Case Study – Consider the student
Grade 1 student totally blind in one eye and limited vision in second eye. She is a smart young girl that is an avid reader; however, she often stumbles and has difficulty reading any colour except black on white boards or other sources of information.
Mobile Braille display for iPad
Repository of tools and resources
- Be My Eyes App
- CNIB
| Activity | Challenge | Low Tech | iPad Solution | Other | More |
| Navigating | No or Low Vision | Buddy Reader | Guided Access Mode, Audio Descriptions, Be My Eyes App, Siri, | Braille Keyboard | |
| Output | No or Low Vision | Speech to Text | Braille Keyboard | ||
| Reading | No or Low Vision | Settings > General > Accessibility > Voice Over | |||
| Reading | Limited Colour Recognition | Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Colour Filters | |||
| Reading | Require increased size | Magnifier | Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Text | ||
| Reading | Cerebral Vision Impairment | Screen Reader | |||
| Reading | |||||
| Personalization | Identifying callers and notifications | Setting different ringtones and haptics |
- Workplace Accommodations – https://cnib.ca/en/sight-loss-info/blindness-at-work/workplace-accommodations?region=bc
- Luis – ISTE YouTube
- Hadley School for the Blind – https://www.hadley.edu/InstructionalVideos.asp
Tips for Teachers
- Model gestures for iPad touch, direction and pressure on the back of their hand
- Using Sounds and Haptics for additional feedback
- Personally learn Voice Over by turning on Screen Curtain
- Reduce the options in the Rotor
Top Three Apps to Consider
- Be My Eyes
- Nant Mobile Currency Reader
- Seeing AI
Hadley School for the blind. AccessibleVideos and demonstrations