A blind man using a smartphone
Today we’re going to look at an app that’s designed to narrate the outside world to individuals with low or no vision. This free app provides accurate audio descriptions of the outside world, using an abundance of features to simulate sight, backed by human-like intelligence. The idea for the app is simple; point your camera…

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A blind man using a smartphone
Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind or low-vision users to sighted volunteers who offer visual assistance in real-time using video conferencing technology. The app is designed to be straightforward in its functionality, as well as being easily accessible for low or no-vision users. When starting the app for the first time,…

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A man using an iPad
Last week we started looking at easy, built-in techniques to share files via iPad. That e-bulletin covered sharing via Airdrop, Cloud, and Email. To check out that e-bulletin, click here(new window). This week, we’re going to look at a few more methods of file-sharing via iPad, and we’ll be exploring sharing through iTunes, PC, and…

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A woman using a tablet
This week’s e-bulletin will focus on the various ways in which files can shared using the iPads built-in sharing features. The content will be split into multiple e-bulletins, so stay tuned over the coming weeks for more. After all the e-bulletins have been released, the content will be combined into a larger, more complete, “how-to”…

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A group of individuals using assistive technology
In case you haven’t heard of it, Dropbox(new window) is a cloud-based storage service that allows users to upload and share files from anywhere in the world, on virtually any device. Now, imagine combining that service with a free productivity and collaboration app that allows users to integrate their Dropbox files with other resources from…

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