TURTLE AND RABBIT

Turtle and Rabbit is a tactile book designed for children with low vision. A retelling of the classic tale about the race between the tortoise and the hare. The tactile illustrations allow the child to follow the progress of the race by tracking from left to right along the raised lines of Turtle and Rabbit. Includes a storyboard and symbols for retelling the story. Recommended ages: Pre-K to 2nd grade. Braille option. AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE […]

MONKEY MIX UP

Monkey Mix Up is designed for use by children and adults working on improving their visual perception including attention to detail, discrimination, directionality, spatial organization, imaging, etc. This bright monkey filled collection of 20, two sided pieces is actually 10 puzzles in one. You start by placing any “ground piece” in the bottom left corner of the plastic base and continue matching pieces edge to edge, row by row until the puzzle is complete. There […]

FREE SPEECH VERSION 1.31

Free Speech is an Android application (app) that serves as an Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) program for individuals who have difficulty speaking. At the push of a button, users can play recorded sounds or have text read aloud with the Android’s built-in text-to-speech (TTS) feature. This customizable sound board can be personalized to fit the user’s preferences. With Free Speech, users can create and edit buttons; display text, images, or both on a button; […]

RAMI

Rami is designed for children for use by children with visual perceptual, neurological and fine motor disabilities. It is a motivating way to exercise and improve ocular motor skills of visual tracking and scanning, visual endurance, and eye-hand coordination. Children are in control of all the switches that move all the levers that control access to all the pathways of this colorful maze game. Move gates correctly and the colored marbles will fall into the […]

A pioneering facial recognition cane for blind people

A revolutionary ‘smart’ cane enabling blind people to instantly identify friends and family could be available soon, thanks to students at Birmingham City University. The ‘XploR’ mobility cane, being developed by ICT students Steve Adigbo, Waheed Rafiq and Richard Howlett, uses smartphone technology to recognise familiar faces from up to 10 metres away. The cane also features GPS functionality to aid navigation. The device has added importance for one of its developers, Steve Adigbo, whose […]