Voice Dream Reader App For iOS

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGNYsGVAL4g" width="560"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://otswithapps.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/voice-dream-reader-icon.png?w=101&h=100" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://otswithapps.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/voice-dream-reader-icon.png?w=101&h=100" title="app icon" /></a><br />Voice Dream Reader is a <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/kurzweil-3000-firefly-ipad-app-released.html">text-to-speech</a> app for people with reading disabilities or people who just prefer to listen to text. The app costs $4.99 in the App Store. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-reader-text-to/id496177674?mt=8">Click here</a> to download the app. Voice Dream Reader can extract text from ePub, <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/02/read-pdf-files-aloud-with-vbooks-pdf.html">PDF</a>, Word, Pages, Keynote and web pages and then read them aloud using text-to-speech with <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/12/add-quick-text-to-speech-button-to.html">synchronized highlighting</a>. Watch the above video to learn more. Voice Dream Reader comes pre-loaded with the Heather voice, but additional voices can be purchased for $0.99. One downside is that all text formatting and all images are extracted and not visible. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />While reading a document you can change the speech rate, text size and background color. While reading a document it is easy to skip around in the text and look up words. The app cannot read the definitions so you will need to turn on <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/05/flipboard-updated-to-support-voiceover.html">VoiceOver</a>. It is unfortunate that the app does not read the definition because some people may not be familiar with <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/05/flipboard-updated-to-support-voiceover.html">VoiceOver</a>. Voice Dream Reader can be synced with a number of cloud services including Dropbox to get documents into the app.</div><div style="text-align: left;">In all Voice Dream Reader is a solid app. For some, the built in <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/05/apple-to-introduce-new-software-with.html">Speak Selection</a> feature may be good enough. With <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-6-guided-access-accessibility.html">iOS 6</a> coming in the fall, <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/05/apple-to-introduce-new-software-with.html">Speak Selection</a> will have syncronized highlighting which will make some features of Voice Dream Reader obsolete. If you want the ability to create playlists or read with multiple voices this app is for you.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Click read more below to view screenshots of Voice Dream Reader in action.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/063/Purple/v4/fb/cb/12/fbcb12fd-2a87-bb9b-e6a8-8f96f20a07c1/mza_1533233022472650038.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/063/Purple/v4/fb/cb/12/fbcb12fd-2a87-bb9b-e6a8-8f96f20a07c1/mza_1533233022472650038.320x480-75.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/074/Purple/v4/fa/71/98/fa719877-aa88-d3e1-ae97-42983b32edf1/mza_5604269515751989242.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/074/Purple/v4/fa/71/98/fa719877-aa88-d3e1-ae97-42983b32edf1/mza_5604269515751989242.320x480-75.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/064/Purple/v4/c2/21/c0/c221c008-2125-672f-43eb-8613bfd7250f/mza_5349303398175662053.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/064/Purple/v4/c2/21/c0/c221c008-2125-672f-43eb-8613bfd7250f/mza_5349303398175662053.320x480-75.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/080/Purple/v4/f0/9a/f9/f09af9af-931b-33bc-753f-d20b36fec6a7/mza_4199932218881898008.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/080/Purple/v4/f0/9a/f9/f09af9af-931b-33bc-753f-d20b36fec6a7/mza_4199932218881898008.320x480-75.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/118/Purple/v4/d3/6b/81/d36b812e-4c09-4304-0a0d-fe54c65f4cae/mza_5744145706037099851.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/118/Purple/v4/d3/6b/81/d36b812e-4c09-4304-0a0d-fe54c65f4cae/mza_5744145706037099851.320x480-75.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span></div></div>

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Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion With New Accessibility Features

