Overview of Presentation Access to iPads: Bringing Recreation to More People with Disabilities

Overview of Presentation
Access to iPads:
Bringing Recreation to More
People with Disabilities
Katie Duff, OTR/L
Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare
[email protected]
MTRA Conference 11-1-13
No age prerequisite to using computer
assistive technology
Be aware :
Too much of a
good thing is
NOT good
No research of
impact on
toddler brain
How to Decide on iPad Positioning
and Access Method?
• Find easiest, least fatiguing, most
controlled, body movement to operate
the iPad
• Look at what they are going to use it to do
• Determine if/how the person can rotate the
iPad for portrait or landscape orientation
• Determine how the person is going to
safely transport the iPad
• Access options for iPads
– Internal
– External
• Details of developing direct touch access
• Resources for you …
– Tips on evaluating apps
– Websites to find apps
– App lists by what they do
Evaluating for Appropriateness
• Gather background information
– Medical history impacting function
– Current needs
– Current skills (reading and writing)
– Current system and why it is not working well
• Evaluate functional movement and positioning
• Determine if screen touch is an access option
• Match features of technology to the person
iPad Internal Access Options
• Accessibility Settings
• Multitasking Gestures
• Lock Rotation
• Restrictions
• Keyboard
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iDevice Access Options
Restrictions Settings
Accessibility Settings
Vision
– Voice Over
– Zoom
– Invert colors
– Speak Selection
– Speak Auto-text
iDevice Access Options
iPad External Access Options
Accessibility Settings (Con’t)
Hearing
Subtitles &
Captioning
Mono Audio
Learning
Guided Access
Physical & Motor
Switch Control
Assistive Touch
Home Click
Speed
Accessibility
Shortcut
Gloves and Mitts
– Larger Type
– Bold Text
– Increase Contrast
– Reduce Motion
– On/Off Labels
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Direct Touch
Gloves and Mitts
BubCaps
BubCap Pro
Stylus
– Quality one that will
slide and tap
– Rocket Fish, Targus,
Bamboo (replaceable
tips), etc.
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Keyguards
Bluetooth keyboards
Joysticks
Switch using switch
interface
• Mounts
• Cases
Gentle Assist Pointing Mitten
• Smart gloves:
– Isotoner Smart touch gloves
– Colorplay knit gloves
• Fingerless gloves
• Neoprene hand splints
• Neoprene custom mitts
1. Sew mitten for the fisted hand.
2. Identify the first knuckle.
3. Cut an X over the first knuckle.
4. Don the mitten & allow
finger to extend out.
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External Access (con’t)
• Keyguards for landscape or portrait on
screen keyboard and AAC apps
www.laseredpics.biz
• Joystick options
– i-Pad Joystick for iPad www.inclusivetlc.com
– Joystick-it www.thinkgeek.com
– Pretorian J-Pad www.pretorianuk.com/i-pad
– Tecla Shield DOS http://komodoopenlab.com
Mounts for iPads
• Where need access it? tabletop, bed, floor,
wheelchair, etc.
• How sturdy does it need to be?
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Ablenet www.ablenetinc.com
Adaptive Mounting Arm www.beyondadaptive.com
Inclusive TLC www.inclusive.co.uk (16 options)
Mount ‘N Mover www.mountnmover.com
RAM wheelchair mounts www.rammount.com
RJ Cooper www.rjcooper.com
Cases
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Big Grips
Fisher Price Create and Learn Apptivity Case
GoNow Case
Griffin Survivor Extreme-duty Military Case
Gripcase (GripCase iPad Stand-GripBase
available)
Gumdrop Cases Drop Tech Series Case
iAdapter (mount pieces available)
KaysCase KidBox
Maxess Angled Rest
Otterbox Defender (mount pieces available)
RJ Cooper
iOS 7 Built-in Switch Access
• Settings, General, Accessibility, Switch
Control
• Screen can be switch
• Left or right head movement can serve as
switch press (using device’s camera)
• Can customize scan settings
Switch Interface Options
• Ablenet: Blue2Bluetooth
Switch
• Inclusive Technology:
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APPlicator for iPad
J-Pad Joystick for iPad
SimplyWorks for iPad
Switch2Scan for iPad
• Komodo Open Lab: Tecla
Shield DOS
• RJ Cooper:
– Bluetooth Cordless SuperSwitch
– Bluetooth Switch Interface
– iPad VO (voice over)
Controller
– ScanOver
• Therapy Box: Switchbox
• Zygo
– Pererro
– ZyBox for iOS
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Ablenet’s Hook
• Works with iPod Touch and iPhone
• Works with iTunes for music and audio
text via iTunes
www.ablenetinc.com
APPlicator
• 1-4 switches
• Programmable switch inputs, 24
mouse/keyboard commands
• Quick media mode to control audio library
