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VizWiz App for iOS

This app lets blind users recruit remote sighted workers to help them with visual problems in nearly real-time. Users take a picture with their phone, speak a question, and then receive multiple spoken answers.

This is a free app

Keywords:: blindness, vision impaired, Blind people

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Academic Support Services / Accessibility / Accessibility Tools

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: October 30, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 9, 2014
Author:: Jeffrey Bigham, Rochester Human Computer Interaction, University of Rochester
Submitter:: Sally Robertson
Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: iOS (Apple)
Technical Requirements:: For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Unknown
Accessibility Information Available:: Unknown
Creative Commons:: Unknown