Now Tech That!: Appy Friday 1/27/17

Hello readers!

If you didn’t read my post last week, I attended the Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference in Florida. Now that I have returned, the information I learned is scattered between flyers, notes, pictures on my phone and in my head! I decided I am going to share a little bit each week whilst I organize everything. The information from the conference isn’t just apps! I included some free websites and Chrome apps and extensions too.

Happy downloading!

Betsy

ATIA free resources

TextDetective (search and download from iPhone apps, you can use it on both devices)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-detective/id541494875?mt=8

Scanner app where you take a picture with your iPad and then it will OCR the text. Then bring it into a text to speech app or on an iPad 4 or above, use the speak selection or speak screen to listen to the text.

Notetaker iPD Lite (Full version is $6.99)

https://itunes.apple.com/mg/app/notetalker-ipd-lite/id1069872915?mt=8

This is a audio recorder that you can take pictures while you are recording to help mark where you are. Great for recording lectures while taking pictures of the board.

Text Fairy (ANDROID)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.renard.ocr&hl=en

This is a scanner app with OCR (optical character recognition). This allows you to scan text and then put it in the format that can be read to the user (text to speech).

Grammarly (Chrome Extension)

https://www.grammarly.com/

Grammar check online in real time!

Rewordify.com (free website tool)

Copy your text in and click “rewordify text”. It’s like an auto thesaurus, swapping more complex words to words that are easier to understand.

textcompactor.com (free online tool)

Copy and paste a passage and select the percentage of text you want to retain. Then the summarized text will appear in the box below. This is similar to the auto-summarize feature that used to be in Microsoft Word.

Free Apps Today

EARLY CHILDHOOD

Kiki's Farm Animals by KEROFROG PTY LTD

Normally $0.99

Smart Kido's - Preschool Fun Educational Learning Games For Kids Pro !! by Mitesh Solanki

Normally 0.99

Dr. Buddy - play and learn. Educational alphabet for kids and toddlers. by INFOUROK, OOO

Normally $0.99

Collect ABC Words - for Preschoolers, babies & kids English Learning by YSD.hk

Normally $0.99

*Also available on Android, see Android section for link

Smart Kido'z 3 - Pony Games for Kids: My Cute Pony Jigsaw Puzzles for little Kids and Toddler who Love Animals games Pro by Mitesh Solanki