Smart phones are increasing in number every day. They have hundreds of apps that not only provide entertainment, games health tips etc but also help those with disability in many ways. Here are a few apps that help the disabled people and their family members.
iComm
This is a free iPhone app for toddlers with disabilities and speech problems. It provides custom built and easy communication system with words and pictures that written and spoken. It is affordable and can be used for kids below the age of three. This app helps increase the child’s engagement by adding parents photos. This app provides basic communication like yes, no, more and finished. Users can design the app according to their kid’s interest and need using the edit function.
Proloquo 2Go
This app provides alternate communication solution for those with speech difficulties. It provides natural sounding text to speech voices, word predictions, vocabulary customization etc. It is the only app that provides genuine American and British children’s voices. This app has pre programmed vocabulary organizations, basic communication etc. This app is for anybody who cannot spend huge sum of money on a AAC device but want the same results. This app is for those suffering from cerebral palsy, autism, brain injury etc. This app can be used on iPhone and iPad.
Parking Mobility
This app is available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry users. With this app you can find parking places for disabled easily. This app uses GPS capabilities of your phone and provides you clues about the parking places for disabled. Users can share the info of parking places with other users too. You can also report violations of the parking places for disabled , easily in just 2 minutes with quick and simple photos.
Sign Smith ASL Essential
This app is perfect for ASL beginners. It is a program to train the users in sign language who have hearing disabilities and those who want to learn American sign language. This app uses animated characters to demonstrate 100 signs. With ASL alphabet users can learn counting to 20, feeling and personal description in sign language. This app is compatible with iPhone, iPad users.
Learn Braille
It is a innovative app from Learning sheep. It is widely used by visually challenged people and also caretakers of blind people. With this app one can learn how to write and learn Braille. Braille alphabets are introduced in a gentle and informal way and so beginners can learn alphabets very easily. This app is user friendly and is fun learning. It is available for iPhone users for $ 0.99.
iSpectrum Color Blind Assistant
If you are color blind, you will love this app. This app makes use of the iPhone camera settings to identify a color of the object it is looking at. This app can detect 500 different colors and informs about the color to the user. It is available for iPhone users for $2.99.
SoundAMP Lite
This app is available for iPhone users for free. Users can change their phone into a listening device. All you need to do is just load this app on your iPhone and listen to your favorite show on the TV or a lecture etc. This app amplifies the sound around you, it also has options for users to adjust the listening preferences. It is easy to use, volume can be adjusted easily and even in the maximum volume you can hear the sound crystal clear.
Allergy Runner
This app is for iPhone users for $3.99. use your phone as a allergy tracking device with this app. Reduce your allergies by tracking and managing your allergy symptoms with allergy runner. This app helps you identify what triggers your symptoms and thus avoid the buying the ingredients in the supermarket causing the allergy and also tell your doctor or caretakers about your personal allergies info. With this app you can maintain a allergy list for you and your family members.
Food Additives
This is an iPhone app that is good for those who are health conscious, vegetarians or on religious diets. With this app you can take control of what you eat. You can avoid eating the foods with additives that are dangerous or not safe for your health. Use this app to find the info of more than 400 foods additives. Not all the food additives are dangerous for your health but consuming some additives can be very fatal. So, learn what is safe for you with this app. Also there is no requirement for internet to use it. It is available for iPhone users for $3.99.
Alzheimer’s cards
If you have a family member or a friend who is suffering from Alzheimer’s which is preventing them from communicating with the rest of the world then this app will really help you. These Alzheimer’s cards are based on book “Simple Pleasures for Special Seniors”, it helps the Alzheimer’s affected people stimulate their memory and provide a good chance to communicate with their family members and caretakers. This app consists of images of fruits, foods, hand tools etc. It is available for iPhone users for $1.99.
These are some apps for the disabled people and their caretakers. Download them now and help your disabled near and dear ones.
