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Sara Larkin and Jennifer BlissMath and Science Consultants
Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
[email protected]@iowa-braille.k12.ia.us
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Check with voice over Text Buttons Pictures
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Go to SettingsThen go to General Then go to Accessibility
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Allows a user to triple-click the home button to turn on or off a certain option such as Voice Over
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Speaking Rate Speech (voice, pitch) Verbosity (how to speak capital
letters, punctuation, tables, etc.) Braille Gestures
Tap once to select an item Double-tap to activate the selected
item Swipe three fingers to scroll
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Say “Hey Google” , then say “talk to math flash”
Say “start” to begin game Say “settings” to change settings Say “quit” to end the game It reads a problem and you answer It says whether you are correct or not After 3 incorrect answers, it gives the
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Allows students to measure angles by tracing the sides rather than reading measurements as with a traditional protractor
Reports angle measurements in both degrees and radians
Includes detailed instructions and a link to a demonstration video
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$4.99 Fun drills and practices for simple
math problems Set the range of numbers, the
mathematical operations, the number of tries, and more.
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Fraction addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Get assistance from the app Take drills on fraction calculations Save drill reports for future reference Receive lists of calculation problems
from teachers or parents via email Use machine-generated problems,
preloaded problems, and teacher-created problems for practice and drills
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App includes 24 units, each with 6 word problems
Environmental science content is engaging and authentic
Math content is aligned with the Common Core Standards for Grades 6 and 7
Braille Files can be downloaded from Animal Watch Braille Files
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Addition – sums from 2-12 Subtraction – differences from 1-11 Multiplication – products from 1-12 Division – quotients from 1-12 Addition and Subtraction – a
mixture Multiplication and Division – a
mixture All Four Operations – a mixture
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Math Melodies free
Includes a video-game, a tale, and a math workbook
Designed to be accessible and entertaining both for blind and sight impaired children
Introduces math exercises in a tale of six chapters filled with images, sounds and music
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Level Basic Scientific Graphing
Order of Operations Keys/buttons needed Keyclicks
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Basic Talking Calculator $1.99 Jumbo Calculator free
Scientific Talking Scientific Calculator $4.99 CalcMadeEasy free Calculator Pro+ for iPad free
Graphing It is recommended to use one of the
following instead of an iPad Desmos graphing calculator on a computer Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Calculator handheld
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BrainPop, $3-7/month
free for schools
Smithsonian Channel free
Khan Academy free
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LunaSolCal free
by Volker Voecking Software Engineering
Moon free
by CDV Concepts
Eclipse Soundscapes free
by Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory and NASA
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Wunderground free
Local weather factors for any location. Zoom and voiceover accessible
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Compass free Comes with iPhone available as download for
iPad (use to determine wind direction)
Thermometer free Temperature and humidity readings
by Xiaoman ju
Barometer free Barometer and Altimeter readings for local area
by Steffen Bauer
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SAS Periodic Table free by Ed Summers at SAS Open in iPad browser and use with voiceover
Periodic Table $1.99 by FWSMC Use search bar to bring up a voiceover
accessible chart on each element
Elementor $1.99 by P.V. Prasad Designed by blind student. Animations and
audio cues including text-to-speech conversations and beeps for valence electrons.
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Color Identifier free
by GreenGar studios
Light Detector $1.99
by Everyware Technologies
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Alarmed free Reminders, Timers, Alarm Clock
by Yoctoville
SeeNow Vision Loss Simulator website
Seeing AI by Microsoft
OCR, object recognition, light and color
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