Health and Disability Apps for Phones and Computers: Publications and Documents
Summary
Our Disability App publications on Disabled World (DW) features a curated selection of articles, research papers, and announcements related to mobile and computer applications designed to assist individuals with disabilities. The database covers a wide range of topics, including apps that enhance daily living for those with developmental challenges, transform stock charts into music for accessibility, assist blind and visually impaired individuals in locating bus stops, and convert text into speech. This resource serves as a comprehensive guide to the latest technological advancements aimed at improving accessibility and quality of life for people with disabilities.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
|---|---|---|
| Speech Central Adds K12 Accessibility for iPad, Chromebook Speech Central adds K12 deployment for managed iPads and Chromebooks, with offline voices and accessibility profiles for blind, dyslexic, and ADHD students. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Visionauta: Free AI App for the Visually Impaired Visionauta is a free AI-powered Android app built by a blind former Google engineer to help people with visual impairments handle daily tasks. | ✓ ✓ | |
| DuckDuckGo Search Engine: Privacy and Accessibility Learn how DuckDuckGo protects your privacy online. Discover its benefits and limitations for seniors, people with disabilities, and everyday internet users. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Abilibee App: Enhancing Daily Life for Those with Developmental Challenges Abilibee app is an all-in-one lifeline designed to guide users through critical NY State system changes and life transitions, from Early Intervention to adulthood. | ✓ | |
| MaMoo App Transforms Stock Charts Into Music for Accessibility App transforms stock chart movements into real-time music, offering an accessible and innovative tool for traders, especially those with visual impairments. | ✓ | |
| All Aboard App Helps Blind Riders Find Their Bus Stops A Mass Eye and Ear micro-navigation app uses a phone camera and AI to detect bus stop signs, reaching a 93 percent success rate versus 52 percent for Google Maps. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Panopreter Review: Transforming Text into Speech with Ease In this article we breakdown the key features and performance of Panopreter text-to-speech software that transforms written text into natural-sounding audio. | ||
| How to Tell if Your Cellphone Has Spyware Smartphone spyware apps that allow people to spy on each other are hard to notice and detect, and they easily leak sensitive personal information. | ||
| New Apple Updates Designed for People with Disabilities Apple announces new and upcoming accessibility software and assistive technology updates designed for people with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities. | ||
| Voiceitt Makes Alexa Accessible for Disabled Voiceitt announces people with speech impairments will now be able to use the Voiceitt mobile app to access and interact with Amazon Alexa. | ||
| OpenPandemics - COVID-19: Volunteer Computing for Research Donate idle computer power to help global COVID-19 drug discovery with OpenPandemics - secure background computing for millions of virtual experiments. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Unitron Coach App Enables Users to Take Control of Hearing Health Coach sends users notifications for when to change or charge batteries, clean their devices, usage details, what to expect and how to get the most from their hearing instruments. | ||
| IVH HIT App Provides Coronavirus (CoViD-19) Prevention and Safety Tips Available for Android and iOS devices the CoViD-19 application is available in over 10 languages covering large segments of the world's population. | ||
| AccessAble App Takes the Chance Out of Going Out in the UK AccessAble App providing detailed accessibility information and access guides to places across the UK and Ireland is now available in Apple and Google Play Stores. | ||
| Track My Route School Bus Tracking App Gives Special Needs Parents Peace of Mind TMR Technology has found a way to ease the stress of special needs transportation with their new parent app, Track My Route. | ||
| SPRITEs Tool Helps Blind Users Navigate Web Tables SPRITEs keyboard tool helps blind and low-vision users navigate tables, maps, and nested lists on modern websites more effectively than screen readers alone. | ✓ ✓ | |
| HopkinsPD App Tracks Parkinson's Symptom Severity The HopkinsPD smartphone app uses built-in sensors to generate an objective Parkinson's symptom severity score that aligns with neurologist assessments. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Cleen App Aims to Improve UK Public Washroom Standards and Accessibility Cleen App an innovative new app has been launched which aims to raise washroom standards in businesses and public places across the UK. | ||
