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Camera apps for blind users:

[Image of camera icon] If you are interested in the companion podcast to this piece, it is available from: The 22 Point website and addresses the same topic but contains slightly different info.

Last week we looked at camera apps for low vision users, concentrating on features like large buttons. This week, the main focus is on Talkback, however one of the most popular photo apps for blind users currently actually has neglected to label any of its buttons, so even then it’s not cut and dried.

So, the main criteria I used for a good, blind useable camera app are:

Talkback compatibility – Only five of the 36 apps (I added Back Camera Selfie to the list from last week) had all buttons labelled, another seven had some buttons labelled and the rest either had buttons you could access but which weren’t labelled, and…

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A Magical Childhood

Happy Tuesday! Sorry to be gone so long again. There has been all sorts of mayhem in our busy little house, as always. Once again, I’m working on finding a way to post here more often. We’ll see how it goes!

I know that a lot of families do Random Acts of Kindness this time of year and I stumbled on this post from coffee cups and crayons that listed 24 of them to do with kids. There are even free printables to go along with it. I especially like the idea of “candy cane bombing” a parking lot. 🙂

FCUBED has just a few RAK ideas but I really liked the idea of taping popcorn to the Redbox machine. 🙂

My friend Tiffany does her own RAK holiday fun with her kids each December and you can follow along with their sweet ideas on her blog at Harried Homeschooling…

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