7 free apps to help people with disabilities.
– With data from Geraes Tecnologia Assistiva, Portal R7 e WindowsTeam – Microsoft Blog.
For most people, the purpose of technology is to make daily tasks easier. In the case of people with disabilities, however, it represents an even more important aid, making some tasks possible.
Software applications and solutions can make a big difference in connecting these people with the world around them and for this, developers are able to take advantage of technologies that are part of people’s daily lives for a rather noble mission.
Check out some of the assistive technology applications you can use or refer to make life easier for anyone with disabilities.
TelepatiX
People who can not speak and have very limited movements, such as patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and individuals afflicted with Cerebral Palsy or Cerebral Vascular / Stroke (Stroke / Stroke) induced palsy can use TelepatiX to communicate. The application provides an alphabet that is traversed by a sequential scanning of rows and columns. The user can choose the speed of the scan.
In the free version, the person selects each line and column simply by touching any part of the screen, even having the smallest and most inaccurate movement. In the paid version, the selection can also be made by the blink of the eye or other types of voluntary movement, using accessories such as the blink detector X-ray or the air-pressure trigger I think.
To speed up writing, TelepatiX tries to “guess” the words for each chosen letter, and also learns the user’s frequent vocabulary and completes their most commonly used phrases. After writing, the person can send the application to vocalize the phrase loud and clear.
TelepatiX also has another writing mode, where non-speaking people with uncoordinated hand movements can type by touching directly on the letters: the application filters the involuntary touches and only writes each letter after the person has held it for a while she chooses herself.
Available for Android: https://key2enable.com/new/produtos/telepatix/
Seeing AI is an amazing application that is helping to change the lives of blind or visually impaired people. Using the power of Artificial Intelligence, Seeing AI offers intelligent solutions to make life easier for people with a vision problem. With your help, these are having an easier time understanding what is going on around them.
The application launched earlier this year in the United States and has been downloaded more than 100,000 times since it has been helping users with more than three million tasks, so Microsoft has decided to expand its availability and offer in 35 countries in total.
Available for iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298
Learn more at https://www.windowsteam.com.br/seeing-ai-conheca-o-app-da-microsoft-que-establishing-life-of-people-with-deficiency-visual/
eSSENTIAL Accessibility
ESSENTIAL Accessibility is an assistive technology for personal computers that helps users with difficulty controlling the mouse, using the keyboard, or reading on the screen. In practice, it functions as a browser with accessibility features, allowing, for example, controlling the cursor with face movements and voice commands, among other mouse alternatives. The browser can be downloaded for free from the websites of the eSSENTIAL Accessibility coalitions.
Pro Deaf
ProDeaf is a text and voice translation software in the Portuguese language for Libras – the Brazilian language of signs, with the purpose of performing communication between deaf and hearing.
Be my Eyes
The app lets anyone borrow your vision for a few minutes. The app is free and works as a camera system that connects the visually impaired to volunteers and allows speech and image problems such as identifying locations, photos or, say, a plate or an expiration date of one easily resolved.
HandTalk
For the deaf who use the Brazilian Language of Signals (LIBRAS) and also for those who want to communicate with themselves without having knowledge of LIBRAS, this application is a simultaneous translator of the two languages. Available for free on Google Play or the AppStore. They also offer enterprise solutions tailored for accessibility in LIBRAS for business, such as insert accessibility button on websites to make content accessible for the hearing impaired.
Wheelmap
Wheelmap is an application that helps you find places with accessibility already visited by other people with disabilities. It is possible to tell if the place has wheelchair accessibility or what problems it has. It is a useful and collaborative exchange of information. It is available in 22 languages and has versions for Android, iOS and web.