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j5BRsh8Dwgg" width="560"></iframe><br /><a href="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/103/Purple/v4/5d/2d/29/5d2d290d-d000-2d35-1f82-67503ece9a72/ProductPageIcon.175x175-75.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/103/Purple/v4/5d/2d/29/5d2d290d-d000-2d35-1f82-67503ece9a72/ProductPageIcon.175x175-75.png" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>Apple's Mac operating system has been updated. The new update is called </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/mac-os-x-lion-includes-new.html" style="background-color: white;"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="77e192d5667d4d7523fa2d7d80983eb12d9342a3" grtype="null" id="GRmark_77e192d5667d4d7523fa2d7d80983eb12d9342a3_OS X Mountain Lion:0">OS X Mountain Lion</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">. The new operating system includes over 200 new features including a number of accessibility enhancements. One feature called </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/apple-announces-dictation-for-mac.html" style="background-color: white;">Dictation</a><span style="background-color: white;"> allow users to speak their text input instead of typing. Mountain Lion also includes better syncing with </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-6-guided-access-accessibility.html" style="background-color: white;"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="9a3774ab133a742080fc33bde19d2421ee0a3114" grtype="null" id="GRmark_9a3774ab133a742080fc33bde19d2421ee0a3114_iOS:0">iOS</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> devices. </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/mac-os-x-lion-includes-new.html" style="background-color: white;">OS X Mountain Lion</a><span style="background-color: white;"> also includes enhancements to </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/ios-voiceover-overview.html" style="background-color: white;"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="373e31c80f5d556faf93f6faa82fcf986e3db925" grtype="null" id="GRmark_373e31c80f5d556faf93f6faa82fcf986e3db925_VoiceOver:0">VoiceOver</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">. To view a detailed list of all new accessibility in Mountain Lion </span><a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html" style="background-color: white;">click here.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Apple's website says the following about about OS X </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-6-guided-access-accessibility.html" style="background-color: white;">accessibility</a><span style="background-color: white;">,</span><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px; word-spacing: -1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every Mac comes standard with a wide range of assistive technologies that help people with disabilities enjoy the power and simplicity of the Mac. We call this Universal Access, and it includes many features you won’t find in other operating systems at any price. In OS X, they’re built right in."</span></span></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.apple.com/osx/whats-new/images/features_accessibility_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="left" height="67" src="http://images.apple.com/osx/whats-new/images/features_accessibility_icon.jpg" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;" width="53" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To view a detailed list of <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/mac-os-x-lion-includes-new.html">OS X accessibility</a> features <a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/accessibility.html">click here.</a> OS X Mountain Lion is available for download from the Mac App Store for $19.99. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?ls=1&mt=12">Click here</a> to download Mountain Lion. 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First ASL Narrated iBook Hits The iPad

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fr8oVUgjLB4" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A new <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/01/apple-announces-ibooks-2-with-textbook.html"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="a574ef966d9b6d35031c766ccaba10f4d68cc28d" grtype="null" id="GRmark_a574ef966d9b6d35031c766ccaba10f4d68cc28d_iBook:0">iBook</span></a> called <i><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/pointy-three/id538361566?mt=11">Pointy Three</a></i> includes built in American Sign Language (<a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/enabletalk-coverts-signs-language-into.html">ASL</a>) video narrations. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/pointy-three/id538361566?mt=11">Click here</a> to download the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/01/apple-announces-ibooks-2-with-textbook.html"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="9306a30cded45fa9ad1f8c5ff695d29d9113a8f5" grtype="null" id="GRmark_9306a30cded45fa9ad1f8c5ff695d29d9113a8f5_iBook:0">iBook</span></a>. <i><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/pointy-three/id538361566?mt=11">Pointy Three</a></i> costs $4.99 but you can download a sample for free. It is the first iBook to include <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/enabletalk-coverts-signs-language-into.html">ASL</a> video narrations. An iPad is required to read the ebook. These video narrations are great for people learning <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/enabletalk-coverts-signs-language-into.html">ASL</a> or parents of deaf children. Hopefully, the selection of ebooks with <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/enabletalk-coverts-signs-language-into.html">ASL</a> narration will increase.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://youtu.be/fr8oVUgjLB4">Watch the above video to learn more.</a> Click read more below to view screenshots of <i><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/pointy-three/id538361566?mt=11">Pointy Three.</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><a name='more'></a><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Publication/v4/8c/be/b7/8cbeb723-5119-97bc-8483-5c565c773b26/IMG_0290.480x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Publication/v4/8c/be/b7/8cbeb723-5119-97bc-8483-5c565c773b26/IMG_0290.480x480-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Publication/v4/6b/c2/ca/6bc2ca74-91d0-2156-b261-2b02b2507966/IMG_0291.480x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Publication/v4/6b/c2/ca/6bc2ca74-91d0-2156-b261-2b02b2507966/IMG_0291.480x480-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Publication/v4/0a/e0/6b/0ae06b6a-d230-99da-e98c-d56fcd1cc150/IMG_0292.480x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Publication/v4/0a/e0/6b/0ae06b6a-d230-99da-e98c-d56fcd1cc150/IMG_0292.480x480-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /></div><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span>

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Learning Ally Audio App Now Free

