using the ipad with students who are blind or partially sighted.ppt

Using the iPad with Students
who are Blind or Partially
sighted

Agenda
 Introduction of Participants
 What do you want to know? Small Group
 Introduction to the Device and the OS
 Basic Operation
 Accessibility Features
 Working with iTunes
 Apps for Students who are B/VI

Introduction
 Introduced in April 2010 with new version
out 1 year later
 iPad has the lion’s share of the tablet market
with sales of 84 million to date. All tablets
expected 103 million at end of 2013
 iPad has front/back (5MP/1080p video)
cameras; retina display (2048X1536); is light;
is thin; has an enhanced processor (A6X chip)
 Accessibility features for b/vi built into the
OS… Voiceover(screenreader), Zoom
(enlargement) and gesture navigation

What’s Great About the iPad
 It’s cool!
 It’s what all kids are using… it’s UDL
 Accessibility is built in
 It’s light
 It’s easy to use
 It’s easy to navigate
 It comes with a huge library of applications
(over 500 000)
 It has a decent sized screen
 Battery life good (10 hours)

Positives Continued
 There are good options for internet
connection… Wi-Fi and 3G
 Excellent book reader
 Speaker and microphone pretty good

What’s not so Great
 No USB port for file transfer
 Multitasking not as easy as a laptop
 High end production (Wordprocessing/
Spreadsheets/Database) not high end
 No Flash capabilities
 Glare can be a problem
 Have to be part of the iTunes ecosystem
 Onboard keyboard not great for extensive
writing

The Operating System
 iOS 6 is the current
version
 Determines how the
device operates,
running apps, security
settings etc., etc., etc.
 Biggest issue is
probably the
proprietary nature of
the system
 Simple and intuitive

Basic Operation
 Home button always takes you back to the
home screen for app selection
 Flicking lf or rt moves from screen to screen
 Tapping opens an app or selects a hyperlnk
 Dragging allows you to scroll vertically and
horizontally
 Double clicking Home allows you to see open
apps
 To remove an app tap and hold until it
jiggles, then tap the X… can also move apps
in this mode… click Home stops the jiggling

Basic Operation Continued
 Double-click the Home button, then flick
the bottom of the screen from left to
right. The screen orientation lock,
brightness slider, and media controls
appear.

Basic Operation Continued
 Create new screens (up to 11) by
dragging a jiggling icon to the right
edge and holding it there
 Create folders by dragging a jiggling
icon over another , then name folder
 Delete folder… tap to open… hold to
make jiggle… drag icons out and when
last is gone folder disappears

Basic Operations Continued
 Search using Spotlight… flick to the search
screen… enter search parameters and it will
find
 Contacts: First, last, and company names
 Mail : To, From, and Subject fields of all
accounts (the text of messages isn’t
searched)
 Calendar: Event titles, invitees, and
locations iPod: Music (names of songs,
artists, and albums) and the titles of podcasts
and audiobooks
 Notes: Text of notes

Basic Operations Continued
 Copy and paste…double tap and hold;
change grab points; select copy; tap and
hold in new location; tap paste
 Spell check…watch or it may give you some
weird words…X out the suggestion box
 Add website to home screen…go to
website and tap Share (box and arrow)…
tap Add to Home Screen
 Frozen unit…hold Home and Power button
simultaneously

System Settings
 Airplane Setting disables wireless features …Wi-Fi, 4G
or GPS
 Wi-Fi allows you to select a wireless network and will
connect automatically in future
 Bluetooth allows pairing of Bluetooth devices
 Do Not Disturb will block FaceTime call or
alerts…”except from your boss”
 Notifications…allows notifications e-mail, calendar, etc.
 Sounds…notification sounds can be selected
 Brightness and Wallpaper allow screen brightness to be
adjusted and your screen background to be adjusted
 Picture Frame settings allows the iPad to act as an
electronic picture frame when it is locked

System Settings Continued
 Privacy…request for access to contract,
photos, etc.
 iCloud requires an account setup; free 5GB of
storage. Can backup your iPad…e.g. Notes
 Mail, Contacts, Calendars…various selections
 Notes…font selection, default account
 Messages
 FaceTime

System Settings: General
 Sounds shows sound levels and for which
actions sounds are produced
 Bluetooth manages BT settings
 Auto Lock can set time iPad locks after
inactivity
 Pass Code is for setting a security code to
lock
 Restrictions can restrict access to apps and
other actions
 Lock rotation prevents flipping back and forth

Power Saving
 Control screen brightness…settings
 Turn screen off when not using…General/
Auto-Lock
 Turn off running apps…double click
Home/press and hold app until jiggles/X
out
 Turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Fetch New Data
(set less frequently
 Use airplane Mode in low cellular areas

Accessibility
 VoiceOver screen reader, Zoom magnification ,
Invert Colors, Large Text (increase font size in
Notes, Mail, etc., Speak Auto-text , Support for
braille displays
 In Settings, Accessibility features can be turned
on and off
 Some accessibility features don’t work in all apps
 Use Triple Click Home to turn VoiceOver or
Zoom on or off
 In iOS6 VoiceOver and Zoom run simultaneously

Zoom
 Turn on in Settings/General/Accessibility
 Double tap with 3 fingers zooms to a
specific size
 Double tap with 3 fingers…on the second
tap hold to the screen and slide up…
enlarges while slide down decreases size
 Dragging with 3 fingers moves the
screen around
 Pinch enlarge or diminish can be done
when zoom is not turned on

VoiceOver
 Turn on and set up in Settings/Accessibility
 Flick or slide moves from one item to another
 Double tap opens or activates links
 2 finger flick up reads from top of page
 2 finger flick down reads from current
position
 2 finger tap pauses reading
 2 finger tap restarts the reading
 Rotor changes settings and commands
PLUS MANY MORE… SEE iPAD MANUAL

