Many people with vision loss have trouble seeing the text on their iPhone. In this video, Jerry Berrier explains how the Zoom function can help.
Jerry Berrier explains how someone with significant combined vision and hearing loss can stay in touch with family and friends using equipment and training provided by the iCanConnect program.
Jerry Berrier explains how equipment and training provided by iCanConnect can help someone with significant combined vision and hearing loss to type on a mobile phone.
Jerry Berrier explains how equipment provided by iCanConnect helps people with significant combined vision and hearing loss to know when the phone is ringing.
If you can’t use a mouse, you can still use a computer to stay connected. Jerry Berrier explains how software programs like JAWS that are available through iCanConnect can help people stay in touch without a mouse.
Jerry Berrier explains how someone who has trouble hearing can use the phone with equipment provided by iCanConnect.
Jerry Berrier explains how someone who knows sign language can communicate using a smartphone or tablet.
Jerry Berrier explains how someone who knows braille can use a braille display to operate a mobile phone and stay in touch with friends and family.
Magic is a screen magnification program for the computer. In this video, Jerry Berrier explains that for people who are experiencing increasing vision loss, Magic can be a good starting point.
In this video, Jerry Berrier explains that the Odin VI phone is a basic cell phone, with some very important enhancements that make it usable to someone who is totally blind but has some hearing.
ZoomText is a software package that provides both screen enlargement and speech output so it can be used by people who have some usable vision. In this video, Jerry Berrier demonstrates how ZoomText works.
ZoomText is a screen enlargement program used by many people who have usable vision. In this video, Jerry Berrier demonstrates how it is used with a special ZoomText keyboard that has large print on the keyboards.
In this video, Jerry Berrier demonstrates how a person who is deafblind using braille might send a text message using a braille display and an iPhone.
In this video, Jerry Berrier demonstrates how a person who is deafblind and is a braille reader might use an iPhone connected to a braille display via Bluetooth.
While it takes a little practice to learn to type on an iPhone with your fingers without seeing it, it is very doable. In this video, Jerry Berrier explains how.
The Braille Plus 18 is a stand-alone device that has a port into which you can plug a SIM card from any GSM carrier, and you can then use this device without connecting it to an iPhone or anything else. As Jerry Berrier explains, it can be used as a phone, for email and text messaging, as a web browser and more.
The Ruby is a portable hand-held magnifier that has many uses for someone with some usable vision, including providing the ability to read text messages on an iPhone. Jerry Berrier explains how it works.
JAWS is a screen reader program that has evolved over the years into a very sophisticated tool for users who are blind. As Jerry Berrier explains in this video, JAWS enables users to send and receive emails, access and edit documents, read Web content and do many other things.
Zoom is a feature available on the iPad as well as the iPhone that gives the ability to enlarge everything on the screen. In this video, Jerry Berrier demonstrates how to activate Zoom.
In terms of accessibility, the iPhone is a revolutionary device with its native, built-in accessibility features. With an iPhone, a person who is blind or deafblind can access a variety of things just like people who are sighted by using something called VoiceOver, which is a built-in screen reader. In this video, Jerry Berrier focuses on how someone with usable hearing can use it to navigate around the screen.
Learn about iCanConnect, a national program with local contacts that helps people with significant combined hearing and vision loss increase independence, and keep in touch with their family, friends and community.
If you have significant combined vision and hearing loss and meet federal income guidelines, iCanConnect can provide you with free distance communication equipment and training to stay connected with family, friends, and the world. See iCanConnect in action!