MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Educational services are provided for individuals with special needs, taking into account their personal differences, developmental characteristics and educational needs. The relationship between the developments in education and training and the technology that we use in every aspect of our lives is increasing.
Technologies used to make education more efficient are also used for individuals with special needs. One of them is mobile applications.

I'm Private Education

Individuals, families and teachers with special education needs can access the activity samples, educational videos, teaching applications and textbooks they may need free of charge from the I am in Private Education mobile application.
In the mobile application, there are activities, videos, books, scientific publications, educational interaction areas and fun educational games that will support the academic, social, emotional and physical development of students with special educational needs.

Listen Speak

It was prepared by Tohum Autism Foundation in order to contribute to the development of language-speech and communication skills for individuals with special needs. Listen – Speak application; Zoo consists of the categories Shapes, My Dear Family, Parts of the Body, Imitate Sound, Count With Me, Tongue Acrobatics, Rainbow Colors, Basic Sounds, and Tools.
The application, which teaches how to pronounce words and how to pronounce the correct sounds of vowels and consonants in a fun way, is recommended to be used under the guidance of parents, teachers or adults.

EyeSense

EyeSense, the voice warning system developed by Türk Telekom for the visually impaired, is an application that can recognize objects. The user can hear the objects and colors around him with sound through this application.
While the user holding the phone to a color hears what that color is, it is enough to use the phone's camera to do this.

Special App for Paralyzed Patients: Voice4U

Developed for patients with speech difficulties, the application called Voice4U allows users to share their thoughts.
The user, who tries to communicate through the options that appear on the screen, manages to maintain his communication more easily in this way.

Special application for the hearing impaired

This special application, named Ava, was developed for hearing impaired individuals. Since it is difficult for the hearing-impaired to decipher the gestures of the other person, this application helps.
It is not alone in the field of application that listens to audio and brings it to the screen as text. There are many applications around the world that convert voice communication to text.

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