A blind man using his Android Smartphone
For over a decade, smartphone cameras have been used to help blind and low-vision individuals connect with the world around them. We’ve looked at some of these apps before, including “Be My Eyes” (new window) and “Seeing AI” (new window), and while those apps are still very much worth using, today we are going to…

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A woman in a wheelchair using her smartphone.
iOS 18 has recently been released, and with that release comes even more built-in accessibility features. Today we are going to look at those new tools, along with some new updates that were released to improve upon pre-existing tools. Let’s take a look! New Features New Speech Options – Originally designed for individuals with a…

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A young woman in a wheelchair using a laptop.
When you’re a student studying multiple subjects, staying on top of your school, homework, social life, and work is not an easy task. Of course, you’ve likely been given an agenda at the start of the school year, and while an agenda serves as a decent paper-based organizational tool, you’re probably going to be better…

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A woman in a wheelchair using her laptop with her young daughter.
Notetaking apps are one of our favorite ways of staying organized, whether it’s in the classroom, at home, or in the office. And while these apps were brought into this world as fairly simple word processing programs, the very concept (and execution) of notetaking has evolved greatly thanks to the growth and evolution of the…

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A man using a whiteboard to mind map ideas.
The 2024-2025 school year is upon us, and we have plenty of new, accessible apps to review. If you have any suggestions or ideas about apps or products that you’d like us to cover, please send us an email at ta-atsupport@neilsquire.ca . We’ll even create one-pagers to explain specific app tools or functions by request.…

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