Assistive+Technology

iPad Settings
caution: only set one accessibility at a time

General/Accessibility/Video - turn closed captioning on General - turn voice over on Three finger tap to turn the screen to black Voice Over triple click home button 3 times Speak Hints

To keep students on task (e.g. turn off home button Settings/Guided Access (with passcode) - turn off home button, touch or shake - or draw/select area that will not be accessible. e.g. lock out the top of a web page

The following represents information presented to preschool teachers during 2011-2012 PDRT: Source: K athryn Zainea [kathryn.zainea@verizon.net]
 * Assistive Technology Apps Preschool**
 * Tuesday, November 8, 2011 PDRT**

**Communication Apps**
**TouchChat HD** ($149.00) - a full featured communication app with voice output. Similar to Saltillo communication devices. Easy to edit and offers several different page sets at different communication levels. **Tap Speak Sequence** ($29.99) - used in place of sequential message switches to record and customize messages with losing any previously recorded sequences. Good for cause and effect and motor access training.
 * Proloquo2Go** ($189.00) - a full featured communication app with voice output. [|Proloquo2go Keyguards]
 * Sounding Board ** ($49.99) - create custom boards with AbleNet Symbols or your own photos.
 * First Then Visual Schedule ** ($9.99) - provide positive behavior support
 * Pictello ** ($18.99) - create talking photo albums and taliking books
 * Tap to Talk** ( free - low-tech) Tap a picture and it talks. Each picture can lead to another screen of pictures.

**Motor Access**

 * Sound Effect Boards** ( free - iPhone App) - select a sound effect, hit a big target and it plays the sound.
 * TapSpeak Button Standard for the iPad** ($29.99) - mechanical switch that records and plays massages.
 * Talking Photos** ( free ) - good for story-telling or sequencing multiple step activities photos and voice output.
 * Pictello** ($18.99) - create talking photo albums and talking books
 * SonicPics Lite** ( free ) - turn images into a custom slide show

**Writing**
(free ) and **iWriteWords** ($2.99) - teaches handwriting
 * FirstWords: Animals** ($1.99) - develop fine motor skills; recognize and match letters; learn sounds of letters; names of letters; how to spell words
 * iWrite Words Lite** (free) - a game to teach handwriting
 * ABC Magnetic Land** ($1.99) - names of all the magnets are read aloud; 7 catagories of magnets: numbers; capital letters, lower-case letters; shapes and pictures; symbols; fruits and vegetables; animals

**Math**

 * MathBoard** ($4.99) - app for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; random problem genreator; quiz can be timed and saved; problem solver explains the required steps to solve problem.

**Fun Stuff**
Itsy Bitsy Spider HD ($1.99) - 2010 Parent's Choice Gold Award Old MacDonald HD ($1.99) - 2010 Parent's Choice Gold Award Wheels on the Bus ($1.99) - 2010 Parent's Choice Gold Award ClickySticky ($1.99) - animated sticker book app Cooke Doodle ($.99) - see "Ten Ways to Teach Communication Skills Using Cookie Doodle" [|autismgames.blogspot.com] Doodle Buddy (free) - paint with fingers Cat in the Hat ($3.99) - 3 ways to "read" the book: to me; myself; auto play

source: Kathryn Zainea [|www.assistivetechnologypartners.com]