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Apps to help people with disabilities

There are many among us who are blind, suffer anxiety, auditory processing deficits, autistic and dyslexic. To help such individuals, the below listed apps can be a personal assistant in their day to day life.

Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes can gift blind individuals with online assistance. The volunteer on the other end receives a notification from the ones who use Be My Eyes. These volunteers will be connected with the blind individual continuously via live video chat. This volunteer can help the blind person by answering the question they need answered. At present, it is available for free on iOS.

ExSilent HearYouNow app

Many individuals find it difficult to understand conversations in noisy restaurants, meetings, movie theatres etc. The new ExSilent HearYouNow app allows such people to understand conversations better. One can choose to focus on conversations in noisy environments with the new ExSilent HearYouNow app. With this app, it is possible to customize the sound performance depending on your specific needs.

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones can be called as the ‘To-do’ list to remind you of your daily routines. Stepping Stones is a simple and user-friendly app which allows you to quickly create visual guides or ‘Paths’, using your own photos. This app can be used for people with developmental disabilities such as Autism, attention or auditory processing deficits, learning disabilities, or anxiety.

Avaz Together

The new Avaz Together iPad app helps in providing a customised therapy for autism kids. It's the only Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app with simple, practical guidance for parents and educators. It offers picture communication system, natural voices, customised languages, and a wide set of symbols, which helps in the mental growth of autism kids.

Look At Me

Look At Me, was developed to help children with autism make better eye contact. This app also improves their facial recognition abilities through digital devices, such as smartphones and smart cameras.

( Source : deccan chronicle )
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