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If you or someone you know is living with sight and hearing loss, we’re here to help. We are here every step of the way to reassure, advise or just to be someone to turn to if there is no one else. We provide practical help, emotional support, help with technology, information, advice and even holidays to anyone who needs it.

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Deafblind UK | Supporting Deafblindness in the UK

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Deafblindness is sight and hearing loss that impacts your communication, mobility and ability to access information. It affects different people in different ways.

The most common cause of deafblindness is age, as we get older our sight and hearing deteriorate. Certain conditions such as Usher Syndrome also cause sight and hearing loss.

Deafblindness affects everyone in different ways. Some people might have mild sight and hearing loss whereas others can't see or hear anything.

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Deafblind UK | Supporting Deafblindness in the UK

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Deafblindness is the loss of sight and hearing to the point where your communication, mobility and ability to access information are impacted.

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Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots and learn more about Seeing AI. Download Seeing AI and enjoy it on your Apple TV.

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Android version of Seeing AI

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Lookout uses computer vision to assist people with low vision or blindness get things done faster and more easily. Using your phone's camera, Lookout makes it easier to get more information about the world around you and do daily tasks more efficiently like sorting mail, putting away groceries, and more.

Built with guidance from the blind and low-vision community, Lookout supports Google's mission to make the world's information universally accessible to everyone.

Lookout has five modes for a variety of activities:

* Use Food Labels mode (beta) to quickly identify packaged foods by their label, in addition to scanning barcodes. Available in more than 20 countries.

* Read a whole page of text with Documents mode. Take a snapshot of a document, and Lookout will scan the text, so that it can be read aloud by your screen reader or magnified on your phone.

* Use Text mode to quickly skim text and hear it read aloud - for doing things like sorting mail.

* Use Currency mode to identify banknotes quickly and reliably.

* Explore mode (beta) offers information about objects in your surroundings.

Lookout is available in more than 20 languages, and runs on devices with Android 6 and above, with at least 2GB of RAM.

Learn more about Lookout in the Help Center:
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9031274

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Lookout uses computer vision to assist people with low vision or blindness get things done faster and more easily. Using your phone's camera, Lookout makes it easier to get more information about the world around you and do daily tasks more efficiently like sorting mail, putting away groceries, and more.

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We’re Mind, the mental health charity | Mind

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We're Mind, the mental health charity. We're here to make sure no one has to face a mental health problem alone.

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Our easy to use My House of Memories app allows you to explore objects from the past and share memories together. It can be used by anyone, but has been designed for, and with, people living with dementia and their carers.

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Everyone

"The next best thing"- Gamezebo
"A brilliant time-waster" - Life of Android
"Fun tool for those of you who are creative." - Appolicious
"Definitely worth checking out" - DroidGamers

With "Let's Create: Pottery" making ceramics has never been more simple and fun! Become a true artist and create "one of a kind" pottery items and share them with your friends! Throw the clay on the wheel, release all your artistic talents and take benefit of dozens of materials available in order to create your own design! Even when you glaze and fire your very first pot you will feel accomplished and relaxed as pottery is the best way to relieve your everyday stress and find your inner peace. An amazing, therapeutic and uplifting experience you can enjoy with your family and friends!

What's New

- Introducing Augumented Reality. See how your pot looks in your room!
- New patterns.
- Minor bugfixes and improvements.
Augumented Reality (AR) works on devices that support ARCore.

If you have any problems with "Let's Create! Pottery", please do contact us at support@idreams.pl.
We make games with love. If you like what we do, please do not forget to rate it. Thanks! :)

Additional Information

Eligible for Family Library

Infinite Dreams sp. z o.o. Bojkowska 45 44-100 Gliwice Poland

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Everyone "The next best thing"- Gamezebo"A brilliant time-waster" - Life of Android"Fun tool for those of you who are creative." - Appolicious"Definitely worth checking out" - DroidGamers With "Let's Create: Pottery" making ceramics has never been more simple and fun! Become a true artist and create "one of a kind" pottery items and share them with your friends!

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Welcome to the ORIGINAL Jigsaw Puzzle app! Enjoy the largest, most beautiful collection of puzzles on the App Store, and play FREE jigsaw puzzles every day!

Jigsaw Puzzle is great for puzzlers of all ages and experience levels! Just pick your number of puzzle pieces and go, it's that simple!

Don't let the imitation jigsaw apps fool you. Jigsaw Puzzle is the only app in the App Store made by the jigsaw puzzle experts! We handpick every image to ensure the highest level of quality. Check out some of our favorite puzzle packs, like World of Color, English Countryside and Enchanted Gardens. We're constantly creating new puzzles that we know you will love!

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Welcome to the ORIGINAL Jigsaw Puzzle app! Enjoy the largest, most beautiful collection of puzzles on the App Store, and play FREE jigsaw puzzles every day! Jigsaw Puzzle is great for puzzlers of all ages and experience levels! Just pick your number of puzzle pieces and go, it's that simple!

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Thisissand is a unique playground for creating and sharing amazing sandscapes on your computer or mobile device. Start pouring away to experience this special sand piling on your screen!

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Understand and improve your sleep with our sleep tracker, premium sounds and guided content curated just for you. Doesn't that sound dreamy?

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Speech & language Apps - NHs Recommended

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Best Speech & Language therapy Apps for Adults- from NHS - MyTherappy

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Nurture a small pot of succulents that grow in real time.

Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever, and wherever you need it.

While not fully realistic (they're very forgiving), your succulents will require some maintenance and can die from over- or under-watering. Name your favorite plants, give them special care and attention, and they might even flower for you.

Viridi is free to try and comes with your choice of plant assortment. If you think it has a place in your life, you can buy your favorite plants from the in-game nursery for just a few cents a piece. Remember to visit the nursery occasionally for your weekly free seeding!

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"Designed to be the ideal happy place game ... Viridi is a primer, a simulation, and a love letter to this branch of botany, all rolled into one"
- Fast Company

"Yes, you do need an ultra-zen video game about growing succulents ... tending to these digital plants offers a seriously calming experience"
- The Huffington Post

"The most chilled out and peaceful game I've ever seen"
- Upworthy

"In addition to learning about real-life varieties of succulents, what you are learning when you play games of this type is how to create a quiet, mindful moment in your day using unusual tools"
- National Geographic

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Viridi was made by: Zoe Vartanian, Isa Hutchinson, Badru, & Michael Bell

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Nurture a small pot of succulents that grow in real time. Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever, and wherever you need it. While not fully realistic (they're very forgiving), your succulents will require some maintenance and can die from over- or under-watering.

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Access to a range of Sensory Live! full screen web apps

Apps can be installed

Windows PC, Chromebooks, Macs, Tablets

Switch Accessible

Early Learning

Speech Therapy

Digital Art

Switch Games

Go toSensory Apps Live Free Sensory Live Apps

"Point and Speak" cursor tracking

Automatic proof-reader

listen to Microsoft documents, PDF files, web pages

Novel "underline-highlight" with TTS

Extra Windows accessibility

Premium text to speech voices

Optical character recognition

Sensory reading Ruler & Tint

Go toSensory Readable Read More

Range of proven communicator templates

Open Board Format (.obf or .obz)

Open Source

Many access control input methods

Global Symbols integration

Use on tablet, PC or phone

Windows, iOS and Android

No internet required to run

Go toPiCom Communicator Free on App Stores

Sensory App House creates apps for learning support, coordination ,relaxation, fun, art, communication and speech therapy. Our apps can be used by professional therapists and educators to help younger people with visual, reading, speech development and sensory issues.

Our apps have been mostly for free, and we are delighted to have had over 4 million downloads over the years. Thanks for your support!

We have a strong understanding of disabilities and difficulties, and make apps to help assist, even in the smallest of ways. Many of the cause and effect and communication apps are fully switch accessible.