| Libby App Enables Free Ebooks and Audiobooks From the Library Libby app by Rakuten OverDrive provides 24/7 access to free eBooks and audiobooks from the local public library. | ||
| Mobile Phone App to Control Diabetes May be Possible Someday Bioelectronic medicine aims to treat chronic diseases with electrical signals by using miniature implantable devices to make sure organs function properly. | ||
| Sharecare YOU 3D VR Human Body Platform on HTC VIVE YOU VR gives healthcare providers, educators, students and patients visual 3D context to discuss and simulate body organ and system function, disease, and therapy. | ||
| Google Glass Holli App Assists Social Interactions for Children with ASD Study demonstrates potential of Google Glass wearable technology as a social-skills aid for children with autism spectrum disorder. | ||
| NIOSH Sound Level Meter App for Hearing Loss Prevention The NIOSH Sound Level Meter app is designed to promote better hearing health and prevention efforts at construction worksites. | ||
| Ghotit Dyslexia Keyboard App for iPad and iPhone Ghotit dyslexia keyboard app uses writing and reading assistive technology for people with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other learning disabilities. | ||
| Autism Screening App Uses Eye Tracking for Early Detection Smartphone app developed by University at Buffalo researchers tracks eye movement patterns to detect autism spectrum disorder in children as young as age 2. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Pregnancy PRO: Pregnancy Test App for Smartphones First Response Pregnancy PRO Digital Pregnancy Test can tell a woman 6 days sooner than her missed period, and it is over 99% accurate. | ||
| NewsBot Version 2 - Innovative News Reader App Innovative news reader App NewsBot 2 is fully compatible with VoiceOver, allowing visually impaired or blind people to keep in touch with their favourite newspapers. | ||
| Apps for All Accessible and Universal Technology Ideathon A meeting between developers, designers and citizens eager to share ideas and start developing applications accessible to people with disabilities. | ||
| Sesame Enable App Turns Android into Touch-Free Smartphone Sesame Enable unveils app that turns Android into touch-free smartphone enabling millions with disabilities to use smartphones independently for the first time. | ||
| Parent PAL App Tracks Development of Children with Special Needs Parent PAL a Progress Activity Log is a unique app for parents of children with complex health needs. | ||
| Moovit App Version 4.10 With Accessible Features for Blind Community Moovit App Version 4.10 with accessible features enables more blind users to navigate public transportation. | ||
| Open eBooks - Free Digital Reading for Children in Need Open eBooks digital reading material initiative and e-reader app provides eBooks available to children in need for free. | ||
| Autism & Beyond App Screens Kids' Facial Expressions Free iPhone app uses facial recognition technology to screen children for autism spectrum disorder by analyzing emotional responses during video tasks. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Sensory from Within Autism Discovery App Sensory from Within App enables wide range of ages, abilities, and communication styles, to understand the Autism spectrum and gain tools, strategies, and understanding. | ||
| Food4Bones App: Healthy Food for Bones Smart phone application, Food4Bones, helps you understand and manage your nutritional requirements, especially if you have osteoporosis or other dietary concerns. | ||
| iParkomat Disabled Parking Spots App IParkomat provides free and open database to search for nearest blue-badge parking spots by anyone. | ||
| assist-Mi: Disability Access App assist-Mi has started an Access Revolution with the launch of their unique app, looking to revolutionize disabled access by offering real-time assistance in every building, and with every service provider and retailer. | ||
| Touchscreen Braille Writer App Touchscreen Braille writer is an app that turns an iPad into a tool for blind and visually impaired people. | ✓ | |
| Smartphone Technology Improves Hearing Devices Harnessing the power of smartphones to improve life of people who use hearing assistive devices including hearing aids, cochlear implants and personal sound amplifiers. | ||
| Be My Eyes App for Blind and People with Low Vision Be My Eyes App helps you help person with vision disabilities by answering their questions via video chat. | ||
| Android Apps for Teaching Autistic and Learning Disabled Kids Blooming Kids Software Android mobile device apps for autistic, learning disabled, and young mainstream children. | ||
