Adaptive Devices
Seeing AI by Microsoft Corporation - Download from the Apple App Store (for IOS Devices). Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world and describe nearby people, text and objects.
- ABLEDATA Database - Searchable database which currently lists more than 25,000 products from nearly 3,000 domestic and international manufacturers and distributors.
- AgrAbility - A consumer-driven USDA-funded program that provides vital education, assistance, and support to farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Through the combined dedication and expertise of the Cooperative Extension System and nonprofit disability organizations, AgrAbility helps thousands of determined individuals overcome the barriers to continuing their chosen professions in agriculture.
- AIRA IO - Using augmented reality, Aira connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience – completely hands-free assistance at the touch of a button.
- Assistive Technology Industry Association - An organization for manufacturers, sellers and providers of assistive technology products, equipment and systems that enhance learning, working and daily living for persons with disabilities.
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Center - Site includes AAC Device programming tutorials, definitions of AAC terms, frequently used vocabulary lists for different age groups and other resources and other information related to augmentative communication.
- Be my AI - Available as of 10/16/2023 to Be My Eyes iOS Subscribers - You can use Be My AI 24/7 in all those situations when you want quick visual assistance without necessarily calling a human volunteer. Be My AI is perfect for all those circumstances when you want a quick solution or you don’t feel like talking to another person to get visual assistance. Also, Be My AI also will give deaf-blind users a new way to get information if they use, for example, a braille display. Be My AI's written responses are user-selectable in 29 languages. You can already sign up on the waitlist for Android beta testing directly in the Be My Eyes app.
- Be My Eyes - Connects people needing sighted support with volunteers and companies through live video around the world.
- Freedom Scientific - "Freedom Scientific products have helped people worldwide to achieve their goals despite blindness, low vision, or learning disabilities."
- Health and Disability Apps for iPhone, Android and Mobile Devices
- Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults - "Our team of experts will work closely with you to develop an individualized action plan tailored to your needs and goals, and everything you learn will have practical, real world applications. One-on-one training, cutting-edge technology, hands-on learning and the opportunity to interact with people who know firsthand the challenges you face."
- HumanWare - Assistive technology for people with visual and learning difficulties.
- Leap Motion Controller - For compromized upper extremity computer use.
- Michigan Assistive Technology Program - Help to find resources, products and professionals related to Assistive Technology – the tools and adaptations that help people with disabilities do things.
- National Center to Improve Practice - Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs from 1992-1998 to promote the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities.
- Partnership on Employment and Accessable Technology - A multi-faceted initiative promoting the employment, retention, and career advancement of people with disabilities through the development, adoption, and promotion of accessible technology.
- Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America - Nonprofit organization which promotes research, development, education, advocacy, and the provision of technology to provide assistive technology to those with disabilities.
- Speaksee - Microphone system for deaf and hearing impaired that is able to transcribe up to 9 persons accurately. SpeakSee allows you to effectively participate in meetings, group assignments, lunch breaks, and casual office conversations. It transcribes your conversations to text with an accuracy of 85-95%.
- Tapping Technology - This site contains selected articles from Tapping Technology- a publication of the Maryland Technology Assistance Program.
- Technology Related to Blindness and Visual Impairment
- VoisPal - VoisPal is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication / AAC app on Android for people with speech difficulties. VoisPal speech app helps people with speech disorders to express themselves fluently and effectively