Transcript VISION 2020UK Technology for Life Group

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Introducing the VISION 2020UK App Tank
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How did we manage our lives before we had
smartphones and apps? Today, people are using
apps for an ever increasing range of tasks from social
networking, news and weather reports to book
reading, travel planning and gift buying.
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Apps are becoming very popular with blind and
partially sighted people, and nowadays, many new
Internet users are having their first online experience
with a smartphone or tablet instead of a more
traditional computer. Many new users tell us that this
is a more accessible and less daunting route.
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The world of apps has even more to offer blind and
partially sighted people. As well as all the
aforementioned uses, many blind and partially
sighted people are also using apps to boost their
independence and mobility. Modern smartphone
camera and sensor technology is making many
things possible from OCR scanning to colour
identification. The potential is just enormous!
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As a response to the phenomenal growth in the use of
smartphones and tablets, we've created the App Tank,
and we'd love to hear from you with suggestions of apps
that you'd like to see included.
All of the apps in the App Tank have been recommended
to us by blind and partially sighted people who've told us
that they find them easy to use with a screen reader or
magnification.
Most of the apps included so far are for for iOS, thats the
iPhone and iPad operating system, simply because this is
currently the most popular platform among blind and
partially sighted smartphone users. But we'd love to hear
from you with suggestions for Android and other
platforms.
So if you'd like to tell us about an app that you enjoy
using then drop us an email and we will add it to the tank!
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[email protected]
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UK Train Times
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UK Train Times provides real-time journey planning for
journeys across the National Rail network and live departure
information for all National Rail stations. This is a fullylicensed application powered by National Rail Enquiries’ realtime data feeds. The app was previously known as “National
Rail Enquiries for iPhone”.
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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/uk-traintimes/id306687757?mt=8
Cost: £4.99
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London Tube Deluxe
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A feature rich, no-nonsense transport guide to
Greater London.
Highlights:
Disrupted stations
Real-time journey planning
16 official hi-res maps
Locate nearest stations
750+ Bus routes (map & list view) Bus route location tracking
Timetables iPad optimised
Fully tested with VoiceOver & enhanced features for reading
itineraries.
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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/london-tube-deluxe/id300139358?mt=8
Cost: £0.69
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iBooks
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iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books.
iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the
latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or
night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book
to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and
bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.
Use iBooks with the amazing accessibility features in iPhone,
iPad, and iPod touch – such as speaking the words on a
given page
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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8
Cost: Free
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ZoomReader
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In combination with your iPhone’s built-in camera,
ZoomReader lets you magnify and read printed text by first
taking a picture of an object like a book or menu, then
converts the image into text using state-of-the-art Optical
Character Recognition (OCR) technology. ZoomReader will
then read the text back to you using a natural-sounding voice.
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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zoomreader/id414117816?mt=8
Cost £13.99
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Money Reader
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LookTel Money Reader instantly recognizes currency and
speaks the denomination, enabling people with visual
impairments or blindness to quickly and easily identify and
count bills. Simply point your iPhone’s camera at a bill and the
application will tell you the denomination in real-time. Several
currencies are supported including the US Dollar, Euro, British
Pound, Canadian Dollar, and Australian Dollar.
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/looktel-moneyreader/id417476558?mt=8
Cost: $9.99
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oMoby
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oMoby is visual search. Snap a photo of a product or scan a
barcode to access shopping information. Forget typing searching just got simple. oMoby visual search will return a
result for any image, but it works best on products. Take a
clear photo of a single object and prepare to be amazed at
the information you can find. If you can see it, we can find it.
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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/omoby/id353867169?mt=8
cost: free
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eSleep
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A Professional Sleep-aids and relaxation tools. The
background music inside has been carefully chosen and with
delta tones, theta tones and alpha tones to provide a relaxing
atmosphere to help you fall asleep naturally. The loops noise
include White noise, Pink noise, and Nature sound (such as
Cricket Calming, Cricket Night, Ocean waves, Peaceful Rain,
and etc.) mask household noises to make you relaxed and
comfortable, as if you are in a free and nature environment.
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/esleep-lite/id308286611?mt=8
cost: free
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Say Text
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SayText reads out loud the text in the image. It is intended for
the visually impaired users. SayText is a free spin off product
from the DocScanner team.
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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/saytext/id376337999?mt=8
Cost: Free
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Sound Hound
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(available on Apple and Android)
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Unlimited music recognition! Featuring the world's fastest,
most accurate music identification, exclusive singing search,
and now: free unlimited LiveLyrics for over 1 million of your
iTunes tracks in SoundHound Player.
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http://www.soundhound.com/
Cost: Free or $6.99 for the infinity version
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TuneIn Radio
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(Available on Apple and Android devices)
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Whether you want to hear music, sports, news or current
events, TuneIn Radio offers over 50,000 stations for you to
choose from. For free
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http://tunein.com/mobile/
Cost: Free or £0.69 for the Pro Version
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Magnifier +
Turn your Android Phone into an FlashLight Ultra
Magnifying Glass with fullscreen by using camera
zoom and auto-focus.
This Magnifier will help to magnify tiny print and
words.
Support Negative color, Negative Sepia,Negative
Mono, Negative Aqua, Negative Solarize effect
Https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zapDroi
d.UltraMagnifierPlus
Cost: Free
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On The Bus
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A potentially useful App presently only for use on
the continent
Accessible public transport complete guidance.
This is a beta version of OnTheBus. It is currently functional in
Barcelona, Madrid and Roma, but it will be shortly expanded
to Valencia, Zaragoza and Helsinki, with more cities to come.
OnTheBus is an accessible application that guides from a
point of origin to a destination by using public transport
Intelligent guiding accessible application in public
transportation in a city
http://www.onthebus-project.com/index.php
Cost: Free
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App Advice Website
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Useful site to discover the latest App news, reviews and
recommendations
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http://appadvice.com/appnn