| Google Glass App Real Time Closed Captioning Researchers have created speech-to-text software for Google Glass that helps hard-of-hearing with everyday conversations. | ||
| CRIS Radio App Provides Audio Streaming of Newspapers and Magazines New free Android smartphone app provides a method for blind, or those with print disabilities, to access narrated versions of newspapers and magazines. | ||
| Cloud-based Educational Program for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability IBM announces it is working with Bancroft, a provider of specialized services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, to manage an innovative, cloud-based educational program. | ||
| Aeroplan App for People with Disabilities - eSSENTIAL Accessibility Aeroplan in conjunction with eSSENTIAL Accessibility now offers a desktop app that empowers people with physical disabilities to access Aeroplan. | ||
| KNFB Reader App: Sight for People with Vision Disability App allows people who are blind to listen to audio, read back printed text from menus in restaurants, to browsing handouts in the classroom. | ||
| App Warns of Obstacles for People with Vision Disability New smartphone application warns people with vision disabilities of obstacles in their way to help them better navigate their environments. | ||
| Smartphone App Detects Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings Smartphone app monitors subtle voice qualities during phone conversations shows promise for detecting early signs of mood changes in people with bipolar disorder. | ||
| Camp Discovery App Revolutionizes Learning for Children with Autism Educational evidence based app helps children with autism spectrum disorder overcome deficits by learning new skills. | ||
| MiFinder GPS App for Disabled Social Networking & Dating MiFinder iPhone app uses GPS to help disabled people find others nearby for friendship, dating, and support with real-time location-based matching. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Hackathon In Honor of Autism Awareness Month Autism Speaks and AT&T teamed up to host mobile app development competition or hackathon of Autism Applications. | ||
| TapTapSee Camera App for Visually Impaired TapTapSee is an iPhone camera application designed to visually impaired and members of the blind community to identify items they encounter in daily life. | ||
| Voice Dream Reader Text to Speech App Voice Dream Reader for mobile devices can load and extract text from many sources and file formats and is fully accessible with VoiceOver. | ||
| ComApp 3 from Special Learning for Those Affected by Autism ComApp3 offers a fully customizable adaptation using a simple-to-use icon-based system that adheres to the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). | ||
| WebMD Allergy App for iPhone The WebMD Allergy app provides accurate and personalized weather-related allergy information to help proactively manage allergies for the entire family. | ||
| AccessNote App for Blind Helps Take Notes AccessNote is a portable electronic device enabling blind or visually impaired users to take notes, create documents and access applications on iPhone devices. | ||
| Panther Technology Universal Design Apps for Disability Review of Panther Technology applications built on Universal Design principles, providing accessible interfaces for education, mathematics, and computing. | ✓ ✓ | |
| U-verse Easy Voice and Gesture Remote Control App for Deaf Blind U-verse remote control allows deaf and blind people to control their TVs from their iPhones and iPads with voice and gesture controls. | ||
| Hereward College App Aids Students with Disabilities Hereward College's free smartphone app connects students with disabilities to specialized education services and campus information. | ✓ ✓ | |
| How Technology Helps Adults with Autism in the Workplace Investigators report how task management and organizational features on personal digital assistants (PDAs) can help people with ASD function more successfully in the workplace. | ||
| Verizon Wireless Mobile Accessibility App for Visually Impaired Service for Verizon Wireless Android smartphones to help customers who are blind or have low vision perform ordinary wireless tasks in a simple intuitive way. | ||
| HemoGlobe: Cell Phone Detector to Combat Anemia HemoGlobe is designed to convert a cell phone into a system for detecting and reporting anemia at the community level. | ||
| HumanWare Communicator iPhone App for Deaf-Blind HumanWare Communicator multilingual conversation app lets deaf-blind people communicate by connecting HumanWare Braille device with iPhone iPad or iPod touch. | ||
| Warm Health App - Live Chat to Health Plans Warm Health announce launch of iPhone and iPad app for health plan customers including Amerigroup Medica and HealthSpring. | ||
| Visually Impaired Accessible SuperPhoto Photo Sharing App SuperPhoto follows Apple Accessibility standards and using Apple VoiceOver is accessible by visually impaired users. | ||
