Stroke: Community Resources and Apps

Stroke Community Resources

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Apps

There are various apps and devices that can support you if you have a visual impairment.

  • VoiceOver - This app is a screen reader that reads text out loud on Apple Macs, iPads and iPhones.
  • Narrator - This app is a screen reader that reads text out loud on for computers or smartphones that use Microsoft Windows
  • Seeing AI - A free app for Apple devices that can recognise faces, objects, words and barcodes
  • Talking Goggles - The app can understand any image or word in seconds and then says what it sees.
  • Be My Eyes - This app links you with a sighted volunteer. For example, it uses the camera on your device so you can ask a volunteer something.
  • Evi - An app that you can ask questions by talking to it.
  • KNFB Reader - You can use it to read any words out loud or send them to a Braille display such as letters, menus and books.
  • AccessNote - An app that is a notetaker for Apple phones and tablets using VoiceOver.
  • Synapptic - A software for Android tablets and smartphones that can be used for emails, websites, photos and other things.
  • Guide Connect - A software for computers and TVs to access emails, websites and radio.