Digital Assistive Solutions for Persons with Disabilities
Otter (Android, iOS, and PC) Otter is an AI-powered meeting assistant which records audio, writes notes, automatically captures slides, and generates summaries.
Otter turns your voice conversations into smart notes that you can easily search and share.
You can use it to take notes at your meetings and interviews, capture your thoughts and ideas while you’re driving in the car, and transcribe your existing recordings and podcasts.
You can even snap photos (e.g., of a whiteboard, a speaker, or presentation slide at an event) during a recording and they will be inserted in line with your transcripts.
It is Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications. It's an app that makes everyday conversations and surrounding sounds more accessible among people who are deaf and have hard of hearing using your Android phone.
On most Android phones, you can directly access Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications with these steps:
Open your device's Settings app.
Tap Accessibility, then tap Live Transcribe, or Sound Notifications, depending on which app you’d like to start.
Tap Use service, then accept the permissions.
Use the Accessibility button or gesture to start Live Transcribe or Sound Notifications.
Notta can transcribe your audio or video files, online meetings, or face-to-face sales meetings in no time.
Live transcription with timestamps and auto-correction
Import your audio or video files to transcribe.
Schedule and transcribe Zoom, Google Meet, Teams meetings.
104 transcription languages support
Summarize your copy and generate action items with AI.
Converts text, PDF, and 20+ formats into spoken audio so you can listen to your documents, eBooks, and school materials anytime, anywhere.
Apple’s smart watch also offers full accessibility to users who are blind or have low vision.
It's a unique timepiece that allows the visually impaired to check the time and benefit from many of the same functions a modern smartwatch would provide.
Developed by IIT Kanpur is specially designed for persons with visual impairment.
It’s a cost-effective smart wearable device with a touch-sensitive tactile interface that displays information using vibrations.
The watch offers several features such as Indication of Health Parameters, Instant Short-Timer, Hydration Reminder etc. for the ease of the wearers.
Math Talk is a speech recognition software program for math that can help students with a range of disabilities. From prealgebra to Ph.D. level mathematics, students can perform math problems by speaking into a microphone on their computer. The program works with Dragon NaturallySpeaking programs for voice-to-text functionality, making it ideal for students who have fine motor skill disabilities. Students with blindness or vision disabilities can use the integrated braille translator.
You can record directly in Word while taking notes, and then transcribe the recording. Word transcribes in the background as you record. You'll see the transcript after you click the Save and transcribe now button. Go to Home > Dictate > Transcribe
This Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app provides a picture-based communication system for people with speech challenges. It comes pre-loaded with more than 180 icons; and you can make your own icons to expand the built-in library, record your own voice and even print matching picture cards.
Most Used Screen Readers
NVDA
Free, open-source screen reader software compatible with Microsoft Windows that reads text aloud to users or can be used with a braille display.