Useful Apps

App NamePriceDownload AppDescription
Seeing Al

Seeing Al
by Microsoft Corporation
FreeApple




This is the number one app for anyone with a visual impairment using an iOS device.

Seeing AI can recognize and speak text detected by the smartphone camera. It can read bar codes on grocery and other product labels, offer up the product name, and usually additional information, such as nutrition labelling, cooking and other instructions.
Using Seeing AI you can snap pictures of your friends and family members, and later use the app to tell you who's nearby.

Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Website SeeingAI.com for more details
ChatterPix

ChatterPix
by Duck Duck Moose
FreeApple

Android



ChatterPix is a fun app that can be used to support home learning while having lots of fun! You can create silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it’s FREE! See our guide as to how to use this app here (insert link to uploaded doc).
Dolphin Easy Reader

Dolphin Easy Reader
by Dolphin
FreeApple

Android



EasyReader is a FREE accessible reading app for readers with dyslexia, low vision or blindness. Browse & download from the collection of talking book and newspaper libraries. Open your own DAISY, EPub or textbooks. Or copy text from anywhere on your phone & hear EasyReader read it back to you.
Draw with Stars

Draw with Stars
by L'Escapadou
FreeApple

Stars appear as you draw your finger along the screen, tap a star and it flies away, shake the tablet and all stars fly away to clear the skies. Musical sounds enhance the experience. Practise spellings, letter shapes, or relax with the sensory experience.
Pages

Pages
by Apple
FreeApple

This app allows you to create a page of text through speech. Pages is the word processing app from Apple. You can plan an oral summary using a mind map/key word/pictures) and then go to the app, choose a blank document and use the microphone key (on the right of the space bar) to speak and the text appears on the screen. For punctuation just say “full stop”, “new Line”, “question mark”, etc. Functionality can depend on the quality of the broadband where it is being used.

For a step by step guide see our How to Guide in this week’s Theme of the Week section.
Endless Reader

Endless reader
by Originator Inc.
FreeApple

Android
This app helps with learning sight words, their context and usage with the Endless monsters.

Each word features an interactive word puzzle with letters that come alive, and then a sentence puzzle with words that become what they describe.

Other apps in the series “Endless Alphabet” and “Endless Number”
HB Phonological Awareness

HB Phonological Awareness
by Super Duper publications Inc.
Free (when you click on “Take the Tour”) Apple

Android
Games to practise blending, rhyming, phoneme deletion and substitution.
“Take the Tour” option allows users to have 3 levels of ability (low, medium, high)
The app is free but there are additional charges for more levels of difficulty.
Very interactive and lots of fun for home learning!
Great support for all students especially those with dyslexia and reading difficulties.
HW Buddy

HW Buddy
by HumanWare Inc
FreeApple

Android
Humanware Buddy App – This offers comprehensive training and resource materials for all Humanware products for visual impairment, e.g., Connect 12, Braille Note.
Our visiting teachers who support students with a visual impairment often use this app to support students their parents and their teachers.
Sock Puppets

Sock Puppets
by Smith Micro Software, Inc
Free – but note there are in app purchasesAppleCreate a puppet show, record and play the video back! Practise interactions, greetings, questions etc in a puppet theatre style background. Great way to practise oral language at home!
Choice of 6 puppets in Free version with in-app purchase to buy more, if required.
Mindful Gnats

Mindful Gnats
by Handaxe Limited
FreeApple

Android
This app is designed to teach young people simple mindfulness and relaxation skills. During this time of uncertainty it may be a useful support. It can be used to help mindfulness practice when playing the Mindful Gnats desktop game (see www.peskygnats.com for details) or as a stand alone aid to mindful practice.
Our Story 2

OurStory2
by Open University
FreeApple

Android
This app makes it easy for the user to create picture books with voice and/or text. Links directly to the photos taken with the tablet. It’s very easy to use and the story books can be saved in the app or shared through email. Our advisors recommend this app to class and SET teachers in all school settings. It is useful for developing literacy and communication skills.