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How To Use Dictation As Assistive Technology With Mainstream Devices

How To Use Dictation As Assistive Technology With Mainstream Devices

I use dictation as assistive technology frequently when I am using mainstream technology devices such as my computer, phone, and tablet. Also known as speech-to-text, dictation tools take spoken words, numbers, punctuation, and other formatting information as input, and transcribes the audio as text that…

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: Keyboards

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: Keyboards

While many people associate assistive technology with specialized devices that are expensive or hard to find, many mainstream technology devices have started supporting accessibility features and built-in assistive technology that can make specialty tools more financially and publicly accessible for all. I spend a large…

TumbleBooks: Audio Narrated Picture Books For Low Vision

TumbleBooks: Audio Narrated Picture Books For Low Vision

When I first learned about TumbleBooks and their online audio narrated picture books, one of the first questions I had was “where was this when I was a kid?” I have a print disability that makes it near impossible for me to read books in…

Five Accessible Calculator Apps For Low Vision

Five Accessible Calculator Apps For Low Vision

I was first introduced to the world of calculator applications for low vision when I was in middle school and discovered that I couldn’t see the graphing calculator that was used in my Algebra 1 class. The buttons on the calculator had a small font…

Smartphone Apps For Orientation and Mobility

Smartphone Apps For Orientation and Mobility

My favorite tool for O&M and independent navigation as a person with low vision isn’t my blindness cane- it’s my Android smartphone. While I love my blindness cane and all of the ways that it helps me to navigate my community on my own or…

How I Use Quizlet With Low Vision

How I Use Quizlet With Low Vision

How I use Quizlet, a free study app that supports large print and screen readers.

Choosing An iPad Keyboard For Low Vision

Choosing An iPad Keyboard For Low Vision

I’ve been using my iPad a lot for writing lately and noticed that my hands were starting to hurt after doing so much typing on the device’s touchscreen keyboard. After learning that a physical hardware keyboard could help me type more quickly and efficiently with…

How I Use The Apple Pencil With Low Vision

How I Use The Apple Pencil With Low Vision

When I recently upgraded to the iPad Air 4th Generation (also known as the Model A2316), I decided to get the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation, as my friend had talked about how much they enjoyed using it. I immediately started using it and noticed a…

Using The iPad Markup Tool With Low Vision

Using The iPad Markup Tool With Low Vision

After I was helping them fill out several pages of medical paperwork, one of my friends asked me about my experience using the iPad Markup tool with low vision, as they knew that I frequently use it to write on forms that I receive over…

Enabling Temporary Accessibility Settings For iPad

Enabling Temporary Accessibility Settings For iPad

As a user with low vision and a neurological condition, I rely on accessibility settings for iPad so that I can access information and interact with different types of content. However, there are some cases where I do not need to have settings enabled constantly,…

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: Smartphones

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: Smartphones

While many people associate assistive technology with specialized devices that are expensive or hard to find, many mainstream technology devices have started supporting accessibility features and built-in assistive technology that can make specialty tools more financially and publicly accessible for all. Smartphones are a great…

How I Use The Stylebook App With Low Vision

How I Use The Stylebook App With Low Vision

I started using the Stylebook app during my freshman year of college to keep my clothes organized and put together outfits inspired by Pinterest without having to take several items out of my tiny dorm closet and messing up my room. While my closet has…

Helpful Ways To Bookmark Websites For Low Vision Users

Helpful Ways To Bookmark Websites For Low Vision Users

There are a few websites I visit daily or multiple times a week, such as my WordPress dashboard, school website, and digital services from my public library. Instead of having a bunch of tiny icons crammed onto my Favorites tab, I wanted to find more…

Accessible Puzzle Game Apps For Low Vision

Accessible Puzzle Game Apps For Low Vision

When I was working on a paper for one of my classes about the activities that seniors often miss when they develop low vision later in life, many people in the study had reported missing their favorite puzzle games such as word searches, crosswords, sudoku,…

Visual Assistance Apps: Post Round Up

Visual Assistance Apps: Post Round Up

I’ve written about several visual assistance apps on Veronica With Four Eyes, and how I use visual assistance apps with low vision in my day-to-day life. However, it can be difficult to keep track of what each service does, and how it is used. For…