We develop for many platforms - iPads/iPhones, Chromebooks, Android, Web Apps, Windows and Mac. Please contact us about licensing and partnerships.

Sensory App House was founded by Professor Paul Blenkhorn and Dave Stevens, who also both co-founded reading and writing assistive software specialist Claro Software Ltd.

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We try to design the apps to be easy to use - simple settings, no adverts or data collection

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Many of our apps have been free for end users from the main app stores. We aim to keep our apps free or low cost

Innovative

We try to innovate in creating accessible Sensory apps, exploring the new possibilities and supporting all access hardware devices

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We aim to listen and understand, and are flexible in our partnerships. Please contact us with any feedback or queries.

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This website is designed to use music to help people reconnect with their most powerful memories. Evidence shows that music can help people - including those living with dementia - to feel and live better. Create a playlist and take part in our survey to help us discover the nation’s favourite music memories.

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Free Internet Radio - For music, sport and podcasts

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Enjoy your audio exactly where, when, and how you want. TuneIn is available on hundreds of home, car, and portable devices, and works with Alexa and Google Home.

Find your next passion, start your next binge. Get the scoop from expert tastemakers, and personalized suggestions based on your interests.

Wherever you are, whatever you want to hear, Hear Here.

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TuneIn | Free Internet Radio | Live News, Sports, Music, Audiobooks, and Podcasts

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This app supports communication for children who have difficulties in verbal communication. All cards include voice sound files so children can learn how to pronounce. You can also make your original card with original picture and recording to expand your knowledge. You can not only indicate your emotion/intention, but also learn vocabularies and grammar at the same time.

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The App for Indicating Emotion & Intention with Cards

Communication Through Picture Cards

This app supports communication for children who have difficulties in verbal communication. All cards include voice sound files so children can learn how to pronounce. You can also make your original card with original picture and recording to expand your knowledge. You can not only indicate your emotion/intention, but also learn vocabularies and grammar at the same time.

Born from the Needs of Classrooms

Card Talk was developed from the actual cards used in LITALICO classrooms. Now everybody can use these special cards to learn communication anywhere, at anytime. The app has been improved over and over based on the feedbacks from classrooms. (*LITALICO classrooms are run by teachers and professors who specialize in kids development and education.)

200 types of cards for everyday use

You can also create your original cards.
The app supports multiple languages.

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Best Autism Apps for iPad, iPhone & Android in 2020

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This list of mobile autism apps for kids has been compiled to help those living with autism and their families navigate daily challenges, enhance learning, and educate themselves around autism specturm disorders. Only the best apps for autism were selected.

These apps are designed for use by individuals with autism aged from two years old to adults. Links to the app developer's websites as well as to iTunes and the Google Play store have been attached for easy navigation.

Educational Apps for Autism

This list of educational apps covers a variety of academic subjects. Autism read and write apps are also featured which help develop your Childs potential. Most of these apps are formatted to be played as games with the help of fun mascots.

Autism Education (AutEdu)

Android rating: 5
Categories: Educational, Behavioral Intervention, Autism Awareness

This great app is good for teaching communication between families and their child's teacher to ensure harmonious home and school interventions. The child's data help educators see a larger picture of their student's life and behavioral patterns.

Autism iHelp - Sounds

iOS rating: 5
Android rating: 5
Categories: Educational

Autism iHelp - Sounds integrates auditory and visual stimuli. It emphasizes connecting images with their accompanying sound.

Autism Read & Write Pro

Android rating: 5
Categories: Educational, Speech

This is the full version of Autism Read & Write. This application is intended to help children learn the basics of reading and writing.

Autism Communication Apps

This section contains specific communication and speech therapy apps for children with nonverbal autism. They are designed to help children develop preliminary language skills and communicate with those around them. Many of these apps use social stories, PECS and are customizable to your child's skill level.

Proloquo2Go - Symbol-based AAC

iOS rating: 4.8
Categories: Social Skills, Speech

Proloquo2Go provides a voice to individuals who cannot speak. It is designed to promote language development and grow communication skills. Its innovative features support users, parents, teachers, and therapists and allow quickly personalization of the vocabulary and settings.

Autism & PDD Comparatives/Superlatives Lite

iOS rating: 5
Categories: Games, Speech, Educational

Buddy Bear helps children compare and contrast items as well as learn descriptive vocabulary and morphological word endings Five interactive stories develop joint attention, reciprocity, and early language skills.

iOS rating: 5
Categories: Speech

Avaz Lite is an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app that provides a voice for autistic children. It is one of the few free communication apps for autism. The app also offers in app purchases .

Social Stories and Social Skills App

Social skills can be especially hard for a child on the spectrum to master. The apps listed below cover a variety of situations and interactions a child may have and offer solutions children can practice through games.

i Create... Social Skills Stories

iOS rating: 5
Categories: Educational, Functional Skills, Health Tracker, Behavioral Intervention, Social Skills

i Create... Social Skills Stories is an application with the ability to customize sequential steps of a storyline for individuals who need help building their social skills. The app is designed to make unlimited personalized social skill story books.

ABA Flash Cards & Games - Emotions

rating: 4.5
Categories: Educational, Social Skills

Description: This app provides children with a simple and fun way to recognize 100 emotions. Users are taught how to understand and respond to these emotions once they have been identified.

Functional Life Skills

Functional skills encompass activities of daily living, including cooking, going to the store, and completing other daily tasks. This list provides apps for a variety of situations with which your child may need additional support. The apps offer ways children with many learning styles to become confident in their functional skills.

Daniel Tiger for Parents

This app helps children with autism learn more life skills. It helps develop areas such as sharing, trying new foods and working with emotions. Designed for parents and caregivers of kids with ASD

Aiko & Egor Animation 4 Autism

Aiko & Egor displays simplified animation and engaging underwater characters and is intended to be watched together by children with autism and their family members, but is appropriate for many developmental levels and can be enjoyed by all children.

Autism Game Apps for Kids

These android, iphone and ipad games for autistic children are designed for children with special needs in mind. Most of them offer sensory experiences children on the spectrum will not find overwhelming. Many incorporate characters and games children already know and love. Some of these autism games also offer free downloads.

Dr. Panda Beauty Salon

In Dr. Panda Beauty Salon, you can paint faces and nails, make necklaces, dress-up different customers, and even pluck nose hairs with a cute cast of animal friends in over 11 different minigames. Basic hygiene activities like face washing and nail-clipping are combined with the fun of face painting and painting nails.

MouseTrial

Android rating: 5
Categories: Games, Entertainment, Educational

Based on the Discrete Trial Training methodology, MouseTrial provides a positive learning environment, especially for children with special needs or who are on the autism spectrum. It uses sounds, simple uncluttered graphics, and prompts to help your child learn at their own pace while encouraging further skill development in recognition, concentration, and cooperation.

Infant Zoo LITE: Visual Stimulation for Babies

rating: 4.4
Categories: Entertainment, Educational

Infant Zoo features high-contrast illustrations, engaging animal sounds, animations, and stimulating bubbles. Designed specifically for newborns and young babies. Infant stimulation can help improve your baby's attention span, memory, and curiosity. Research has shown the secret to infant visual stimulation lies in high-contrast colors and the benefits of this app help calm your baby as well as increase concentration skills and stimulate the creation of brain cell connections.

Magic Fluids Free

With Magic Fluids, users can touch the screen and create beautiful motions of colorful smoke and water. The app comes with 20 configurations presets with the option for users to create their own.

Behavioral Intervention Plan

I'm On It: Focus Timer for ADHD & ASD

Android rating: 4.4
Categories: Functional Skills, Behavioral Intervention

This timer app helps anyone who struggles with staying focused on tasks, particularly those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, or ADD) as well as people working through the unique challenges of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Autism Tracker Pro: Track and Analyze ASD

rating: 4.3
Categories: Functional Skills, Health Tracker, Behavioral Intervention

With this app, you can track what matters to your child and your family. It uses a visual calendar to share individual events or entire screens with your team using Dropbox, email, or Twitter and track several persons on one device.

