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The Benefits of Using a GPS Mobile Navigation App Designed for People with Visual Impairments

… The Benefits of Using a GPS Mobile Navigation App Designed for People with Visual Impairments All three of the GPS navigation apps described above offer or link to a full suite of the … same blindness-aware features are available in all three apps. Continuous and Automatic Current Location, Cross …

Read Printed Text with Your Smartphone

… Android and iOS can identify and recognize some text. Other apps, such as TextGrabber and Prizmo have been optimized to perform these tasks exclusively. These apps tend to be more than a little finicky, however. You … changes quickly— check with the developer to make sure the app works with your specific device. Read a review of the …

The HumanWare BrailleNote Touch: A Braille Tablet for the 21st Century

… to out-of-control nuclear devices. Fortunately, not much happened on January 1, 2000, and most people didn't even … specialized notetaking device for blind people. As often happens with companies who are working on something really … is Google-certified, meaning, among other things, that any app developer who follows the Google API (Application …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld August 2016

iOS 12: An Overview from an Accessibility Perspective

… Product Reviews and Guides Janet Ingber In September, Apple released iOS 12, its new operating system for iPhone, … 3 iPad mini 2 iPod iPod Touch 6th generation According to Apple, unlike some other previous updates, installing iOS 12 … feature caused a lot of excitement when it was presented at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC.) Based on …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld November 2018

An Overview of iOS 9

… Reviews and Guides Janet Ingber On September 16, 2015, Apple released iOS 9, a new operating system for iPhone, … all the changes in one article. Spend time reviewing apps and checking out settings. An iPhone 6 was used for … evaluation. VoiceOver Accessibility Improvements in iOS 9 Apple has made some useful enhancements to VoiceOver …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld November 2015

Amazon and Target Offer One-Stop Shopping Apps for Holiday Gifts

… Amazon and Target Offer One-Stop Shopping Apps for Holiday Gifts 2018 Holiday Shopping and Gift Giving Janet Ingber iOS apps from Amazon and Target have been designed to simplify … shop online, make sure you only use reputable websites and apps. Always shop online with caution. For this article, I …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld December 2018

The Hunger Pains: A Review of the DoorDash, Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats Food Delivery Apps

… DoorDash, Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats Food Delivery Apps Product Reviews and Guides J.J. Meddaugh J.J. Meddaugh … this is 2019, and an expanding category of food delivery apps has emerged to offer just about any food imaginable … bacon, I focused on four of the most popular meal delivery apps and services, each of which allows you to order from a …
J.J. Meddaugh
AccessWorld April 2019

The Walmart Groceries App: Let’s Check it Out and See How Well They Deliver

… The Walmart Groceries App: Let’s Check it Out and See How Well They Deliver App Reviews Bill Holton Bill Holton In the February issue of … deliveries using either or both of these services. An app they did not cover in that article is Walmart Grocery, …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld June 2020

Voxmate: A Swiss Army Knife of Easy-to-use Apps for Your Android Phone

… Voxmate: A Swiss Army Knife of Easy-to-use Apps for Your Android Phone Product Reviews and Guides Judy Dixon Judy Dixon Voxmate is an app itself that employs a simple interface to provide quick and easy access to a set of useful applications. It was created by a group of developers in …
Judy Dixon
AccessWorld May 2022

A Review of ClaroPDF for iOS: An App that Makes PDFs More Accessible

… A Review of ClaroPDF for iOS: An App that Makes PDFs More Accessible App Reviews Steven Kelley Steve Kelley When was the last … that have been made into accessible documents, where text appears as text and not an image, can be read by a screen …
Steven Kelley
AccessWorld September 2020

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