Category: Mobility

Otsimo Education

Posted on April 13, 2023 by In Android, iOS, Learning, Mobility, Productivity, Writing
A child using her tablet.
Lately, we’ve been noticing that the Special Education category in the App store has been filling up with some pretty incredible learning apps. We’ve already looked at a few of these apps in recent articles (see our recent articles on Starfall (new window) and Homer (new window) for more), but today we are looking at…

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How to: Use the Microsoft 365 Accessibility Checker

Posted on March 24, 2023 by In Mac, Mobility, PC, Productivity, Vision
A man in a wheelchair using his laptop at work.
The awareness and implementation of accessibility features within mainstream technology has been growing over the years, and Microsoft has recently made some big improvements to the overall accessibility of their products. Today we are going to talk about one of those newer features, the Microsoft 365 Accessibility checker. This tool is available to individuals using…

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The Sounding Out Machine

Posted on January 20, 2023 by In iOS, Mobility, Reading
A young boy using a tablet.
We’ve looked at quite a few reading apps in the past, and most of the apps that we’ve looked at provide users with an impressive suite of useful reading options from highlighting text to reading it out loud. And while those apps are incredibly useful, especially for learners who already understand how to read, they’re…

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TD Snap

Posted on January 13, 2023 by In Learning, Mobility, Writing
A young woman using her tablet in class.
AAC apps and devices tend to be highly specialized and expensive pieces of hardware, which is probably why we haven’t spent that much time talking about them. These devices also tend to be recommended by speech language pathologists, so we would always recommend first meeting with a member of the New Brunswick Association of Speech-Language…

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