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://edtechtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/learning_ally_audio_app_icon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://edtechtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/learning_ally_audio_app_icon.png" title="Learning Ally Audio App Icon" /></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://learningally.org/">Learning Ally</a>, the audio book service for people with disabilities, has reduced the cost of their <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/eyes-free-typing-with-fleksy-for-iphone.html">iOS app</a> to free. The app previously cost $19.99. In order to use the app you must be a Learning Ally member. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learning-ally-audio/id418888450?mt=8">Click here</a> to download the app which is compatible with both the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-ipad-thoughts-from-assistive.html">iPad</a> and iPhone. The app is the easiest way to listen to Learning Ally books on your iOS device. Now that the app is free it is a no brainer for members.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">Unfortunately the app is still missing key features such as background audio play back, background downloads and the ability to browse the Learning Ally catalog directly from your iOS device. When listening to an audio book you cannot follow along with an ebook because the audio book will automatically pause. Also in order to download an audio book you first must add the book to your bookshelf via a web browser. These short comings weaken the user experience, but it is still great to listen to Learning Ally books on your iOS device.  Hopefully in time the app will be updated with these and other features. To learn more about Learning Ally <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/04/learning-ally-audio-app-update-but.html">click here</a>. Click read more below to view screen shots of Learning Ally Audio in action.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/070/Purple/v4/fc/6a/5f/fc6a5f23-3d3d-3f83-8cbd-8b99ebda3327/mza_3150697460196381740.320x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="iPhone Screenshot 1" border="0" class="portrait" src="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/070/Purple/v4/fc/6a/5f/fc6a5f23-3d3d-3f83-8cbd-8b99ebda3327/mza_3150697460196381740.320x480-75.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="iPhone Screenshot 2" class="portrait" src="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/065/Purple/v4/3f/b3/a4/3fb3a446-1672-31fd-ba1c-5d2fcf44448e/mza_55130072583961311.320x480-75.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="iPhone Screenshot 3" class="portrait" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/108/Purple/v4/9c/9e/ea/9c9eeaaf-deef-6284-c652-90a10fce80d1/mza_6866387612568268570.320x480-75.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="iPhone Screenshot 4" class="portrait" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/110/Purple/v4/3d/c5/b6/3dc5b61b-aef3-bd58-6fe6-08cbd86dd81d/mza_9133501011023070326.320x480-75.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="iPhone Screenshot 5" class="portrait" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/078/Purple/v4/83/34/53/83345349-44ee-fd56-6a63-1c2b096608cc/mza_2720598603829491943.320x480-75.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Eyes Free Typing With Fleksy For iPhone

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FX2gJXIOrSg?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://fleksy.com/">Fleksy</a> is an app for the <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/02/kraken-ii-dockable-case-for-iphone-4.html">iPhone</a> and iPod Touch that allows visually impaired users to type without needing to see the keyboard perfectly. Users press on the screen approximately where they think the correct letter is located on the keyboard. Fleksy is designed only for people with visual impairments. To use the typing feature in the app <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/04/custom-label-ios-buttons-to-work-better.html">VoiceOver</a> must be off, and then when you want to share the text you have typed you must turn <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/04/custom-label-ios-buttons-to-work-better.html">VoiceOver</a> back on by tripple-clicking the home button. <br /><br />As the above video shows the taps on the keyboard can be fairly far from the correct letter without effecting the accuracy. If there are multiple possible words based on your taps. Fleksy will allow you to choose other likely words by flicking up and down on the screen. <br /><br />After each word you must flick right to tell Fleksy that you are done typing that word. After each word, Fleksy will speak the word aloud using <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/kurzweil-3000-firefly-ipad-app-released.html">text-to-speech</a>. To add punctuation you can flick to the right twice and the select the correct punctuation. If you have to enter a name, you can hold down on the keyboard and the letters will be spoken as your finger touches them, then you can release your finger to type the letter. To enter numbers and symbols rotate two fingers to switch between text, numbers and symbols. <span style="background-color: white;">When you have typed your text, tripple-click the home button to turn on <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/04/custom-label-ios-buttons-to-work-better.html">VoiceOver</a>. Turning on <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/ios-voiceover-overview.html">VoiceOver</a> automatically brings up the sharing menu which gives you the option to copy, email, text and tweet your text. Fleksy does not replace the standard iOS keyboard. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I tested the app by closing my eyes while typing and found that the type was accurate and surprisingly fast. </span><a href="http://fleksy.com/" style="background-color: white;">Fleksy</a><span style="background-color: white;"> claims that users can type up to 25 words per minute with practice. Fleksy is definately faster than typing with </span><a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/kurzweil-3000-firefly-ipad-app-released.html" style="background-color: white;">VoiceOver</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and the standard keyboard for visually impaired users. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cropped-iphone1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="115" src="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cropped-iphone1.jpeg" title="fleksy running on iphone" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://fleksy.com/">Fleksy</a> sells for $14.99 on the App Store. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fleksy/id520337246?ls=1&mt=8">Click here</a> to download the app. Click read more below to view another video about <a href="http://fleksy.com/">Fleksy</a> and to view screenshots.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9YP5goKA4dQ?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screenshot11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screenshot11.png" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screenshot21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screenshot21.png" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screenshot31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://fleksy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screenshot31.png" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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EnableTalk Coverts Signs Language Into Spoken Words

