Apple To Hold Special Event On October 23

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/apple-ipad-mini-launch-announced-official.jpeg?w=704" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="colorful design with white apple logo at bottom" border="0" height="321" src="http://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/apple-ipad-mini-launch-announced-official.jpeg?w=704" title="We've got a little more to show you." width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/apple-announces-dictation-for-mac.html">Apple</a> issued invitations to select members of the media for an October 23 special event. The event will begin at 10 AM pacific. <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/apple-releases-os-x-mountain-lion-with.html">Apple</a> is rumored to announce a new smaller <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/apple-announces-dictation-for-mac.html">iPad</a> dubbed iPad Mini and possibly updated Macs. If the rumors are to be believed an iPad Mini could be a great device for education because of its smaller size and rumored lower price point. No matter what <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/apple-releases-os-x-mountain-lion-with.html">Apple</a> announces on the 23rd chances are that it will have accessibility features to make it usable for those with disabilities. Check back on the 23rd to learn about <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/apple-announces-dictation-for-mac.html">Apple's</a> announcement and the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/apple-releases-os-x-mountain-lion-with.html">accessibility</a> implications.</div>

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Assistive Touch Improvements in iOS 6

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9jrB4CTKByw" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Apple's <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-use-ios-6-speak-selection-with.html">iOS 6</a> improves on the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-use-ios-6-speak-selection-with.html">Assistive Touch</a> feature that was originally introduced in <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/12/ios-5-tips-use-assistive-touch-to.html">iOS 5</a>. Assistive Touch allows people with physical disabilities  to use an <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/09/best-apps-for-your-new-iphone-5.html">iPhone</a>, iPad or <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/09/brand-new-ipod-touch-announced.html">iPod Touch</a>. People with physical disabilities may not be able to use two fingers to pinch or to zoom, or may not be able to double tap a button, but Assistive Touch makes these tasks easier. Among the improvements are quick access to <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/09/ibm-sees-watson-as-supper-powered-siri.html">Siri</a>, multitasking and screenshots. Assistive Touch still gives users the ability to make custom gesture. Assistive Touch now is compatible with <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/05/flipboard-updated-to-support-voiceover.html">VoiceOver</a> so you can use both features at the same time. To activate Assistive Touch go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch. <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-is-assistive-touch.html">Click here</a> to learn more about Assistive Touch. Watch the above video to learn more. 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Kurzweil 3000-Firefly for iPad Released

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5QiU5q4JgrI?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>Today the <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly-ipad-app.html">Kurzweil 3000 firefly app</a> was released for the iPad. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefly-k3000/id535277727?mt=8">Click here</a> to download the free app. The app, firefly, is the iPad version of <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/06/kurzweil-3000-overview.html">Kurzweil's</a> cloud-based reader and file storage product. If you have a firefly account all of your saved documents will be available to read on the iPad as well as any Mac or PC. Watch the video above to see <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html">firefly</a> in action. <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/files/firefly_flier.pdf">Click here</a> to learn more about firefly.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html">Firefly</a> has many useful reading features, but will not replace the full desktop version of Kurzweil. Similar to the desktop version of <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/06/kurzweil-3000-overview.html">Kurzweil</a>, firefly highlights words as they are read, which makes following along easier. Firefly includes high quality text-to-speech voices. Users can adjust the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/12/add-quick-text-to-speech-button-to.html">text-to-speech</a> rate and highlighting options with ease. The interface is extremely clean and simple to learn. The app can read documents with images and rich text formatting. Firefly is a simple and easy way for teachers to distribute accessible instructional materials to their students with dyslexia or physical disabilities. While firefly is ideal for reading documents, it does not offer any annotation features such as highlighting, text entry, note taking or speech notes. Also, documents cannot be added to the <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html">firefly app</a> directly from the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-ipad-thoughts-from-assistive.html">iPad </a>using the "open in" feature. It would be very cool if <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html">firefly</a> offered the ability to scan documents using the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-ipad-thoughts-from-assistive.html">iPad's</a> camera and then read the document using <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/01/prizmo-great-accurate-full-featured-ocr.html">optical character recognition (OCR).</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurzweil-3000-firefly.html">firefly</a> iPad app is a must have for current firefly web users. If you do not have a web account you can still try out sample documents from within the app. For people who do not want to be tied to a computer all of the time the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-ipad-thoughts-from-assistive.html">iPad</a> app is also very useful. If you are not a current <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/06/kurzweil-3000-overview.html">Kurzweil 3000</a> user but do not have firefly the new app may be a compelling reason to get a firefly web license. 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