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Which apps do you feel are essential (or at least very useful) for a user who is blind and/or low vision? (self.Blind)
submitted by KillerLag
awesomesaucesaywhat 3 points 5y ago
Be my eyes, BlindSquare, knfb reader, voice dream
KillerLag [OP] 2 points 5y ago
I was familiar with the first three, but never heard of Voice Dream. Thanks!
awesomesaucesaywhat 2 points 5y ago
It’s amazing! You can upload PDFs, websites, documents and it will read it to you in choice of voice, speed, tone etc. It also allows for changing the text size, font and color. Or you can view what it calls the “original document” without any formatting changes.
It’s what I use for all my college texts. It also syncs across devices, lets you highlight and export highlights, and bookmark pages
It’s what I use for all my college texts. It also syncs across devices, lets you highlight and export highlights, and bookmark pages
curlyq15 2 points 5y ago
Absolutely, Voice Dream!
KillerLag [OP] 2 points 5y ago
I'll have to check that out!
tacos4thesoul 1 points 5y ago
Google maps and the transit app. The transit app has a voice alert feature that lets you know when to leave for the bus and when your stop is coming up it's great for navigating a new city.
aisafetyceo 1 points 5y ago
www.fastur.cc narrates the visual world and is available on the web
Warthil 1 points 5y ago
taptapsee
ABBYY book scanner
ABBYY book scanner
KillerLag [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Awesome, thanks!
jage9 1 points 5y ago
Nearby Explorer (online version is free), Seeing AI, Voice Dream Reader, and of course HQ Trivia :)
KillerLag [OP] 1 points 5y ago
I just download Nearby Explorer to poke around with a few days ago ;) I didn't expect HQ Trivia to be accessible... I'll have to check it out!
bradley22 1 points 5y ago
Seeing AI, Be My Eyes, money reader (I think it's called look tell money reader but could be wrong,) ootunes (it's a radio app,) youtube and crafting kingdom, when it's not jumping all over the place.
igloolafayette 1 points 5y ago
Seeing AI! Just discovered this app, it's amazing. It has real-time OCR for short text, full document OCR, product recognition via barcodes, a silly (and rude) facial recognition that (often incorrectly) guesses a person's age. This last one is critical for first dates haha.
It is also capable of reading handwriting and recognizing color and light, and has an experimental scene description section.
It is also capable of reading handwriting and recognizing color and light, and has an experimental scene description section.
bradley22 1 points 5y ago
I really like Seeing AI however i do find that it can be quite slow at times. Having said that, I think the short text mode is great. It works on anything. TVs, laptops, boxes et cetra.
KillerLag [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Cool, an accessible game! I've been trying to find more games that my younger clients can play but sighted kids can also play as well. Been a bit frustrating, a lot of totally blind kids wanted to play Pokemon Go when it came out but they couldn't.
bradley22 1 points 5y ago
Here's a webpage with accessible games for IOS on it. https://www.applevis.com/ios-app-directory/games I hope this helps.
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