Autism Early Intervention App

Android rating: 4.3
Categories: Behavioral Intervention, Educational

Autism Early Intervention is a study tool covering English, perception, daily living skills, and general knowledge. In the app students can benefit from visual cues, tactile tracing, and audio information.

Autism Solutions

iOS rating: 5
Categories: Educational, Behavioral Intervention

This administrative and informative app helps families book appointments while having access to cutting-edge research in the meantime. This app for autism features videos, websites, and articles.

Math apps for autistic students

Autism math apps are designed to help children build a foundation for their math skills as young as two years old. Many of these apps are suited for use in the classroom as well as at home.

Dino Tim Full Version: Basic Math for Kids

Description: In this app, kids in preschool age (3, 4, 5 and 6 years old), primary school, and kindergarten will learn basic math skills with little effort and a lot of fun. Multiple laguages are available and kids will enjoy playing in exciting adventures.

Autism Support Group Apps

Seeking support is an act of self-care and necessary for all parents at different times. These apps offer support specifically for parents and caregivers of children with autism.

Autism Parents Social Network

iOS rating: 4.2
Categories: Support Group

MyAutismTeam is a free, password-protected social network and support group. Features include: post and read updates about the daily ups and downs, get/give instant hugs, likes, and comments of support, search the Q&A section/ask and answer questions, and find others near you.

Autism Awareness

iOS rating: 5
Categories: Behavioral Intervention, Educational, Support Group, Autism-Friendly Place Tracker

This app allows users to find nearby autism treatment centers for speech, behavioral, occupational, ADHD and ABA therapy. It also allows you to find local support groups wherever you are in the world as well as read local and global current news on autism.

Games Apps for autistic children

These games are all about recreation and designed for children with autism in mind. Most of them offer level-ups and score trackers and require the problem-solving skills found in traditional games.

Sensory

iOS rating: 4.3
rating: 4.7
Categories: Games, Entertainment

Description: Sensory is a 100% free multitouch enabled app. Users can touch the screen to trigger a particle effect, spawn new particles, and have up to 10 touchpoints active simultaneously. It's a great app that is made specifically for children on the autism spectrum.

Animals Puzzle for Kids

Android rating: 4.5
Categories: Functional Skills, Games, Entertainment, Educational

Description: Animals Puzzle for Kids is a fun animated puzzle game for toddlers. This puzzle game helps your kids develop matching, tactile, and fine motor skills while playing more than 90 different Animals Puzzles.

Health Management Apps

This collection of apps for autism can help parents and caregivers track their child's health and behavior through data input. Families can track trends and gain a big picture view of a child's health.

First Then Visual Schedule

rating: 3.5
rating: 4.1
Categories: Behavioral Intervention, Health Manager

First Then Visual Schedule is designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support. For individuals with communication needs, developmental delays, autism, or those who benefit from a structured environment; visual schedules serve to increase independence and lower anxiety during transitions through different activities. You can customize your schedule, and you can even record your voice to offer the user reminders.

Chronaly: Powered for Autism

Description: Chronaly (Powered for Autism) captures key lifestyle information like medication taken, different types of behaviors, and activity levels. All information collected can be shared with trusted healthcare professionals and teachers. Features include Profile, Diary, Goals, Sharing, and Visualization.

Autism Awareness and News Apps

This collection of apps offers those who love someone with autism multiple ways to promote an understanding of autism and stay up-to-date on the latest autism research and news.

Otsimo - Autism Education

Description: Otsimo child is a platform designed specifically to educate children with autism and learning disorders. It contains dozens of educational games and free basic AAC. Educational games are developed by applying the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) technique.

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Best Autism Apps For iPad, iPhone and Android in 2020

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20 Best Apps for Kids with Autism (+ Parents) in 2022

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Apps for Autism | Autism Related Apps - Autism Connect

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NHS guide to autism. Find out what autism is and what the common signs are. Get help and advice if you or your child are autistic.

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For anyone who struggles to hear conversation in noisy places, Chatable will help. Chatable AI removes background noise and provides clear and loud speech.

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For anyone who struggles to hear conversation in noisy places, Chatable will help. Chatable AI removes background noise and provides clear and loud speech. Use Chatable with AirPods, wired headphones or MFi Hearing Aids. Try for free today.

***App of the Day*** and ***Apps we Love*** in over 170+ countries, ***Editors Favourite in China***

"Chatable will be majorly life changing for many people." - European Audiologist of the Year, Paula Cooke

What is Chatable for?
- Hearing one to one conversation in noise, such as in cafe, bars, restaurants
- Improve attention and focus (for example in the classroom / lecture hall)
- Listening to the television or the radio
- Hearing through facemasks
- Enhancing your hearing aid / cochlear implant
- Reduces listening effort
- Improves speech processing
- Reduces reliance on lipreading
- A backup hearing aid

Chatable is easy to set up and use, with no hearing test, doctor appointment, or audiologist calibration needed.

How to use Chatable
Use your iPhone as a remote microphone.
Connect your AirPods, Headphones or MFi Hearing Aid.
Place the iPhone on the table in front of the person you want to listen to.
Chatable will then provide clear and loud voice, and you control with a simple slider the amount of background noise you'd like to hear or remove.

Who will Chatable help
Anyone who is struggling to hear speech, particularly in noise:
- Mild, moderate, severe, profound hearing loss
- Processing and learning disorders such as ADHD, APD and Dyslexia
- Communication and behaviour disorders such as Autism (ASD) / Aspergers

For neurodevelopmental and processing disorders, we recommend you use noise cancelling headphones with the app for optimal experience.

Do I need a hearing test?
Chatable works without any prior hearing test, and you will not take a hearing test, to use Chatable.

Can I use with or instead of my hearing aid?
Chatable can be used instead of a hearing aid to help you hear speech or used with MFi hearing aids to enhance speech in noise.

About Chatable AI technology
Chatable AI v1.0 is the unique fusion of proprietary Deep Learning AI with cutting-edge auditory neuroscience know-how and functions similarly to how a human brain processes speech to make it easier to follow conversation. The advanced Deep Neural Network technology takes in sound, and from it produces a clear, loud and precise voice feeding straight into the ear, indiscernible from the original and without any background noise.

You can see our testimonials here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJMyHV-vL5zefAu7I0x0RDA/videos

"The only app that I can say changed my life! Without this, there is no point in me going to restaurants with family or friends. Brilliant app!" - Andrew

"Finally something that's truly helpful for my 16 year old autistic who is also diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety. We tested Chatable last evening and she was amazed at how well she could focus on my voice even though the tv and fan were on. Such an easy way to solve such a big problem" - PieoftheCookie

"I can hear my TV much better at a lower volume than I normally do, so my wife is much happier!" - Created2Win, Chatable user

Chatable uses an auto-renewable subscription, which means it will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. You can go to your iTunes / App Store account settings and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed.

Chatable is not a hearing aid. This is an app that uses the mobile platform for recording audio and replaying audio with or without amplification, or other similar functionalities and that uses the mobile platform to translate unintelligible speech for better clarity.

Read our Terms and Conditions here:
http://chatableapps.com/index.php/mobile-app-terms-and-conditions/
Read our Privacy Policy here:
http://chatableapps.com/index.php/privacy-policy/

Version 1.6.12

General improvements, bug fixes

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Seems to work very well, although I have given it limited use so far. Apparently there is a free version and a paid version (subscription). I feel the paid/subscription is set too high for me, but the features it offers may be worth it.

Hi there, thanks for your feedback. We believe everyone should have the chance to use the app, which is why we have a free version available to all. The cost of a monthly subscription for the paid Chatable version is less than the cost of a coffee a day for a week!

