Posted by Craig Mill on the 15th December, 2014
Voice personal assistants are becoming increasingly popular with the rise of Apple’s Siri and Android’s Google Now.
Siri and Google Now have a lot of features in common, such as location services, e.g. asking for the nearest restaurant, setting up calendar events and reminders, ...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 27th November, 2014
The latest iOS, (iOS 8) for iPhones and iPads, features new Accessibility options as well as a few enhancements to existing tools.
These include:
QuickType
QuickType is a new context-based word prediction feature for the iPad’s built-in on-screen keyboard. To set up QuickType g...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 18th November, 2014
I have a child with writing difficulties. What could help?
CALL Scotland is pleased to announce the release of a new resource; 'Supporting Writing Difficulties, A Practical Guide’. This is a step-by-step guide in the form of a question and answer ‘checklist’ helping yo...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 27th November, 2012
Despite the popularity of the iPad it is surprising there are only 23 background wallpapers to choose from.
These consist of a range of mellow or atmospheric images and scenes including dewy grass, a cobbled street, tree rings, a carved totem pole, flowers, crashing waves, denim and other pattern...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 22nd August, 2012
If you are interested in using the iPad to support your pupils then you will probably be familiar with the large number of websites that have appeared over the past year offering ‘lists of Apps’ to support a range of difficulties including communication, literacy, numeracy etc. Some exa...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 14th March, 2012
iPad Accessibility Options
iPads have a range of built-in Accessibility options such as text-to-speech (VoiceOver) and screen magnification (Zoom) which are particularly useful for learners with a visual difficulty. For example VoiceOver will read information on the iPad's screen including icons, ...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 2nd February, 2012
Ease of Access Centre Guide
Microsoft has included a range of accessibility features (Accessibility Options) in its operating systems since Windows 95.
Windows 7 incorporates several improvements such as a change of name from 'Accessibility Options' to 'Ease of Access Centre'. These features pr...
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