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Sara Larkin and Jennifer BlissMath and Science Consultants

Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired

slarkin@iowa-braille.k12.ia.usjbliss@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

correct answer and a new problem6

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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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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