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C7OUfkMlbYo?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/index.png?w=640" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/index.png?w=640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">For the millions of deaf people communicating is a large challenge. <a href="http://enabletalk.com/index.html">EnableTalk</a> is attempting to solve this problem with a pair of computerized gloves that recognizes <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/09/signed-stories-helps-deaf-children.html">sign language</a> and uses <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/kurzweil-3000-firefly-ipad-app-released.html">text-to-speech</a> to convert the signs to spoken language. Watch the above video to learn more. The prototype gloves link with a <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/02/researchers-find-faster-eyes-free.html">smart phone</a> and use a variety of sensors to recognized the signs. An app on the users smart phone then speaks the signs using <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/12/add-quick-text-to-speech-button-to.html">text-to-speech</a> so people who do not know sign language can communicate with the deaf user. The gloves could end the need for a sign language user to pass notes to non-sign language user, but the non-sign language user would still need to pass notes back to the hearing impaired person. The <a href="http://enabletalk.com/index.html">EnableTalk</a> seem promising and will hopefully be available to consumers in the near future. Click read more below to view a picture of the prototype gloves.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17sb0701lo1gajpg/original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17sb0701lo1gajpg/original.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div>

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Apple Configurator: Perfect Tool for Schools With iPads

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/apple-configurator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/apple-configurator.jpg" title="Apple Configurator Logo" width="320" /></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/2011/07/more-schools-giving-every-students.html"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>More and more schools are providing iPads</a> to all or some of their students. Setting up dozens of <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-schools-giving-every-students.html">iPads</a> manually can be time consuming and monotonous. Apple's free Mac app called Apple Configurator solves this problem by allowing schools to set up multiple iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch all on once. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12">Click here</a> to download the app from the Mac app store. Once the you have downloaded the app you can change settings and install apps on multiple <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-6-guided-access-accessibility.html"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="9a483c2e0724a871d4c23e723df39a81fb04d249" grtype="null" id="GRmark_9a483c2e0724a871d4c23e723df39a81fb04d249_iOS:0">iOS</span></a> devices. Apple Configurator is a time saving app for anyone that needs to set up multiple <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="4f51c86fad4c267023626cb1aba8bf3fdbf347d2" grtype="null" id="GRmark_4f51c86fad4c267023626cb1aba8bf3fdbf347d2_iOS:0">iOS</span> devices. Click read more below to view screen shots of Apple Configurator in action.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/072/Purple/v4/c2/18/6f/c2186fb3-9bf9-4a19-e884-73be96601bcf/mzl.hsfdeers.800x500-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/072/Purple/v4/c2/18/6f/c2186fb3-9bf9-4a19-e884-73be96601bcf/mzl.hsfdeers.800x500-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/074/Purple/v4/56/f5/10/56f5107d-1ff5-0fa0-8c03-705203081f16/mzl.gdgwmacs.800x500-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/074/Purple/v4/56/f5/10/56f5107d-1ff5-0fa0-8c03-705203081f16/mzl.gdgwmacs.800x500-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/119/Purple/v4/cd/c0/be/cdc0be40-3f04-5bb7-6de3-ea4f1c33d2fb/mzl.upcxjpio.800x500-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/119/Purple/v4/cd/c0/be/cdc0be40-3f04-5bb7-6de3-ea4f1c33d2fb/mzl.upcxjpio.800x500-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/085/Purple/v4/f4/9e/34/f49e344a-4024-d288-38c1-ad2dbc712cd0/mzl.fsdcuimp.800x500-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/085/Purple/v4/f4/9e/34/f49e344a-4024-d288-38c1-ad2dbc712cd0/mzl.fsdcuimp.800x500-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/099/Purple/v4/4a/3c/7f/4a3c7f4c-6762-97d0-5173-ce6d01bc3d9b/mzl.qugmcazg.800x500-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/099/Purple/v4/4a/3c/7f/4a3c7f4c-6762-97d0-5173-ce6d01bc3d9b/mzl.qugmcazg.800x500-75.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span>

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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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