Best

Wow I Wish This had been here Sooner

I had to have the TV up so loud that my wife was being deafened. Now she is asking me if I can hear it as it is too low for her to hear. Chatable has made so much difference to my daily life that after one day of free usage, I just had to get a lifetime subscription. My hearing aid has become more or less redundant. I rely so much on this app, that, now, I wouldn't be without it. Conversation is so much clearer instead of people mumbling in mixed up voices. Just get used to where you need the sliders for your amount of hearing loss and you are away. Thank you so much Chatable, you are a life saver. Dave. Cambridge

Thanks so much for the review Dave, really appreciated, and we're delighted that the app has had such a profound effect. Thanks also for sending us ideas on improvements we can to the app - we're working on them :-)

Very Good App

This app is very good, very impressed with how it works. Was skeptical at first because it's very hard to cancel out background noise, that's my main complaint with a hearing aid. Finally! Background noise isn't so prominent with this app I can hear what people are saying to me rather than hearing everything else going on. I am very impressed and will be using this when I've left my hearing aid at home or ran out of batteries etc. Very very very impressed well done! Better than hearing aid for the sole reason of I can hear people talking without background noise distorting words! Thank you.

Hi Grace,

Thanks so much for your kind feedback. We are glad you feel Chatable is a great solution to hearing when there's background noise. I have shared your kind note with our team as it inspires us to continue building this app! Best wishes and stay safe!

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Provider

The Hearing Aid App Company UK Limited

Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

Languages

English, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Urdu

In-App Purchases

1. Monthly Subscription £8.99

2. Annual Subscription £59.99

3. Lifetime - One Time Payment £169.99

4. Lifetime - One Time Payment £40.99

5. Lifetime - One Time Payment £10.99

Family Sharing

Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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ClaroCom is designed for AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), available on Android and iOS for iPad or iPhone. An AAC app helps to replace speech or assist writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.

ClaroCom has an easy-to-use user interface that is appropriate for users who face challenges with social communication. ClaroCom helps AAC users to communicate with people outside their family in a variety of social situations.

ClaroCom Pro adds more powerful editing, privacy and communication features to the high-quality speech, user-editable phrases, and word prediction found in the free version of ClaroCom.

"I have lost the ability to speak recently, and Claro Com and Claro Speak have become a life line. The apps work well and are just what I needed. They work great on my iPhone and the small format means I have the ability to communicate in my pocket at all times. I use Claro comm for conversations and Claro Speak is great for pasting and editing parts of a long email in for people to share by voice."
Apple App Store User Review

ClaroCom iOS Features

Writing

Type into the Message Window using the on-screen keyboard. Press the Speak button to have text in the Message Window spoken. An application can also speak each word as it is typed or inserted into the Message Window.

Text in the Message Window can be spoken using the in-built human quality voices. Communicate remotely with ClaroCom Pro. Text in the Message Window can be sent by iMessage and email, and sent to Facebook and Twitter, as well as copied into other apps.

Use the built in Word Prediction and Phrase Prediction to speed up writing.

Create text using the phrase banks to find a phrase. ClaroCom is loaded with some standard phrases. More phrases can be added and any new phrases that are typed can be stored and used again.

Rotate or flip the Android or iOS device and ClaroCom Pro will shows only the message to be communicated in large text the correct way up, perfect when communicating privately. Tipping the iPhone or iPad back reverts the screen back to normal.

Link & chat to iOS device - connect your device to any other device that is also using ClaroCom Pro. You can then chat between the devices using the text that you type or words or phrases that you select. This feature requires bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Word Prediction

Application for AAC has built in Word Prediction when typing into the Message Window. ClaroCom's Word Prediction takes account of word frequency and previous words. There is an initial Word Prediction list loaded on startup, and ClaroCom can learn new words as they are typed if desired.

Phrase Prediction

ClaroCom has the option of Phrase Prediction when typing into the Message Window. The phrases are loaded from the contents of the visible categories and ClaroCom stores new phrases that are typed or added. The predicted phrases appear on a Phrase bar above the keyboard. Phrases can be easily searched for, and bulk phrases can be easily added.

Prediction works with acronyms, so as 'awn' is typed, 'Are We Nearly There Yet?' appears instantly. This is a very fast way to build up and learn a collection of phrases rapidly.

Speak a predicted word or phrase immediately with a 'touch and hold' instead of composing into a message - another faster way to get speech out.

A swipe brings up more phrases and words that can be easily scanned through.

Phrases can include fillable prompts so ClaroCom will know, when the 'I would like ___' phrase is selected, that immediately the user will be asked for the word to complete the phrase.

With ClaroCom Pro phrases and words can be easily imported from files to quickly build complex phrase vocabularies from existing text resources, including files transferred via iTunes.

High-Quality Voices

2 high-quality Nuance Vocalizer voices are included in the Pro edition:

Tom - English (USA)

Samantha - English (USA)

2 high-quality Nuance Vocalizer voices are included in the Pro UK edition:

Daniel - English (UK)

Serena - English (UK)

The voice can be made to speak faster or slower as suits the user. The voice is installed within ClaroCom, so will work when not online and do not use up any expensive data allowance.

Additional voices in other accents are available through in-app purchase in ClaroCom. See our voices page for a full list and samples of voices available to download and purchase.

Font and Colour

Change the font size, colour or use a more-readable font to maximise ease-of-reading, making ClaroCom easily adaptable to different users' needs.

Personal Information

ACC application can be personalised to suit individual users, basic personal information is easily added and will appear in Phrases. ClaroCom Pro can be personalised by setting the user's name and many phrases will pick it up and use it, saving time.

Get it

Free trial version with optional upgrade

Premium version

ClaroCom Comparison Chart

Can't decide which app would best suit you? Check out our comparison chart below to help you decide.

Help and Documentation

Release notes

Latest updates in ClaroCom iOS.

Support Articles

Technical Support website articles.

People

Product Manager & Developer
Aaron

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This Hands Free, Touch Free app will offer complete control over the device through head movements - Intended for those that cannot operate the touch screen by themselves.

** Ideal for people living with paralysis or upper extremity impairments - Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), Cerebral Palsy (CP), and other conditions

** Control any application through head movements **

** Start it up by voice or an assistive switch **

** Introduces powerful voice commands to answer/reject or hang up phone calls

** Highly customizable to fit your needs **

(Supported on Android 7.0 and above)

This completely touch-free experience has been designed by a person with disabilities for people with disabilities. If you cannot move your hands for any reason, Open Sesame will enable you the vast world of mobile, opening up the previously unobtainable world of the hidden treasures of personal communication.

Through this patented technology, users with limited use of their hands gain access to the entire world of apps, which means they can Tweet, post to Facebook, send instant messages, make phone calls, or download any of the other millions of apps and use them Touch-Free.

Let us know if you need help getting started - we are here to help :)

* This app uses Accessibility services.

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We work on behalf of more than 111,000 people in Wales living with sight loss. Our services provide practical solutions to everyday challenges. We work in partnership with organisations across Wales to provide local services.

RNIB Cymru is Wales' largest sight loss organisation. We provide a wide range of services and support to blind and partially sighted people across Wales, as well as campaigning for service improvements and to prevent avoidable sight loss.

Contact us

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Share interests, experiences and support with others who are blind or partially sighted - online, by phone or within your community.
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Seeing AI: Making the visual world more accessible

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Apps and ideas to help people with dyslexia.

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Most smartphones and tablets have built-in accessibility functions which include:

Text to speech

Speech to text

Magnification

Font & display size

AbilityNet - My Computer My Way

AbilityNet have some excellent, easy to use guides on how to make your mobile device more accessible.

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10 iPhone and iPad Apps That Take Accessibility To The Next Level

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In the past, accessibility has been seen as optional or a nice "bonus" feature, but that view is outdated. Here are 10 apps that make life easier for a wide variety of iPhone users.

