <strong>to</strong> Go<br />
• Word processing:<br />
• View/Edit/Create:<br />
• MS Word 97-2004 Document (doc)<br />
• MS Word 2007-2010 Document (docx)<br />
• View/Edit:<br />
• MS Word 97-2004 Template (dot)<br />
• MS Word Macro-Enabled Document (docm)<br />
• Text (txt)<br />
• Spreadsheet:<br />
• View/Edit/Create:<br />
• MS Excel 97-2004 Workbook (xls)<br />
• MS Excel 2007-2010 Workbook (xlsx)<br />
• View/Edit:<br />
• MS Excel 97-2004 Template (xlt)<br />
• Presentation:<br />
• View/Edit/Create: *<br />
• MS PowerPoint 97-2004 Presentation (ppt)<br />
• MS PowerPoint 2007-2010 Presentation (pptx)<br />
• View/Edit: *<br />
• MS PowerPoint 97-2004 Template (pot)<br />
• MS PowerPoint 97-2004 Show (pps)<br />
• MS PowerPoint 2007-2010 Show (ppsx)<br />
• * NOTE: PowerPoint editing/creating available in<br />
Premium<br />
Office Suite $9.99<br />
Premium version $16.99
Dragon Dictation<br />
• Dragon Dictation is<br />
an easy-<strong>to</strong>-use voice<br />
recognition<br />
application powered<br />
by Dragon<br />
NaturallySpeaking<br />
that allows you <strong>to</strong><br />
easily speak and<br />
instantly see your text<br />
• Free
AudioNote Lite<br />
• By synchronizing notes and<br />
audio, AudioNote au<strong>to</strong>matically<br />
indexes your meetings,<br />
lectures, classes, interviews—<br />
you name it. Watch as your<br />
text and drawings highlight<br />
during playback, helping you <strong>to</strong><br />
remember the context in which<br />
they were taken. Tap notes <strong>to</strong><br />
seek in the audio, taking you<br />
instantly <strong>to</strong> what you want <strong>to</strong><br />
hear.<br />
• Free<br />
• Android version
Notability<br />
• Features:<br />
• Full featured<br />
handwriting<br />
• Advanced word<br />
processing<br />
• Audio recording linked<br />
<strong>to</strong> notes.<br />
• Au<strong>to</strong> sync on the cloud<br />
• $0.99
Notes (Paperport)<br />
• Import PDF, PPT and Image<br />
files in<strong>to</strong> your notes<br />
• Robust <strong>to</strong>ols for note taking<br />
and marking up documents<br />
• Record page by page audio<br />
• Powerful <strong>to</strong>ols <strong>to</strong> keep you<br />
organized<br />
• Integrations with your favorite<br />
could s<strong>to</strong>rage services<br />
• Anytime, anywhere access <strong>to</strong><br />
PaperPort documents<br />
• Share documents easily with<br />
anyone<br />
• Free
Communication Apps<br />
• Sono Flex<br />
• Proloquo2go<br />
• Verbally<br />
• Aphasia<br />
• Speech Amp<br />
• Speak IT
Sono Flex<br />
• Tobii Sono Flex is an<br />
easy <strong>to</strong> use AAC<br />
vocabulary app that turns<br />
symbols in<strong>to</strong> clear speech<br />
and provides language <strong>to</strong><br />
nonverbal users who are<br />
not yet in full control of<br />
literacy<br />
• Free version (lite)<br />
• Full version $99.99<br />
• Available for Android
Proloquo2Go<br />
• Proloquo2Go can be<br />
adapted <strong>to</strong> suit the needs<br />
of a wide range of users<br />
with varying literacy<br />
levels. Featuring naturalsounding<br />
voices, speech<br />
can be generated by<br />
tapping but<strong>to</strong>ns with<br />
symbols or typing using<br />
the on-screen keyboard<br />
with word prediction.<br />
• $189.99<br />
Sent from my <strong>iPad</strong>
Verbally<br />
• Core Words Grid offers over<br />
50 essential words, which can<br />
save you over 50% of the taps<br />
required <strong>to</strong> input your<br />
sentences<br />
• Core Phrases Grid offers a<br />
dozen common phrases <strong>to</strong><br />
enable faster & easier<br />
conversation<br />
• Text Prediction that learns the<br />
words & names you use and<br />
makes entering your thoughts<br />
significantly faster than typing<br />
• Free<br />
• Premium $99.99
Aphasia<br />
• The SmallTalk Aphasia App<br />
turns the iPod <strong>to</strong>uch, iPhone, or<br />
<strong>iPad</strong> in<strong>to</strong> a mobile accessory <strong>to</strong><br />
your AllTalk. It allows you <strong>to</strong><br />
take your favorite icons,<br />
phrases, and videos from the<br />
AllTalk with you wherever you<br />
go. The SmallTalk Aphasia App<br />
provides a vocabulary of<br />
pictures and videos that talk in a<br />
natural human voice, with a<br />
male or female option.<br />
• Free
Speech Amp<br />
• Speech Amplifier uses<br />
the iPhone, iPod Touch<br />
or <strong>iPad</strong> <strong>to</strong> amplify quiet<br />
voices for people with<br />
speech difficulties, or<br />
amplify volume for<br />
professional voice users,<br />
e.g. teachers, lecturers,<br />
people giving<br />
presentations.<br />
• Free
Sent from my <strong>iPad</strong><br />
Speak IT<br />
• Easy <strong>to</strong> use interface: simply<br />
enter the text you want <strong>to</strong> say, and<br />
press the “Speak it! but<strong>to</strong>n<br />
• Four high quality voices are<br />
included: American Male,<br />
American Female, British Male,<br />
British Female<br />
• • Save as many phrases as you<br />
would like, and easily repeat them<br />
later<br />
• • Change the volume, as well as<br />
the speed of spoken text<br />
• $1.99
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