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Apps for Seniors

Posted on May 8, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

Some useful apps for seniors to use :-

Apps for Seniors

Pic Collage – for creating cards, posters and displays

Colorfy – colouring books for adults

Jigidi – make your own photos into jigsaws

National Trust – useful location and find a NT place

Tube Map – london undergound

Clubhouse – Utility Warehouse for self-filling in of your energy meter ( Utility Warehouse only)

Carbs & Cals – photo way of seeing what calories you are eating

Prize checker – NS&I premium bonds

Redspottedhanky – plan and buy your tickets for train journeys – save money

OS Maps – detailed and useful tool for hkers and ramblers

Push Doctor – video call a doctor

Ask NHS – find information about your medical needs using text and video

Safe Place – have you lost anything? Then this is the app for you!!

BBCWeather – planning a day out? Or a day in the garden?

Tabs HD – find any song and get the guitar cords

Classical Guitar – play a guitar on your ipad

Air Harp – play long with your harp on a musical score

Bebot – fun synthesizer!

Fitbit – record your personal health data

Places Locker – local gym with videos about the exercises to use

GearedUp – puzzle game with gears

Flow free – visual puzzle game

Choose it Maker 3 – free trial

Posted on May 3, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

You can have a two week free trial of the great product Choose it Maker 3. Ideal for early years, primary and special setting it is really a brilliant product for teaching choice making or a learning activity .

choose it maker 3 trial offer

Schools & AAS

Posted on May 3, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

AAS provides services to schools that enables your busy SENCO to be supported and informed. We also do individual assessments. This is important to enable the right technology to be matched to the individual’s special needs. Without the individual buying into the solution offered then the ICT provided will not be as effected. AAS gives you cost effective solutions at reasonable costs to the school. Check out what we do :-

Schools Support – aas123

New rules on VAT on Digital Devices in the UK

Posted on May 2, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

BATA have made an announcement that their are new rules on VAT payment for digital devices. If you are supplier or consumer you might be interested in this:-

https://mailchi.mp/dc7ccde50fec/new-rules-for-vat-on-digital-devices-published?e=d2bb926db7

Please sponsor me!

Posted on May 1, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

This year I am walking for BATA as we raise funds for the RNIB and BDA as well as BATA. Click on this link and it will take you to our Just Giving page. Please contribute as it will make a huge difference to those with sensory and cognitive disabilities. We shall be doing an 11 mile walk around Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District. See the video below for a fly through of the walk

Derwent Reservoir — BATA Sponsored Walk Route

Picture Library in Immersive Reader

Posted on April 24, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

I said a few weeks ago that we expected a picture library to be included in Office 365 and Word 2016. If you type in the help section Immersive Reader and select the Book icon you get the picture above. Select Picture library and you will find that if you click on a word a helpful picture appears underneath it.

Focus Read Cards

Posted on April 17, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

Our friends at Focus Read are now on the Windows Store at:-

“Our new Reading Focus Cards app for Windows 10 PCâs has just been published and is available in the Windows Store at https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9WZDNCRDF33D.

Since you serve so many individuals with special needs, I thought you might be interested in knowing about the new version of this app that helps CHALLENGED READERS of ALL AGES and ABILITIES.

Thanks for ALL you do to help the many who struggle to read, learn and live each day because of various challenges.”

Thanks Joan for your encouragement!

Voice-Clouds.com

Posted on April 17, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

Voice -Clouds.com is a social/care tool that enables support workers and those working in care to establish needs and strategies quickly on the go. Person Centre planning is so important and often difficult to achieve logistically. This online tool can help in the process and is an aide to the busy professional. For a helpful video to show how it works go to:-

http://www.voice-clouds.com/how.php

Autism and Technology

Posted on April 12, 2018May 8, 2019 by AccessAbility Smyles

Do you have a personal or professional interest in autism and/or accessibility?

In AbilityNet’s upcoming webinar they will share information about how websites, apps and other digital technology can be designed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) users in mind – and how this can create more inclusive solutions for everyone.

This free webinar takes place on Tuesday 17 April at 13:00 BST and kicks-off with AbilityNet Accessibility and Usability Consultant Dafydd Henke-Reed presenting an overview of ASD, followed by the associated design challenges and most importantly the solutions.

For more information about AbilityNet’s upcoming webinar click here.

According to facts from The National Autistic Society autism is much more common than you might think. In the UK 1 in 100 people are estimated to be on the autism spectrum which makes this webinar a must-see.

There are concerns that bleeding-edge technology may not be autism-friendly and this issue will be discussed in the webinar along with the ways in which technology can be helpful and beneficial for people with ASD. Even if you’re not able to attend, please register your interest to receive a notification when the webinar recording becomes available to watch.

To register your interest in AbilityNet’s upcoming webinar click here.