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Remote augmentative and alternative communication with LetMe Talk
Are you working with users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems? The communication opportunities of your users are limited? Expand the ACC opportunities through the Internet by using a free Android app called LetMe Talk. LetMe Talk is a free AAC talker Android app aimed at people with a wide range of speech and…
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User experience design and assistive technology. How it’s done?
In this post we unveil the challenges we face and how we address them when designing the user experience of our assistive technology products. Developing an application is a complex task. Apart from the most technical issues, there is an essential aspect to take care during the design of any application: user experience. As creators…
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Touch screens and autism. Avoiding repetitive actions
Do you encounter difficulties trying to use touch devices for your intervention programs? Do you want to use a tablet for your therapies, but the stereotypes of your patients with autism invalidate the use of such a device? The use of tactile devices is becoming more common in intervention programs aimed at people with Autism…
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How was Ease Apps born?
Are you curious about the origin of Ease Apps? In this post we unveil some interiorities through a conversation with Cesar and Angel, its founders. I: Ease Apps was officially launched on April 1, 2019 but, Angel, what is the origin of the idea? A: Well, since smartphones became mainstream, more and more people coming to our Resource Center were…
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Ruben: “Now I can use my mobile phone by myself”
In this post we bring you the Ruben’s testimonial. He tells us how his experience with Ease Mouse is. Ruben is one of those people cheerful, vital, who radiates good vibes. Due to his cerebral palsy he has many motor and oral articulation difficulties. However, this does not prevent him from giving talks in primary and secondary schools, winning trophies playing Boccia, acting in theater or writing rock songs…
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Switch access scanning and major challenges
Switches are an access method to suit the most complex needs of some people with disabilities. This is the method which allowed Stephen Hawking to speak to the world. Generally, when assessing which is the best method for someone with disabilities to access a computer or mobile device, multiple options should be taken into account.…
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Digital Explorers with Ease Apps. Video summary
In this video we summarize the Digital Explorers with Ease Apps project and show you its participants. Transcription: In this project we validated that the Ease Apps are useful for the #conecta2xaccesibilidad community. To do so, structured and free use tests have been conducted at the ASPACE Catalunya Foundation, at the Provincial Association of Cerebral…
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Advanced access to Android by mouse
In this post we explain how to use a mouse with your Android device and perform things that, perhaps, you didn’t know were possible. For many reasons such as a damaged screen, more comfort when using an Android TV, a disability that prevents me from accessing the touch screen, etc., many people want to access their…
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Digital Explorers with Ease Apps. Users and results
In a previous post, we wrote about how the Digital Explorers with Ease Apps project allowed us to improve the Ease Apps applications. In the current post, we dig deeper into this project and we explain more details about the participants, the tests and the results obtained. The Digital Explorers project was carried out between…
Easing the accessibility to the smartphone