www.inclusivetlc.com
Switch2Scan for iPad
• 1-4 switches
• Switch access to home screen, music,
iBooks, on screen keyboard, switch
adapted apps
• Step and auto scan modes
• 4 scanning speeds
• Forward & backward scanning
Blue2 Bluetooth Switch
• 1-2 switches or buttons on it
• Works with Sounding Board app and
Marblesoft Simtech apps
• Works as Computer Access switch
interface
www.ablenetinc.com
SimplyWorks for iPad
• 1-4 switches
• Wireless switch access to home screen,
switch adapted apps, music, on screen
keyboard, iBooks, e-mail
• Proportional, forward, & backward step
scanning
http://www.inclusive.co.uk
J-Pad Joystick for iPad
• 1-2 switches, touch buttons, and joystick
• Chart for adjusting scan settings on back
• Rechargeable battery; 30 hours
www.pretorianuk.com
http://www.inclusive.co.uk
www.inclusivetlc.com
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Tecla Shield DOS
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1-2 switches and joystick
Hardware buttons to adjust scan speed
Switch access to Siri
Rechargeable battery lasts 4+ days
Also works with Android devices
Bluetooth Switch Interface
• 1-2 switches
• Works with apps by Inclusive Technology,
Marblesoft, RJ Cooper
• Works with some AAC apps (Alexicom
AAC, Go Talk Now, My Talk, Sounding
Board, TalkRocket Go, TapSpeak: Choice,
TapToTalk)
• Works with Adapted Play Books, Switch
Accessible Puzzles
http://komodoopenlab.com
www.rjcooper.com
Bluetooth Super Switch
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Built in 5” switch
1-2 external switches
Step or auto scanning
Works with switch apps
ScanOver
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www.rjcooper.com
Digitized speech
Works with VoiceOver compatible apps
Auto and step scanning
User programmable
www.rjcooper.com
iPad VO Controller
Switchbox for iPad
• Works through the Voice Over technology,
making most of the iPad switch accessible
and apps that use Voice Over technology
• 1-2 switch use
• Step scan or auto scan
• Works with Predictable (on screen keyboard with
word prediction app)
• Works with Scene & Heard (multimedia
communication app)
http://therapy-box.co.uk
www.rjcooper.com
www.spectronicsinoz.com
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Pererro
ZyBox for iOS
• Plugs directly in and then uses Voice Over
commands
• Single switch
• Step scan or auto scan
• Works with VoiceOver enabled apps
• Plugs directly in and then uses Voice Over
commands
• 1-5 switches
• 5 modes (automatically determines based on
how many and where switches plugged in)
www.zygo-usa.com
Switch Accessible iPad Activities
• Inclusive Technology
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Aunty Maggie’s Recipe
Big Bang Patterns
Big Bang Pictures
Big Trucks
Bumper Cars
Choose it! Maker 3
Choose it! Literacy,
Numeracy, and Science all
listed as coming soon
Finger Paint with Sounds
Five Little Aliens
Five Little Rock Stars
Five Sharks Swimming
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Hidden Grid
Hurdle Champion
Jungle Adventure
Little Lost Penguin
New Age Kurling
Peeping Musicians
Racing Cars
Shhhh!
Smarty Pants
Space Shooter
Splat the Clowns
Train Tracker
Treasure Island
Last updated 10-2013
www.zygo-usa.com
Switch Accessible iPad Activities (Con’t)
• Marblesoft
– Click to Read:Citizenship
(series)
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A Leader Is
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My Country
Recycle it!
– Koppy Kattz
– Scan & Match
– Sights & Sounds:
Fireworks
– Sights & Sounds: Flowers
– Switch Accessible Puzzles
– Switch Kids
• Creative Communicating
– Adapted Play Books
• Judy Lynn Software
– Sequencing Tasks: Life
Skills (3 of them)
– Sorting Activities: Life Skills
(2 versions)
– Switch Accessible Puzzles
• RJ Cooper
– RadSounds
– Scan-a-Word
– Scan to Pictures
Last updated 10-2013
Direct Touch Progression
• Cause and Effect exploration
• Tap Precision Targeting
• Dragging and Sliding
– Explore
– Precision start with flexible targets
– Drag along path
– Precision start and end
• Flicking
• Mutli-Finger Gestures
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Cause and Effect
• Tap anywhere on the screen
• Any response is rewarded
Cause and Effect Apps
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123 Sticker
Stop & Go by Shortstack
Balloons: tap and learn by Zippz software
Preschool Memory Match
Aa Match (kid voice says letter names)
Alexandre Minard apps such as My first puzzles,
sudoku, draw with squares
• Lite Brite
Learn to Drag to Unlock the iPad
• Slide 2 Unlock by RJ
Cooper
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Kid Fireworks
Sound Touch
Tap, Break, and Shake
Virtuoso
When do you need to Drag?
