Mobile Apps

  • Able Link Tech

  • Avaz - Free AAC app for kids with autism

    Avaz Lite is an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app that provides a voice for children with Autism and other complex communication needs. Avaz is a full-featured AAC app PLUS a training layer for caregivers.

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  • Disability Tips - Mobile-friendly website with information and tips for first responders

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    The Mobile TIPS for First Responders was developed by Project REDD at the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University. The Mobile TIPS are adapted from Dr. Tony Cahill’s 3rd Edition of the TIPS for First Responders, developed at the Center for Development and Disability at the University of New Mexico and from the TIPS for First Responders and Texas Resources for Services and Supports, developed at the Texas Center on Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

  • FEMA Mobile App

    • Alerts from the National Weather Service: Receive severe weather alerts for up to five locations across the U.S. and see information about how to stay safe.
    • Disaster Reporter: Upload and share photos of damage and recovery efforts.
    • Custom emergency safety information: Save a custom list of the items in your family’s emergency kit, as well as the places you will meet in case of an emergency.
    • Maps of disaster resources: Locate and receive driving directions to open shelters and disaster recovery centers.
    • Safety tips: Learn how to stay safe before, during, and after over 20 types of hazards, including floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.
    • Apply for assistance: Easily access DisasterAssistance.gov to apply for federal disaster assistance.
    • Information in Spanish: The app defaults to Spanish language content for smartphones that have Spanish set as their default language.

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  • Med Time - App to help you manage your medications

    • You will never have any more problems in managing your meds again, because MED TIME is here. It will emit an alarm when you need to take a medicine and does much more.
    • After typing the name of the medicine, you will have the option of inserting the time individually or automatically, selecting the hour interval and the initial hour. MED TIME will generate a schedule.
    • Inserting the number of days, it will make the app reminds you, always, how many days are left to the end of the treatment and how many already were taken.
    • Typing the number of dosages in each box, it can calculate how many full boxes and individual dosages will be needed. When the box is almost finished, you will be alerted that another one is necessary.

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  • Parking Mobility - Report disabled parking abuse

    The Parking Mobility application empowers private citizens to report a violation with 3 quick and simple photos. The report is immediately sent to the city, and the city tickets the vehicle using the violation report. When the city collects the fine, Parking Mobility puts up to 20% of the fine into the nonprofits in your community to provide education and awareness to further solve the problem!

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  • Ready Erie Emergency Preparedness App

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    ReadyErie App Launches!

    Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Commissioner of Emergency Services Daniel Neaverth, Jr. and emergency services personnel at the Public Safety Campus in Buffalo to unveil the new “Ready Erie” app, available for free and is designed for the iPhone, iPad, android and iOS systems. Among other uses, the multi-purpose app will allow users to receive critical information and emergency alerts through push notifications, locate Erie County’s emergency shelters, view up-to-date evacuation route maps, and create a personalized Emergency Preparedness Plan by answering five basic questions.

    “The Ready Erie app takes emergency planning and preparedness to the next level and will give users the information they need at the time they need it, helping them and their loved ones to respond to emergencies in a safe and organized manner,” said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz. “With this app we can communicate directly with our constituents, individuals can have access to critical alerts and updates to coordinate planning with family or co-workers, and stay on top of changing conditions. The app also has useful information on ways to prepare before disaster strikes, helping to mitigate damage and protect lives. I urge all residents to get the app and begin creating their own emergency plan.”

    The app can be downloaded from the Erie County website at http://www2.erie.gov/emergencyservices/index.php?q=ready-erie-preparedness-app under the “Online Services” tab.

  • Red Cross First Aid App

    The official American Red Cross First Aid app puts expert advice for everyday emergencies in your hand. Available for iPhone and Android devices, the official American Red Cross First Aid app gives you instant access to the information you need to know to handle the most common first aid emergencies. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to know first aid.

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  • RogerVoice - Enabling the deaf and hard-of-hearing to make phone calls

    RogerVoice provides a means for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to carry out phone conversations.
    RogerVoice may also be used by any person wishing to communicate in writing during a phone call and/or to receive live transcriptions (also know as subtitles or captions) of conversations.

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  • SAMSHA Behavioral Health Disaster Response App

    In a disaster, it's essential that behavioral health responders have the resources they need—when and where they need them. The SAMHSA Disaster App makes it easy to provide quality support to survivors. Users can navigate pre-deployment preparation, on-the-ground assistance, post-deployment resources, and more—at the touch of a button from the home screen. Users also can share resources, like tips for helping survivors cope, and find local behavioral health services. And, self-care support for responders is available at all stages of deployment.

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  • Show Me - A communication tool for emergency shelters

    The Maryland Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management has created a simple, hands-on tool to reduce communication barriers and better assist individuals with access and functional needs, and professional shelter staff and volunteers, make their needs and concerns understood within a community shelter setting during an emergency.

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  • Smart911 - Give 9-1-1 the information they need to help you fast

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    With Smart911, you can add key information about members of your household that would help anyone you care for in the event of an emergency, whether the call is from the home or any mobile phone. You can include medical details for any member of your household, enabling responders to have more information before they arrive on scene. Providing the home and work address of a mobile caller or details such as directions or access info helps facilitate faster response. You can also add as much or as little information about your vehicles, animals, and emergency contacts that you would need to know.

  • TapTapSee - Designed to help the blind and visually impaired identify objects they encounter daily

    TapTapSee is a mobile camera application designed specifically for the blind and visually impaired iOS users. The app utilizes the iDevice’s camera and VoiceOver functions to photograph objects and identify them out loud for the user.

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  • Voice Dream Reader - An accessible reading tool for mobile and tablet devices

    With advanced text-to-speech and a highly configurable screen layout, it can be tailored to suit every reading style from completely auditory to completely visual, plus synchronized combination of both.

    The visually impaired will benefit from the ability to hear documents read in their favorite voices; students and others with dyslexia will appreciate the synchronized reading capability that integrates text and voice; and everyone who wants to hear or read their documents in their own way will benefit from the configurability of the visual and voice capabilities.

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