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Tips and ideas to support people with dyslexia to use smartphones.

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A few weeks ago I was doing some research for a potential smartphone App project at Appware. Without going into details, the objective of the project was to help people who were either dyslexic, or had AHDH or autism. Lots of people with these conditions aren't able to use smartphones effectively or comfortably. They often struggle with glare, discomfort, or blurry words while using them. Help is at hand though as I discovered quite a lot of useful information which I thought was worth sharing here :)

Most people these days use a smartphone that is either Android (typically Samsung, Motorola etc) or an iPhone. I've split this article into sections for each set of users below as the steps to help are different.

So if you use an iPhone read on (otherwise skip to the next section)

iPhone Users
The great news is that if you use an iPhone (or indeed an iPad), it has help for you built into it. This is in the form of a colour screen filter which should make your reading more comfortable and accurate.

To set this up, go to "Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations" and then select Colour Filters. When you switch this on it shows 4 preset colour schemes as well as a "Colour Tint" option. You may want to try one of the presets or create your own prefered colour filter using the "intensity" and "hue" sliders. Once set then everything you do on your phone, regardless of what App you are in, will have this colour filter applied :)

Android users
If you're an Android user (either phone or tablet) then there are some options that may help how readable your phone is. If you go to "Settings > Accessibility" and to the "display" section there are various things you can change. These include colour correction and colour inversion which some people find useful. Unfortunately, there are only a few presets so you don't have full control of a colour filter applied to everything. You can, however, download an App to do this.

Hopefully this helps, and do feel free to let me know how you've got on with these. Or of course if you have any recommendations yourself, please let me know.

Thanks

Richard

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Smartphone Help for People With ADHD, Dyslexia, or Autism

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With the Be My Eyes app, you can support people living with low vision and assist them in achieving independence. A blind or a low-vision user may need support with anything from checking expiry dates, distinguishing colors, reading instructions or navigating new surroundings.

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Whether you need a pair of sharp eyes or have some sight to lend, Be My Eyes is a simple, free tool to help people see the world better, together.

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How to use the LiDAR Scanner for Social Distancing on iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro 2020

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We believe that, wherever they are, everyone has the right to an independent and fulfilling life. Our support, advice and training enables people and their families to build skills, develop confidence, help each other and look forward to a more positive future.

I know that without the support of Henshaws throughout my life I wouldn't be the confident, independent person that I am today."

Tom, Henshaws ambassador & service user

Our work is only possible with the fantastic help of our supporters, fundraisers & volunteers. We'd love for you to join us.

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Assistive Technology for the Blind and Visually Impaired TapTapSee is a mobile camera application designed specifically for blind and visually impaired users, powered by the CloudSight Image Recognition API. TapTapSee utilizes your device's camera and VoiceOver functions to take a picture or video of anything and identify it out loud for you.

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If you are blind, partially sighted or have a print impairment such as dyslexia, EasyReader gives you access to the world's largest collection of accessible book libraries.

With EasyReader, you can browse and download accessible books, then customise your reading experience to suit your needs and your reading preferences.

Access to over 60 accessible book and newspaper services

Easy to use app, designed for readers who are visually impaired or have a neurodiverse condition such as dyslexia

Available on a range of devices, for iOS, Android or Windows

Recommended by the RNIB

Open a world of accessible books and enjoy reading independently with EasyReader.

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Magnifier works like a digital magnifying glass, using the camera on your iPhone or iPad to increase the size of anything you point it at - from a prescription bottle to a candlelit menu. For those who are blind or have low vision and want more information about their physical surroundings, Detection Mode in Magnifier combines input from the camera, LiDAR scanner and on-device machine learning to offer intelligent tools like People Detection, Door Detection, Image Descriptions, Text Detection, and Point and Speak.

If you're standing in a queue, you can use People Detection to determine a person's proximity to you. Door Detection can help you navigate by identifying doors, text and the presence of symbols - such as a toilet symbol, a no-smoking symbol or an accessible-entrance symbol - within a few feet of you. Image Descriptions and Text Detection let you hear more about people, objects, landscapes and text in your camera's field of view. And Point and Speak makes it easier to interact with physical objects that have text, like household appliances, keypads or labels on files. As you point and move your finger over or under different buttons or elements, your iPhone or iPad reads the text out loud, so you can perform everyday activities and tasks with more ease and independence.

Put moments into words.

Match your levels to your location.

Look down for a heads‑up.

Pinch.
Pinch.
Chat.

AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch lets people with upper-body limb differences use their Apple Watch without ever having to touch the display or controls. Using built-in motion sensors and on-device learning, Apple Watch detects subtle differences in muscle movements and tendon activity, letting you control the display through hand gestures like a pinch or a clench. Answer incoming calls, control an onscreen motion pointer, and access Notification Centre, Control Centre and more. You can also use AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch to run shortcuts with Siri to complete tasks or modify VoiceOver and Switch Control settings on your iPhone.

AssistiveTouch for iOS and iPadOS helps you adapt standard gestures - like pinch, rotate or swipe - to make them more comfortable for you. You can make other actions, like changing volume, accessible from the AssistiveTouch menu.

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Make your own calm.

This feature speaks for itself.

Assistive Access makes it easy for people with cognitive disabilities to tailor iPhone and iPad to reduce cognitive load and suit their specific needs. Designed with feedback from individuals with cognitive disabilities and their trusted supporters, this feature helps people focus on the activities they enjoy most and that are foundational to iPhone and iPad - connecting with friends and family, taking and sharing photos, and listening to music.

Assistive Access offers a distinctive interface with high-contrast buttons and large text labels, as well as tools to help individuals and trusted supporters focus the experience in specific apps - Phone and FaceTime (which have been combined into a single Calls app), Messages, Camera, Photos and Music. You can also choose a more visual, grid-based layout for your Home Screen and apps, or a row-based layout if you prefer text.

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Apple products and services have built-in accessibility features to help you connect, create and do what you love in the ways that work best for you.

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OneStep Reader App features the best OCR. Turn print into speech or Braille instantly. iOS 3 now available. | KNFB Reader

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The easy-to-use OneStep Reader app converts any text to speech or Braille instantly and accurately. Its text-to-speech and text-highlighting tools make it valuable for blind, low-vision, dyslexic, and other print-disabled users. How does it work? Simply take a photo of any text, from PDFs to packages to books.

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Group Transcribe provides real-time transcription and translation for in-person meetings and conversations. Powered by cutting edge speech and language technology and with a unique multi-device audio input format, the project enables highly accurate speaker attribution so conversation participants can see who said what in their preferred language.

The app was designed with accessibility in mind. The live transcript enables people who are deaf, hard of hearing, and non-native speakers to participate in conversations fully by follow along in real time. Group Transcribe enables all participants to be more present and focused in meetings with the confidence of a high quality transcript.

The project also allows users to contribute to the advancement and inclusivity of speech and language AI by contributing conversation data through the app. Group Transcribe supports languages spoken in 80+ distinct locales, and every digital donation helps improve the quality of the speech and language models. A core pillar of responsible AI is AI designed to help diverse groups, and the team hopes the project can close the gap with much-needed, quality training data. The app contains granular data controls so users can choose to include conversation data on a case-by-case basis.

Key features
Group Transcribe provides high-quality, real-time transcription and translation

Start a conversation from your phone and easily invite others to join*

Stay focused without taking notes or pushing-to-talk

Follow along with the conversation in real-time in your preferred language

Automatically save the transcript after each session

Browse and view previous transcripts from your home screen

Easily share transcripts with others

Supports languages in 80+ locales

*Each user will need to use their own phone within arm's reach for the highest quality experience

The team has also compiled a detailed FAQ with more details about Group Transcribe project and privacy for any users who have questions about how Group Transcribe collects, manages, and uses data responsibly. Visit the Group Transcribe website for more information.