Tap to develop precision targeting
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BaDaBing
Baby Butterfly
Bubble Popper
Fun Bubbles
Cool Piano
Crack&Break
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Turn pages in some eBooks
Move from home screen to other apps
Organize your apps
Select text to copy
Drawing and handwriting apps
Many games / activities
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Exploratory Dragging Apps
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Drawing & Coloring apps
Draw with Stars
Magnetic Alphabet
Paint Sparkle
Scratch a Sketch
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Coloring App Examples
• 123 Color
• Colorific
• iColoring Book Lite
Precision Start & End
Dragging Apps
– Dot Collector
– My First Tangrams by Alexandre Minard
– Cake Doodle, Cookie Doodle, Tie Dye
Doodle, Shoe Doodle, Mask Doodle, etc. by
Shoe the Goose
– Pattern Search
Snap-to Dragging Apps
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Card Shark (G)
Chicken Dominoes (G)
Chicken Foot
Farm Jigsaw (2 pc.) (G)
Jigsaw Box
Kids ABC puzzle (G)
Kids Jigsaw (G)
Toy Tangram (G)
Precision Select, Target Flexible
Dragging Apps
– ClickySticky
– Jelly Bean Tunes
– Moozart
– My Scene
Precision Start & End
Dragging Apps
– Jigsaw puzzles like Jigsaw Box
– Spelling games like First Words Deluxe
– Dress up apps like Dress Up Baby
– iMazing (move through a maze)
– Kids Crosswords by Learning Touch
– Handwriting apps
Seasonal Apps for Dragging
• Carve a Pumpkin by Parents
Magazine (A)
• Easter Egg Maker (G)
• Egg Decorator by PAAS (A)
• My Flake by Mubaloo (A)
• Pumpkin Carver Pro (G)
• Pumpkin Maker (G)
• Snowflake by FMC Studio (G)
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When do you need Flick?
• Deleting
– e-mails
– to do list items
– notes
Apps to Practice Flicking
• ClickySticky (choose objects) (G)
• Fruit Ninja (G)
• Flick Home Run (G)
• Turning pages in some book apps
• Moving to more items in some apps
• In iOS 7
– Close apps
– Get notifications
– Access command center
Multi-Finger Gestures
• 2 finger tap in Doodle Kids erases &
changes background color
• Cutting motion = Cut the Buttons by Open
Name
• Chalk Walk
• Pinch out and in for zooming
• Using VoiceOver or Zoom accessibility
features
Evaluating Apps
• Review ratings from independent sources
• Search for videos for reviews or the app in use
• In App Store, Droid Market, Google Play, Windows Store
– Look at screen shots
– Look at number of downloads related to ratings
– Determine if it has in app purchases for rest of functions
– Read the descriptor
– Caution: use discernment with the comments of others
• Read manufacturer websites
Resources for Finding Apps
• Education Apps Review www.iear.org/
• Geek Dad http://www.wired.com/geekdad/
• Geek Mom http://www.geekmom.com/
• Geek SLP www.geekslp.com (also have a app)
• iPhone Mom http://www.theiphonemom.com/
• Mark Coppin (email list)
[email protected]
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Resources for Finding Apps (con’t)
• Moms with Apps www.momswithapps.com
(Facebook feed leading to articles, also have
app, App Friday too)
• http://otswithapps.com
• SLP Sharing http://slpsharing.com (Eric Sailers)
• University of Minnesota:
http://accessibility.umn.edu/accessible-iosapps.html
Resources for Tablet Apps
• Listing of apps that have been tested to work with
TalkBack: http://eyesfree.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/documentation/an
droid_access/apps.html
• http://www.androidauthority.com/best-androidapps-and-options-for-persons-with-disabilities31045/
• Developers guidelines:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/acces
sibility/index.html
General Resources
• udemy: Courses such as: Everything about
Nexus 7, iPad Access, Connectors
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything:
http://www.schrockguide.net/
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
• ievaluate app Rubric & Jeannette VanHouton
reviews:
https://sites.google.com/site/jeannettevanhouten
/tool-evaluation-rubrics
Book Apps
• Emergent Readers:
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Toy Story
How Zebras Got Their Stripes
Prince Bear & Pauper Bear
Elephant in my Pocket
Series
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Heidi part II
The Odyssey
