Apps – Page 3 – Jane Farrall Consulting

How do I use a Switch or Joystick with an iPad? – October 2012 update!

Oct 29, 201216 Comments

This blog post has been updated. Please see the new entry at http://www.janefarrall.com/blog/2013/09/29/how-do-i-use-a-switch-with-an-ipad-ios-7-overview/ I last blogged about overall switch access to the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch in June – and there have been quite a few changes in the meantime. So – time for an update! At this stage, there are two sorts of switch access to

Fat Cat apps – thinking beyond the box in AAC

Oct 19, 20124 Comments

Please note: the Fat Cat apps have all been discontinued I spent most of yesterday updating my AAC Apps list (edited to add: this list has been discontinued). There were a lot of changes to the list this time – over 60 app updates and 27 new apps. Three of the new apps were additions

ISTE Webinar on iOS6 Accessibility and Alternative Access to the iPad

Oct 9, 2012

Last week I was lucky enough to team up with Luis Perez and deliver a webinar for the International Society on Technology in Education (ISTE) Special Education Technology Special Interest Group (SETSIG). The ISTE SETSIG has now made the resources from this webinar available on their website. You can access the webinar recording, the PowerPoint

SimplyWorks for iPad Part 2: Joystick and Keyboard Access

Oct 4, 20125 Comments

In my previous blog post, I talked about SimplyWorks for iPad from Pretorian. In that post, I covered the switch access options available with this interface. In this post I will cover joystick and keyboard access. SimplyWorks is a range of interfaces and proprietary input devices which connect to each other wirelessly. Part of this

SimplyWorks for iPad Part 1: Switch Access

Sep 30, 201212 Comments

SimplyWorks for iPad is another iPad switch interface option from Pretorian. It offers control of music, videos, VoiceOver keyboard options for scanning, switch accessible apps, the iPad camera shutter function and iBooks. It can be paired with a SimplyWorks keyboard, SimplyWorks Joystick or SimplyWorks switch – thereby providing a range of iPad alternative control options.

Letter of the Week: Resources for Older Students

Aug 26, 20128 Comments

This year, I’m working with quite a few teachers who have older students in their class who need to improve their recognition of the letters of the alphabet. They need to be able to instantly and quickly identify letters so that they can move further along their journey of becoming readers and writers. This means

Switch Accessible Apps for iPad and iPhone Growing Apace

Aug 12, 201211 Comments

Please note: the switch accessible apps list has been discontinued This weekend, Alex Dunn and I have spent some time updating our list of switch accessible apps for iPad and iPhone. The collection of switch accessible apps for this platform is slowly growing – with 6 new switch accessible apps available since our last update

What’s APPropriate: AAC Apps for iPhones, iPads and other devices

Aug 2, 20126 Comments

This is a very short post to give the Prezi and links from my presentation yesterday at the International Society on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) 2012 Conference in Pittsburgh. I will write more next week about the conference and my highlights! The Prezi that goes along with the presentation is below. And below that

Switch2Scan – switch access to Apps, iOS and more

Jun 29, 20129 Comments

The Switch2Scan is the latest switch interface from Pretorian. At this stage, it is the second switch interface for the iPad/iPhone that offers access to the iOS and a range of apps that I have trialled. The Switch2Scan was very easy to setup and use. The Switch2Scan is a Bluetooth switch interface – so there

iPad Apps for Guided Reading

Jun 21, 201212 Comments

As iPads become more and more common in schools, I am asked more frequently for suggestions of apps in so many areas. Many of us have had the experience of downloading an app that looks like it will meet our needs – but once we download it from the iTunes store it isn’t quite what