Increase Your APPtitude on iOS Ryan Honey Director, Digital Programs Braille Institute of America (323)

Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives

Accessible iDevices: iPod Touch – 4 th Generation 8 GB - $ GB - $ GB - $399 iPhone 5 (service from AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon) 16 GB - $ GB - $ GB - $399 iPad with Retina Display (4G service from AT&T or Verizon) 16 GB - Wi-Fi $499 or 4G $ GB - Wi-Fi $599 or 4G $ GB - Wi-Fi $699 or 4G $829 iPad Mini (4G service from AT&T or Verizon) 16 GB - Wi-Fi $329 or 4G $ GB - Wi-Fi $429 or 4G $ GB - Wi-Fi $529 or 4G $659

But Ryan, we’re O & Ms not millionaires!

Choices & Implications: Cost (including accessories) Purpose of the device School, work, and/or pleasure Users accessibility needs Low vision vs. blind Portable access to information vs. commitment Social acceptance

Universal Accessibility: Turn on the following features by tapping the Settings icon, then selecting General, and Accessibility (also can be accessed through iTunes) VoiceOver Screen Reader* Zoom Magnification* Large Text White on Black Speak Selection Speak Auto-Text Support for Braille Displays Siri Dictation

VoiceOver Demo Save yourself a headache: Turn on Triple-click home in Accessibility! Be aware of accidently turning on: Mute/Unmute (three finger double tap) Screen Curtain On/Off (three finger triple tap) Visit to downloadwww.brailleinstitute.org/mobileapps the cheat sheets for operating VoiceOver.

How Braille Displays Work: VoiceOver and Braille work together: VoiceOver must be on for the braille display to work! If an app won’t work with VoiceOver, the braille display won’t work either Braille chord commands are equivalent to hand gestures used with VoiceOver Can mute VoiceOver and use only braille for navigation/reading To pair a braille display, go to the Settings icon, then select General, Accessibility, VoiceOver, and Braille. When you see your braille display under Choose a Braille Device, select your device. Enter the code 1234 on your iOS Device* (not the refreshable braille display) to complete the pairing process. This only needs to be done the first time you use the braille display. To view all refreshable braille displays that work with iOS devices go to: *Most displays use the code 1234

How Bluetooth Keyboards Work: Use ctrl and alt together to activate VoiceOver commands: VoiceOver key commands are equivalent to hand gestures used with VoiceOver Special functions keys act as “hot keys” to volume, music controls, home, search, etc. To pair a Bluetooth keyboard, go to the Settings icon, then select General, and Bluetooth. Enter the PIN number on your iOS Device (see keyboard instructions for PIN number) to complete the pairing process. This only needs to be done the first time you use the keyboard.

It’s All About the Apps: Apple Apps Messages Calendar Notes Reminders Maps Contacts Mail Safari Camera/Videos FaceTime iTunes iBooks (must download) App Store

3 rd Party Apps There are over 700,000 apps in the AppStore More than 10 billion total downloads from the AppStore Average price of a paid app is $ % of apps are free Most popular paid app ever is:

Apps of Interest for Low Vision: Magnifiers BrighterBigger - Free Mag. Light – Free VisionAssist - $5.99 EyeSight - $29.99 Instapaper - $4.99 Readability - Free ZoomReader (iPhone only) - $19.99 ZoomContacts (iPad only) - $4.99 Kindle/Nook – Free Genius Scan (iPhone/Touch) – Free/$2.99 Dropbox - Free Quickoffice Pro HD - $19.99 (iPad)/$14.99 (iPhone) AppWriter US - $19.99 (iPad only) Notability - 99¢/Penultimate - 99¢ (iPad only) Dragon Dictation – Free Choice/Communication Boards Dolphin Browser - Free

Apps of Interest for Blind: Money EyeNote – Free LookTel Money Reader - $9.99 Learning Ally (RFB&D) Audio - $19.99 Read2Go (from Bookshare) - $19.99 Blio - Free Talking Calculator - $1.99/Scientific - $4.99 SAS Flash Cards - Free Identifiers VizWiz - Free oMoby – Free LookTel Recognizer - $9.99 Digit-EyesLite - Free/Digit-Eyes - $29.99 Color Identifiers/Tag Scanners

Apps of Interest for Blind Cont.: GPS Sendero GPS LookAround - $4.99 Ariadne GPS - $5.99 BlindSquare - $14.99 MotionX GPS Drive - 99¢ (requires subscription) LookTel Breadcrumbs GPS – Coming Soon Audible - Free (Requires subscription) iTalk Recorder - Free/$1.99 Dropbox - Free Evernote – Free iA Writer - 99¢ Pages/Numbers/Keynote - $9.99 each Fleksy - $14.99 Prizmo - $9.99 AccessNote from AFB – Coming Soon

Apps/Tools for the Educator Eye Exams VisionSim AFB Access World Progress Notes Mileage Trackers Lesson Planning O&M Web Based Mapping ECC (recipes, organization skills, recreation/leisure, etc.) Educational Games Literacy Fun Photos/Videos VGA/HDMI Cables & Apple TV

That’s too many apps… So what do we do?

Introducing ViA, Visually Impaired Apps