Zite – custom magazine
Reading A-Z books
Quick Reader (teaches speed reading)
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Organizational Apps
• Timer+
• Kitchen Helper
• To Do Lists
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Jot List
To-Do
To Do’s
Liz – the connected to do
list
• Grocery lists:
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ShopShop
Shopper Lite
Grocery Gadget
Grocery IQ
• uPacking Free
• Home Routines
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assignments:
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Money Management Apps
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iHomework
School A to Z
Teacher Kit
StudyBlue
Learning about Cooking
• Cake Doodle and Cookie Doodle by Shoe
the Goose
• More Grillin and More Breakfast by
Maverick Software
Learning To Tell Time
• Learning Time
• Interactive Telling Time
• Tick Tock Clock
Social Skills Apps
Picture Schedule / Social Story Apps
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Checkbook√
Checkbook free
Accounts
Money Free
Percentage off
Pocket Picture Planner
Sonic Pics Lite
Visual Cue Lite
I Get it Apps
Picturebook
Point to Pictures
Choice Maker
Pictello
Going Places – social story videos
I Like School by Grasshopper Apps
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The Urinal Game
Feel Electric!
Undecided
The Questions (relationships)
• Plus more story making apps
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Calming Apps
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Breathe2Relax
Fluid
Fluidity
Sosh Lite
Relax Melodies
Draw with Stars
Drawing Apps
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ScribbleKid
MirroPaint Lite (symmetry)
Rainbow Draw and Neon Draw
Paint Sparkles (says color names; glitter
moves around)
• Auryn Ink
• Drawing Pad
Coloring Apps
• 123 Color
• Colorific
Simple Timing Games
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Cupcake Run
Go Go Mongo (involves tilting the iPad)
Kiwi Pear Balloon Adventure
Fish Frenzy
Coin Dozer, Cookie Dozer, etc.
Simple Games
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Simon Game
MatchaPhoto
Card Match
Magic Sorter
Feed the Monster
Monster Squeeze (guess the number
game with number line)
Visual Perceptual Apps
• Simple:
– Little Finder
– Highlights Hidden Pix
– Bubble Shift
– Doodle Find
• Intermediate without timing:
– Zeros
– Towers
– Jewel Beach XL
– Jar of Marbles
– Doodle Fit
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Visual Perceptual Apps (Con’t)
• Intermediate to advanced with timing:
– Soccer by Zealogic
– Falling Gems
– Mr Giggle
– Bubble Row
– One Minute Mania
– Shape Shift
Learning Patterns
• Fun Farm Patterning
• What's Next? By Weily Apps
• Caboose - learn to recognize and
complete patterns by Reks Apps
• Pattern Search
• Labyrinth (tilt of iPad necessary)
Classic Games
Geography / Spatial Orientation Apps
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Pocket Zoo
Geo Walk
Stack the States
MazeArt Plus
Left Right Pup
Word Games
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Word Pops
Whirly Word
Befuddled
Crosswords
Word Searches
PopWords! (untimed Boggle)
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Pac-Man
Crazy Valet (rush hour)
Chinese Checkers
Scrabble
Solitaire
Yahtzee
Chicken Foot Dominoes
Dots Free
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Hangman
Auditory Games
• Simon Says all in one (traditional, colors, letters,
numbers)
• Word Slapps
• Sounds by Different Roads to Learning
• ABA apps
• Talk About It: Objects by Hamaguchi Apps for
Speech, Language, & Auditory Development
(select sentences correct info and then
remember them)
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Creating Music Apps
• Instrument play:
– BaDaBing
– Virtuoso
• Creating on the scale:
– Jelly Bean Tunes
– Moozart
Interactive Apps
• Doodle Apps -- cake, cookie, donut, tie
dye, icebox, shoe, mask, by Shoe the
Goose
• Virtual Dolhouse:
– My Playhome by Shimon Young
– Dolls House by HappyMedium
• Dress up apps like DressUpBaby
• Spin Art
• Barbie: I Can Be
Note Taking Apps with Recording
– Auditorium Notes
– In Class
– Notes Plus
– Siri (built in)
– Smart Recorder
– Sound Note
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iDevice toys - iTikes
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