Computer technology has easily transferred to handheld devices. With the inexpensive, easy-to-use mobile technology such as smart phones, the iPod Touch, and the iPad, visual supports are increasingly being provided by handheld devices that utilize touch screen technology.
Some examples of apps:
- iPrompts, which runs on Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices, presents picture-based prompts that have been configured by teachers and parents to help students stay on task and transition between activities. The app provides hundreds of stock photos and allows users to add digital pictures from their iPhone’s built-in camera.
- iCommunication and First-Then also use digital photos to create picture schedules and provide the option to record messages linked to each picture. The messages can be an audio version of the visual prompt or it can provide audio reinforcement.
- Picture Planner is designed so that students with cognitive disabilities can construct personalized picture schedules for themselves on a computer and then use the schedules either in a printed version or on mobile devices. The program provides line drawing symbols (students can also import photos of familiar people and objects) and text-to-speech feedback.
Sources:
Dell, A., Newtown, D., & Petroff, J. (2012). Assistive technology in the classroom . (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Education.
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