| Mobile App for People with Disabilities in New York Bussani Mobility service allows anyone with a iPhone or Android, iPod touch or iPad to access important information and help including maps and roadside assistance. | ||
| Apps for College Students with Special Needs Several helpful Apps for students with special needs attending college including class schedules note taking and audio recordings of notes. | ||
| Fat App - It's What You Don't Eat That Counts The FatApp application for Apple devices provides positive reinforcement and a count of calories you do not eat. | ||
| Lookout Call App for Motorists with Disability Lookout Call will alert friends family and loved ones regardless of geographical distance, even if the individual's phone is off. | ||
| ViBe: Caller ID App with Different Caller Vibration Patterns ViBe is a caller id Android app for blind and hearing impaired that features different vibration patterns for different callers. | ||
| iPod and iPad Grants for Education Grants for iPads assist the educational process and provide educational applications students can use and learn from. | ||
| Siri Accessibility Features for People with Disabilities How Apple's Siri voice assistant uses natural language processing to help people with disabilities manage tasks, reminders, search, and daily communication. | ✓ ✓ | |
| iPicto Pictogram App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch iPicto App for iPhone iPod Touch and iPad provides support and clarification in communication with people with mental disabilities. | ||
| Mapability Creates First Augmented Reality Layer for Accessibility Mapability helps you find accessible points of interest for wheelchair users by identifying distance and direction on smartphone screens. | ||
| Accessibility App for Android for People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision AT&T customers who are blind or have low vision can now access and enjoy their Android device in a fully accessible way. | ||
| Disability Answers App Tells You If You Qualify for Disability Benefits or Medicare Disability Answers free mobile app tells disabled Americans whether they will qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance SSDI or Medicare. | ||
| iAdvocate - Free Tool for Parents of Children with Disabilities iAdvocate application shares and develops strategies with parents of children with disabilities for working collaboratively with a school team to improve childrens education. | ||
| Gaiam Health and Wellness Mobile Apps Gaiam, Inc., a distributor of lifestyle media and fitness accessories, announce several groundbreaking, integrated health action plans for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. | ||
| iSpeech App for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry iSpeech Brings Speech Recognition and Human Quality Text To Speech to iOS Android and BlackBerry Apps. | ||
| SoundPOD for iPod or iPad Provides Communication to Those Who Can't Speak SoundPOD Wearable AAC System developed to help those who have difficulty with speech output and offers a low cost augmentative alternative communication device. | ||
| Verbally - Free iPad App for Speech Disability Verbally is a free communication aid for people with speech disabilities caused by apraxia ALS stroke traumatic brain injury Parkinsons cerebral palsy autism spectrum disorder or muscular dystrophy. | ||
| Free Healthy Steps Pedometer App for Exercise Enthusiasts GPS based IBX Healthy Steps Pedometer app will help runners and walkers track their workouts monitor fitness levels and reach their health goals. | ||
| iPhone App May Support Parkinson's Disease Monitoring and Research iPhone application may enable persons with Parkinsons disease and other neurological conditions to use ubiquitous devices to collect data on hand and arm tremors and relay the results to medical personnel. | ||
| ADHD Organizer App for iPhone The ADHD App was released on 17th May 2011 and is described as the ultimate tool to help you lead a better life with ADD or ADHD. | ||
| My MS Manager App for Multiple Sclerosis My MS Manager is a mobile phone application provided free of charge to those with multiple sclerosis or their care partner to use on iPhone iPad or iPod touch devices. | ||
| GI Monitor App - Crohn's and Colitis Mobile Tracking App from WellApps WellApps announces the newest release of GI Monitor a symptom tracking app for (IBD) Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis patients. | ||
| Slug Bugs Game - iPhone 3D Audio Games Slug Bugs is a free game for iPhone developed by Action = Reaction Labs with 3D Binaural Audio that will dominate the future of gaming audio. | ||
| Mobile Translation App for Hearing Impaired Custom Designed Speech Recognition App Gives Hearing Impaired Unparalleled Freedom to Engage in Personal Multi-Language Conversations. | ||