Group Transcribe supports languages spoken in 80+ locales including: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cantonese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and more

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Aira is an app-based service for the blind and low vision. The Aira app fills the visual information gap for people who are blind or have low vision.

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Glad to find this useful tool for supporting discussions with sighted friends, family and colleagues about sight loss. I have Leber's Congenital Amaurosis. In my case I have complete loss of central vision but have some light perception in the peripheral vision. My understanding is the filter is uniform across the screen. Suggest offering some way to adjust differences in light perception in different parts of the visual field. Some forms of LCA are linked with renal failure.

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Dragon Anywhere professional‑grade mobile dictation makes it easy to create documents of any length and edit, format and share them directly from your mobile device—whether visiting clients, a job site or your local coffee shop.

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Dragon Anywhere, available on Android and iOS

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Speechify: Free Text to Speech & Voice Typing AI Assistant | 55M+ Users

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Synchronous, in vision, sign language translations on any web page for any deaf sign language user.

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I was born Deaf. I'm not oral. My education was in sign language. I can't acquire English even if I wanted to. In what sense is English my second language?!

See Signly ASL in action on Disability Rights Florida's website. Lloyds Bank, one of Europe's most deaf-friendly banks integrated with Signly BSL. Swipe or click text to view sign language.

Fast Facts

1. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are approximately 72 million deaf people worldwide. Collectively, they use more than 300 different sign languages.

2. Sign languages are not merely spoken or written languages conveyed through hand signals; they have unique structural elements.

3. For many deaf individuals, sign language is their primary means of communication, their first language.

4. Lower English proficiency (LEP) can make essential content in written form inaccessible to them.

5. Coupled with a chronic shortage of interpreters, some deaf individuals often find themselves having to rely on friends and family for help.

Through our service, organizations can now easily break down these barriers, providing equal access to content, and reducing the risk of penalties associated with non-compliance. The costs of not addressing this issue are not just financial but social as well.

Using Signly is easy

Its low-code and one-time integration process takes about 10 minutes

Signly captures your homepage text and sends it to Signly Studio

Our proficient deaf sign language translators swiftly record the content in their home studios

Any site updates or new content are checked daily and recorded promptly, ensuring that your content is always accessible

It even provides an option for users to request translations of pages not yet translated.

Imagine having a sign language 'screen reader' for Deaf users just like screen readers for the blind and low-vision users! Signly makes this possible, allowing Deaf customers to self-serve and effortlessly access sign language - an integral part of an organization's operations.

Addressing the often overlooked issue of accessibility for deaf people online, Signly is a game-changer, taking strides to transform your website into a deaf-friendly platform.

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Siri, the personal assistant that helps you get things done. Siri can send your messages, place calls, check your calendar, and more.

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Learn how to use Siri, the intelligent personal assistant that helps you get things done. Siri can send your messages, place calls, check your calendar, and more.

Get started

Go to Settings > Siri & Search and make sure that "Hey Siri" and Press Home for Siri are on. You need an Internet connection through Wi-Fi or cellular data. Cellular data charges might apply.

Ask Siri a question

There are several ways to talk to Siri. You can say "Hey Siri" and ask your question. Or press the Home button, then tap the question mark in the lower, left-hand corner of the Siri screen. To see a list of what you can ask Siri, press the Home button and ask "Hey Siri, what can you do?" Learn more about what you can ask Siri.

Say, "Hey Siri"

You can use Siri without pressing the Home button. First, make sure that "Hey Siri" is on under Settings > Siri & Search > Listen for "Hey Siri." Then say "Hey Siri" and ask your question. For example, you can say "Hey Siri, how's the weather?"

If you have an iPhone 6s or later, or an iPad Pro*, you can use "Hey Siri" whenever you want. If you have an iPhone 6 or earlier, or another iPad or iPod touch model, you need to plug your device into power first.

When you say "Hey Siri," Siri determines which device you're trying to use-just make sure that Bluetooth is enabled on your devices.

Use the Home button

Hold down the Home button until Siri opens, then say what you need.

If you have an iPhone 6s or later, or an iPad Pro*, you can hold down the Home button and make your request as soon as you start holding the button. Release the button to let Siri know when you're done. Siri responds even if Siri wasn't on the screen when you started.

Talk to Siri with your headset

If you're using a headset that has a remote or another type of Bluetooth device, hold down the center button or call button until you hear a chime. Then say what you need.

If you have AirPods, double-tap the outside of either one to activate Siri.

Talk to Siri in your car

In addition to using "Hey Siri," if your vehicle supports CarPlay or Siri Eyes Free, hold down the voice-command button on your steering wheel, then tell Siri what you need. Siri waits for you to stop talking. If you have a touch screen with CarPlay, you can also use Siri by pressing and holding the Home key on the screen. You can tap the audio-wave button to tell Siri you're done talking. This is useful if Siri can't hear you because there's background noise. Opening certain apps like Phone or Messages can also connect you to Siri.

Siri adapts its behavior depending on how you're connected. For example, if you're connected from a wired or Bluetooth headset, from Siri Eyes Free, or from CarPlay, Siri reads your messages so you can approve them before sending.

Change Siri's voice or language

To change Siri's voice, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice. To change Siri's language, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Language. Then choose from the list of languages that Siri speaks and understands.

To change how Siri responds, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Voice Feedback and select an option.

You can use Siri in any country or region, with any of the supported languages. Since Siri is designed to recognize accents and dialects of the supported countries or regions, Siri's accuracy rate will be highest for native speakers. Learn which Siri features are supported in which countries and regions.

Have phone calls announced

The Announce Calls feature is off by default, but you can turn it on and adjust it under Settings > Phone > Announce Calls.

You can have all incoming calls announced, only calls when you're in the car or using headphones, or only calls when you're using headphones.

* If you have an iPhone 6s or later or an iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 10.5-inch, or an iPad Pro (9.7-inch), you can use "Hey Siri" whenever you want. You can also say your request as soon as you start holding the Home button. Release the button to let Siri know when you're done. iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation) doesn't support these features.

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What is Bixby Vision and how do I use it?

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Think U know: Resources for different age groups, parents and carers- can be used to run age appropriate online safety sessions

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The National Crime Agency's CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online child sexual abuse.

We do this through our education programme, providing training, resources and information to professionals working with children, young people and their families.

I am:

Respecting me, you, us: building healthy relationships and creating positive cultures is a CEOP Education resource for 12 -14 year olds developed in association with clinical psychologist, Dr. Elly Hanson.

Under 18 and worried about online sexual abuse?
To report, click to visit the CEOP Safety Centre.

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The CEOP Education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Education Team aims to protect children and young people aged 4-18 from online child sexual abuse.

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take control of your data

What are digital traces?

Through your computer, mobile phone, and other digital devices, you leave behind hundreds of digital traces (also called data traces) every day: bits of information about you that are created, stored, and collected.

When your digital traces are put together to create stories about you or profiles of you, these become your digital shadows. These can give others huge insight into your life; and they can also be totally wrong. Either way, once they're out there, they are almost impossible to control....

We leave hundreds of digital traces every day. What are they and how do we create them?

Once digital traces are created, they usually leave our immediate control and land up in the hands of others.

A closer look at the often-made claim that "effective anonymisation is possible".

We're being followed around the internet, and tracked through our mobile phones. What personal data are companies and institutions collecting, and what for?

GO: SEE HOW YOUR DATA IS BEING COLLECTED

"SO WHAT? I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE"

"I've got nothing to hide"; "It's just the internet"; "But I'm just one in millions".....and four more.

How to change settings, block trackers, and choose usable alternative tools.

Investigations
into the data society

We live in a world currently suffering from an extreme case of Obsessive Collection Disorder. What is actually going on? Where do we fit in? What does all of this mean for us? This section takes a deeper, more in-depth look at things.

Who is reading over your shoulder when you read the news online?

