Expert Resources: accessible apps
These are the items that relate to accessible apps found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Jessica Doyle | 07 Sep 2023Apps that deliver low-level ambient or ‘white noise’ can increase creativity, focus, and productivity, according to a study by the Journal of Consumer Research. These apps can combat digital distractions, such as that compulsion to check your smartphone, which we each do on average every 12 minutes...
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Sarah Botterill | 24 Jan 2021Twitter is ablaze with activity during TechShare Pro, with key influencers joining the accessibility conversation.Community is at the heart of TechShare Pro and the key to getting the accessibility message out beyond that community. As The Valuable 500's Caroline Casey said in a previous keynote:"...
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Robin Christopherson | 29 Oct 2020Freeview today announces the first roll out of its award-winning Accessible TV Guide.
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Robin Christopherson | 18 Jul 2019Yesterday was World Emoji Day and I posted an article about a brilliant free utility for macOS called Rocket - the developer of which was very helpful in making it VoiceOver accessible so that now, at long last, blind users do finally get in on the emoji fun. Among yesterday's coverage of this...
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Robin Christopherson | 17 Jul 2019Just because you're blind doesn't mean that, on this World Emoji Day, those expressive and oh-so ubiqutous emojis aren't for you. The problem for visually impaired texters and tweeters, however, is easily finding the one you want before frustration sets in and you give up and fall back on the good...
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Jessica Doyle | 14 May 2019Whether you’re working on a group report, planning your next holiday or creating a revision timetable, the ability to stay on top of our digital life is important for not only succeeding, but maintaining a healthy mental wellbeing. However, organisation, processing information, sensory overload and...
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Robin Christopherson | 02 May 2018AbilityNet accessibility blogger Robin Christopherson is excited by three incredible and fully accessible iOS apps that help with speedy typing, finding and ‘pinning’ interesting items for later and efficient audio editing.
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Sophie.Shearer | 08 Mar 2018With more things vying for our attention these days we all may increasingly struggle to stay focused particularly in education. We discuss apps that can help.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 09 Jan 2017
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Claudia.Cahalane | 16 Dec 2016Abbie Osborne, 26, Birmingham DSA assessor (Disabled Student Allowance) for AbilityNet on finding a surprising career working with assistive tech and accessible apps, and being a top-reviewed author on Amazon in her spare time.
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