Interactive White Board Sharing
 Can use Join.Me or Splashtop to
wirelessly connect to teacher’s computer
being used to run the whiteboard.
 Need to have software on the teacher’s
computer and on the students iPad.
 iPad can use Zoom to enlarge the image
 Splashtop Whiteboard ($19.99) allows
connection and annotation…even
viewing Flash

iPad as a CCTV
 iPad camera can be used to zoom in on an
image for viewing…select camera, hold iPad
up and focus on image to be viewed, use
thumbs to magnify the image, take photo
 Hold the camera s still as posible to get the
clearest image
 Fill as much of the screen as possible to get
the best possible enlargement
 Save images for later use

Working with iTunes
 Is the conduit for purchasing apps,
books, music, movies etc. and
transferring content
 Need an account, which must include a
credit card
 Can purchase from your iPad directly or
through your computer… then sync to
iPad

Working with iTunes: Files
 Connect iPad to computer…iTunes opens
 Click on your device (Left side of window)
 Click on Apps in top menu bar
 Under file sharing apps click on PDF reader app
(ie: Goodreader) or word pro app (ie: Pages)
 Drag file (PDF, Word, etc.) and drop it in the
Documents pane on the right side of the
window
 Open app and read… VoiceOver won’t work with
Goodreader, but does with Pages

Working with iTunes: DAISY
 Create a folder on computer (You choose
location) for files from CD/DVD… right
click/new/Folder
 Move all files to this folder from your
CD/DVD
 Create a new zip folder. Same process but
pick new WinZip file… name it
 Transfer all DAISY files from regular folder to
WinZip folder
 Connect iPad to computer…iTunes Opens

Working with iTunes: DAISY
continued
 Click on Apps in top menu bar
 Under file sharing apps select click on
DAISY reader app (ie: VOD)
 Drag zipped file to the documents pane
in the right part of the window.
 File will show up in Bookshelf of the app
 Play it

Working with iTunes: Photos
 Create a folder on your computer that
will contain the photos you wish to have
on your iPad
 Connect iPad to computer…iTunes opens
 Click on Photos in top menu bar
 Browse for the name of your folder
 Click sync on bottom right corner

Some Apps for Students who
are B/VI
 GoodReader: Allows one to read PDF and
you can personalize magnification
settings and contrast. You can also go
into text only mode where the text auto
wraps so you don’t have to navigate
horizontally. Cost: $4.99 Other PDF
readers are free.
Dragon Dictation: Voice recognition
where you speak, see and edit your text,
then share it to Notes, SMS, or email. Cost:
Free

More Apps for Students who
are B/VI
VOD: DAISY player that will read and sync
highlighted text. . Cost: $25.99 If you
want to test this app get VOD Lite for free.
It does everything VOD does but it only
plays for 120 seconds. Cost: Free
Free Books: Allows download of thousands
of books that no longer have copyright on.
All the old classics are available.
Cost: Free
Free Audiobooks: Same as above but
the books are recorded. Cost: $3.99

More Apps for Students who
are B/PS
Digit-Eyes Audio Scanner and Labeler: Helps
people who are Partially sighted or blind select
products at stores. It utilizes the camera to scan
the UPC barcodes on products. Then, the app
calls the inbuilt database of over 7.5 million
products and reads out the name of the product
that matches the barcode. Cost $19.99
Dictionary.com: App with about 2
million words Cost: Free
inDAISY: This has been removed for
upgrading, but may be back soon. It
was quite good

More Apps for Students Who
are B/PS
 SayText : App scans documents and then reads
the text contained in the document to you. Simply
place your device center of a document and
double-tap the “Take picture” -button. Then slowly
elevate the device over the document. When it
detects your document, it will beep and start
scanning. While the OCR is running, tap the screen
to hear the progress status. When the camera is
done scanning, swipe the screen to initiate a read
back of the text. Cost: Free
 DocScanner: From same company. Integrates with
Dropbox Cost: $4.99

are B/PS
Dropbox: Allows you to save files “in
the cloud” for viewing, downloading
for ofﬂine viewing, capturing and
syncing photos and videos, and
sharing links. Cost: Free for up to 2
GB of data
Qwicki: An online encyclopedia with
over 3,000,000 topics. Works with
VoiceOver AND has a built-in text-to-
speech engine. Cost: Free

are B/PS
VoiceReader: Paste text into reader and
hit play. Good quality voices. Cost: Free
SpeakText: Similar features to
VoiceReader but will also translate. Cost :
Free
VizWiz: Take a picture of an item, ask a
question and web workers provide and
answer
oMoby: oMoby searches the
Internet using photos taken with
your camera and works well with
VoiceOver.

are B/PS
ViA: From the Braille Institute this app
helps blind and low-vision users easily sort
through the 500,000+ apps in the iTunes
App Store to locate the apps that were
built specifically for visually impaired
users
Audio Memos: Voice recorder with
many features
Color Identifier: Uses the camera on
your iPhone or iPad to speak the names
of colors in real-time.

are B/PS
Audible: The app allows you to access
your Audible account to listen to your
downloaded books. All the latest titles
are available.
Talking Scientific Calculator: is just
that, a talking scientific calculator. It
is easy to operate and works with
VoiceOver for the fully blind, or has
a high contrast options for those
with low vision.
JoinMe: Internet enabled screen
sharing tool. Can be used to connect
a Smart Board with a students iPad

Resources
 Apps for the Blind and Partially Sighted
 A Community-Powered Site for
Vision-Impaired Users of Apple's iOS
Devices
 iPad Users Manuals
 VoiceOver in Depth
 VoiceOver Keyboard Commands

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