More to come......

Watch this space!

Stuff We Like

Resources on privacy from other excellent organisations and individuals:

40 maps that will help you better understand where the internet came from, how it works, and how it's used by people around the world.
-Timothy B. Lee

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Family members of online daters are being urged to help protect their relatives from becoming a victim of romance fraud, as new figures show almost £92 million has been lost through dating scams this year alone.

Could you recognise a cloned company scam? Criminals are copying real websites to steal savings.

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Samsung Galaxy Phone Hearing Enhancement Features

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Having a hearing impairment doesn't mean you need to miss out on alerts from your phone. You can still enjoy great sound quality when receiving an email, playing a game, or using a hearing aid. Your phone offers Hearing enhancements if you find it difficult to hear, so you can adjust the audio to suit your needs.

Note: Available screens and settings may vary by wireless service provider, software version, and phone model.

Amplify ambient sound: Using your headphones, you can increase the volume of conversations around you. Tap the switch to turn this on, and the Accessibility icon (it looks like a person) will appear in your navigation bar.

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Having a hearing impairment doesn't mean you need to miss out on alerts from your phone. You can still enjoy great sound quality when receiving an email, playing a game, or using a hearing aid. Your phone offers Hearing enhancements if you find it difficult to hear, so you can adjust the audio to suit your needs.

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You can use Translate to translate words and phrases in up to 11 languages. You can also save translations for quick access, get definitions for translated words and download languages so you can use them offline.

How to translate words and phrases

How to use Translate to have a conversation

When Automatic Detection is turned on, Translate will detect which of the two selected languages is being spoken and translate to the other language. The app translates the language it hears automatically so that you can carry on a conversation with someone.

To have a conversation with someone:

1. Open Translate and choose your two preferred languages.

2. Tap the Microphone button , then start speaking. When the app detects that you've finished speaking, it translates what you said into the other language.

3. Tap the Microphone button and ask the other person to speak. The app will detect when they've finished speaking and translate into your language.

If you want to hear the translation again, tap the Play button .

You can make the translations larger, so it's easier for others to read. Just turn your iPhone sideways and tap the Maximiser button . The screen Maximiser won't work if you have Portrait Orientation Lock turned on.

How to download languages to use offline

To translate without an Internet connection, you can download languages to your iPhone. Here's how:

1. Open Translate, then tap a language box at the top.

2. Scroll down until you see Available Offline Languages.

3. Tap the download icon next to the language.

4. Tap Done.

When you download a language to use offline, it may take up space on your iPhone. You can remove a downloaded language whenever you like. Repeat steps 1-2, then swipe left over the language and tap Delete.

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Our English- speaking line is 0333 150 3456

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Publications in Welsh

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This is me - Dyma fi (bilingual)

'This is me' is a simple leaflet for anyone receiving professional care who is living with dementia or experiencing delirium or other communication difficulties
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The dementia guide (Welsh)

The dementia guide is for anyone who has recently been told they have dementia. It will also be useful to the friends and family of someone with a recent diagnosis.
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Factsheets in Welsh

Beth yw dementia? / What is dementia? (400WEL)
PDF printable version

Beth yw Clefyd Alzheimer? / What is Alzheimer's disease? (401WEL)
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Beth yw dementia fasgwlaidd? / What is vascular dementia? (402WEL)
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Gofal seibiant yng Nghymru / Respite care in Wales (W462WEL)
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Factsheets for Wales, in English
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Computers, smartphones and tablets are increasingly prevalent in just about everyone's life these days and with the use of the right websites, apps and services they can be valuable tools in helping one to live well with hearing loss.

With new services and apps popping up just about every day, we cannot hope to cover everything that's out there on this one page however we have attempted to curate a selection of what we believe to be some of the most useful options.

Featured App - Chatable

Chatable is a new ground-breaking app that reproduces the voice of the person talking to you during one-to-one conversations, but louder and clearer, while simultaneously reducing background noise, such as music, hubbub, reverberation, and other sounds.

Read more below.

Telephone calls

Making telephone calls is often an issue for people with hearing loss. The apps presented here are options that turn the speech of the call into text that you can read.

Relay UK (previously known as NGTS) is an updated replacement for the Text Relay service from BT which has been operating in the UK for several decades. The primary difference from the older service is the ability to make calls using smartphones as well as landlines enabling use of the service when away from your household phone. The calls are captioned by relay operators who sit in the middle of the call and type up the responses of the person you are calling. Calls are typically charged as part of your standard phone contract or pay as you go service.

The service is provided via an app available on both Apple and Android devices. For more detailed information about this service, please visit our Relay UK information page.

This is another app designed to facilitate phone calls for hard of hearing individuals by captioning the content of the call in real time. Unlike the Relay UK service, the calls are captioned via a computer voice recognition system rather than a live person in the middle which may be preferable to some.

RogerVoice operates over an internet connection so an active WiFi or 3g/4g data service is required on your phone to make & receive phone calls. The service is free to use between users of the app which is great if you can get your family/contacts to install the app on their phones, however calls to standard phones (ie those not using the app) will require the purchase of a call plan. These advanced plans also give access to a "Roger Number" which can be given out in place of your normal number to ensure that all calls go through the RogerVoice app.

Speech-to-text

Speech-to-text apps and services are designed to aid communication by converting what is being said into text on your phone, tablet or laptop. The apps listed here do this with computer voice recognition software and usually require an active internet connection to function. While all the apps/services listed here will work with built in mics on your devices, we recommend looking into inexpensive external mics to maximise recognition accuracy.

A speech to text accessibility app from Google, produced in collaboration with Gallaudet University. The app is provided free of charge and boasts impressive recognition abilities with a customisable user interface giving the option to set the displayed text size and background colour. The ability to use external wireless microphones such as those found on bluetooth headsets is also provided in the app settings once the device is paired up; this would allow the speaker to sit at a distance from you while you read the display on your phone. The service requires an active internet connection in order to function.

Currently only available for Android devices at this time, you can find out more at https://www.android.com/accessibility/live-transcribe/

This is not an app that can be installed on your phone or tablet, but rather is a website that one can visit in Google Chrome web browser and immediately start using without any need for installation or set up. We have found accuracy to be very good provided that the speaker talks clearly and at a reasonable pace.

The downside to the service is that it will not currently work in mobile or tablet browsers and must be used with the desktop version of Google Chrome. However, the service does not require powerful computer hardware to function and any cheap/small laptop or Chromebook will work great. We have also had success with inexpensive Windows tablets with Google Chrome too.

Use of the website & service is completely free and is useable in a number of scenarios beyond one on one conversation - visit the website for more information.

A voice recognition app from Geemarc with versions for both Android and Apple devices. The Android version has the advantage of being completely free to use with unlimited use of the service, while the Apple version requires payment for blocks of minutes.

Available only on Apple devices, this app is completely free to use and unlike most others in this category it operates on a push to talk basis - in other words, it provides captions only while the red button on-screen is touched so may be useful for short burst of captioning at moments where it is needed rather than ongoing. Other useful features include the ability to scale the text produced up to rather large sizes for those whose eyesight may struggle with other apps.

This is a speech-to-text app with some sophisticated features beyond what most other apps provide, in particular the group conversation ability. In this mode, all those involved in a conversation can add Ava to their own phones, join the Ava conversation group and speak. The text of what they say will show up on the screens of everyone involved along with their name. Ava also works in simple single display mode too much like the apps mentioned earlier. Ava does require payment for the use of the service past a certain number of minutes used each month although only the person "hosting" the conversation needs to pay - the others can join free of charge.