| Accessible List Recorder App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad List Recorder is a powerful audio recorder that makes creating lists via iPhone iPod touch and iPad easy for both visually impaired and sighted users. | ||
| Apps to Help You in the Gym List of fitness applications for exercises such as utilizing weights and using other gym workout machines. | ||
| VizWiz iPhone Application for Blind VizWiz is a project application aimed at enabling blind people to recruit remote sighted workers to help them with visual problems in nearly real-time. | ||
| Passport to Good Health App Passport to Good Health app for the Apple iPhone iPad and iPod touch helps handle the overwhelming amount of information consumers face. | ||
| Learn American Sign Language App for iPhone and iPad The new iPhone and iPad App to learn American Sign Language is a simple and fun way to learn signing. | ||
| Diagnosing Stroke Via iPhone App Doctors can now make a stroke diagnosis using an iPhone application with the same accuracy as a diagnosis at a medical computer. | ||
| UK Train Times Accessible iPhone App UK Train Times App for iPhones provides real time journey planning across the National Rail network and live departure information for all National Rail stations. | ||
| EyeReader iPhone Magnifier App EyeReader magnify is the only magnifying app of its kind to utilize the iPhone full widescreen display. | ||
| Special Needs Apps for Kids Information on using the iPad iPhone and iPod touch Apps with children who have special needs. | ||
| iPhone App Alerts Users When Traveling in Potentially Unsafe Areas The application locates and maps the iPhone users current location and is updated continuously as they travel. | ||
| Developmental Disabilities App for iPhone and iPad T-Log Reader application allows staff members working for agencies supporting people with developmental disabilities to securely communicate. | ||
| Care4Kids App - Akron Children's Hospital Care4Kids App is currently available for the iPhone iPod Touch and iPad the Android version is coming soon. | ||
| semYOU Free App Computing System semYOU is a free app computing system that makes using software and the Internet much easier. | ||
| Amplify Sounds Using iPhone with SoundAMP Hearing Assistant App soundAMP is a personal Hearing Assistant app for the iPhone that makes your iPhone into a hearing device by amplifying sounds. | ||
| VoiceOver Compatible Apps for Apple iPhone and Mac List of handy and accessible compatible VoiceOver Apps for iPhone and Mac computers for persons with disability. | ||
| iSign App - Learn American Sign Language The iSign App is a tutorial and reference program for American Sign Language designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch. | ||
| Glucose Buddy App - Handy Tool for Diabetics Handy Diabetes App Glucose Buddy makes it easy to keep track and record your glucose numbers carbohydrate consumption insulin dosages and activities. | ||
| Calorie Counter App for iPhone Android and Blackberry Devices Free iPhone Calorie Counter App from FatSecret makes a great exercise meals and weight tracker tool. | ||
| iConverse App: Augmentative Alternative Communication Tool iConverse app is an educational tool for young children autistic individuals and persons with other communicative disabilities. | ||
| Mobile Health App to Prevent and Improve Diagnosis of Skin Allergies CARD System app gives physicians and patients access to information about skin care products that cause allergic skin reactions. | ||
| Handelabra Studio Integrates VoiceOver Support in Popular Apps Newly released versions of popular apps REminder GAMEminder and Better Clock contain full support for VoiceOver. | ||
| WebMD Medscape for iPad and Android Devices Industry-leading free clinical reference app helps physicians and healthcare professionals at the point of care. | ||
| PhotoClinic Mobile App for iPhone and iPad With PhotoClinic Mobile users are able to search the image database by diagnosis symptoms treatment key words anatomy and image type. | ||
| VideoMD Health Videos iPhone App Now Available Health Videos is now available in the App Store on your iPhone, and on iTunes. | ||
| iPhone and iPod Touch IP-Relay App for the Deaf IP Relay for iPhone and iPod Touch App is designed to meet the communication needs of the deaf community. | ||
| FastMall App Helps iPhone Users Navigate Shopping Malls FastMall iPhone application helps shoppers navigate malls and major shopping destinations. | ||
| iPhone Apps for Disability and Vision Impairments Reviews of iPhone Apps that can make your life easier including vision and hearing impairment applications for the blind and or deaf. |
Key: the first check mark indicates the publication carries an editor's note; the second indicates a footnote.
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