While primarily intended for meeting transcription or note taking, Otter Voice will also work very well as a personal speech to text app. While an account is required to use the app, the basic plan comes with 600 minutes free per month. Each individual chat session is limited to 40 minutes of transcription but one can simply start a new recording session as one reaches the limit. By default, the recording interface is not ideal for reading as someone is speaking to you as the text size is quite small. However in the top right corner of the display is an icon with two diagonal expanding arrows - tapping this will put the app into a dedicated text display mode wherein the size of the text can be increased or decreased as desired. One should be aware that the conversations are saved in the app both as a transcription as well as a sound recording, so it may be worth remembering to delete those afterwards as needed.

Sound loudness measurement

These apps can be used to measure the loudness of sounds around you, for example in restaurants, bars or similar venues. One should note that the figures generated by these apps are not equivalent to a properly calibrated decibel meter, but can nonetheless serve to give some approximation.

Another possible use could be for practicing voice control in cases of hearing loss where one can no longer reliably judge the loudness of one's own speaking voice. Typical methods of learning voice control involve feeling the vibration of the throat but the use of one of these apps can give objective, visual feedback too.

Android only, but free (ad supported). Displays a needle meter as well as digital number for loudness.

Available on Apple and Android devices. Free (ad supported).

Sound amplifiers

The apps in this section are geared towards using your phone for sound amplification and clarity. They are not replacements for hearing aids and are designed to be used with earphones or headphones. Could be handy in a pinch if you run out of batteries in your hearing aids!

Chatable is an app for iOS(Apple) and Android devices which uses the computing power of your phone for sophisticated AI enhanced processing of sound, reducing background noise and enhancing speech in difficult listening situations. The app works much like a remote microphone, wherein the phone is placed close to the persons speaking and you listen using a pair of wired or bluetooth headphones. This app could also very useful to have installed in case of emergency situations with your usual hearing devices (lost, broken or batteries gone flat) until you can resolve the problem. Those with compatible hearing aids and cochlear implants may also be able to send the processed sound from Chatable into their devices (please note that you may require additional equipment from the manufacturer of your hearing devices in order to do this)

The app is suitable for any level of hearing loss with volume boost and background noise adjustable settings and could prove very helpful at this time, especially when talking to people wearing face masks in places such as hospitals, supermarkets, and even in pubs and restaurants. Some have even found the speech enhancement capabilities useful when watching television at home.

There is a free and a paid for version of the app, the difference being how much you can modify the volume and level of background noise. Download for Apple or Android, and check phone compatibility here.

Easy to use interface and provides a pleasant amplification and clarity.

Other useful apps

Apps and services that don't neatly fit into any of the previous categories, but which can be helpful for managing hearing loss issues.

An online service that helps you to send feedback and resolve complaints with business and service providers. It's a great way to avoid the usual call centre mazes and stress.

This might seem like an unusual entry on this page, but it has one very nice feature that can be useful for those with hearing loss. If you search for a business (café, restaurant etc), and click on its pin on the map further information will appear on the left. Looking down that area you will often see a section labelled "Popular Times". This is great for judging when might be the least busy, and therefore (hopefully) the quietest time to visit that establishment.
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If you've just picked up a new Samsung smartphone, you might be curious what the purpose of Bixby is. Bixby is Samsung's native virtual assistant that supports touch, tap, and voice commands.

For recent Apple-to-Samsung converters, think of this as Siri for Samsung. That being said, Bixby is a little different from other virtual assistants, and a lot of new users are unsure of how they can use it. Learning more about Bixby will help you get more out of your Samsung phone. Getting started is very easy, and you can adjust some settings to personalize your experience with Bixby.

Getting started with Bixby and Bixby Voice

Pulling up Samsung Bixby and Bixby Voice couldn't be easier. The Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, S10e, S9, Galaxy S9 Plus, Note 9, Galaxy S8, and Note 8 range all feature a dedicated Bixby button on the left side, just below the volume rocker. Tapping on it brings up Bixby Home, the assistant's hub and setup screen.

If you're using the Galaxy Note 10 or 20 range, the Galaxy S20 range, or the latest Samsung Galaxy S21 line, then you may have noticed you don't have a Bixby key. Don't worry - it's still easy to use Bixby. Just press and hold your Power button, and Bixby will pop up.

Changing settings

There's more to Bixby than a single app or screen. The Galaxy S21 range ship with all three incarnations of Samsung's Assistant: Bixby Home, Bixby Vision, and Bixby Voice. Unfortunately, that means Bixby's settings are spread across these different sections of Bixby. Here's the general gist of which settings you'll find where.

If you swipe right across your home screen to access Bixby Home, you can access the settings for your interactive cards by tapping the Three Dots in the top-right and hitting Cards. From here, you can add the cards you want to see or take away those you don't. Tapping Settings via the same three-dot menu not only allows you to change the email address your Bixby Home is tied to but also allows you to change your content providers - specifically, it allows you to send location data to a couple of apps to provide customized and helpful data. At the moment, this is restricted to Uber and Fourspace - so you can see where you can check-in or how long it'll take to get an Uber from your current location.

Bixby Voice houses most of the settings, and you can access it by tapping your Bixby Key or by long-pressing your Power button. Tap the Three Dots again, and you'll find a wealth of further options, including Tutorials, Quick Commands, and Settings. Settings allows you to change everything from your voice style to whether Bixby responds when your phone is locked. Quick Commands allows you to tie actions and phrases together. For example, you could set the assistant to turn off all lights and set an alarm when you say, "I'm going to bed."

Crucially, it also contains options for changing the Bixby Key's use. If you don't like Bixby and you just want to get rid of it, you can remap the Bixby key. While you used to be able to disable the Bixby key, that's not been possible since the One UI Android 9.0 Pie update, and Bixby-haters have been forced to relegate Samsung's artificial intelligence (A.I.) to a double-press of the key.

Bixby Voice

Bixby Voice is like Siri on steroids - in fact, it can rap insults at Siri in Korean. Not only that - it's also built to adapt to a person's manner of speaking rather than the other way around. According to Samsung, the assistant will be able to understand "Show me today's weather," "What's the weather like today?," or "What's the forecast today?" - all variations of the same command.

Once you've installed the software and completed Samsung's Bixby Voice tutorial, you're free to invoke the voice assistant at your leisure. You can activate it by saying, "Hey, Bixby," or by holding down the Bixby button while you talk. If you don't want to look like you're talking to your phone in public, you can talk to Bixby by holding your phone up to your ear, like a phone call.

Bixby can perform tasks like sending text messages via the Galaxy S21's Messages app and responding to basic questions about the weather, upcoming meetings, sports scores, and movie showtimes. But that's just the tip of the iceberg - the voice assistant also works across apps like the Galaxy S21's dialer, plus the settings menus, camera app, contacts list, and gallery.

In addition to the basics, Bixby can also handle complicated tasks like opening an app in a split-screen view, rotating misaligned photos, reminding you where you parked, playing videos on a nearby TV, and composing emails. It can gather all the photos you took last week into a new album labeled "Vacation" and share it with your friends, or take a selfie and text it to someone. And it can perform two-step actions like, "Open Uber and rate my driver five stars," or "Open Instagram and post my most recent photo."

Bixby Dictation comes in pretty handy when you need to jot down quick notes after a meeting or a to-do list for later.

There are also some pretty sweet hands-free functions via Bixby. For example, you can ask Bixby to "read out the latest messages," and it will read you your texts or emails, assuming you use native Samsung apps. In short, Bixby allows you to use your voice to easily complete the most basic tasks on your phone.

Bixby Voice is also customizable - you can change the gender of the assistant on the fly, and it supports shortcuts: You can shorten the lengthy commands you use most often to a single word or phrase.

Samsung says Bixby supports more than 3,000 commands, including app-specific commands on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Uber, Gmail, Google Maps, and more. The company is continually improving the app and adding additional third-party app support and more commands.

Bixby Home

Samsung calls Bixby Home a "social stream for your device," and that's more or less accurate. It's a unified card-like interface of reminders, contextually relevant information, and social media updates - sort of like a cross between Google Now and HTC's BlinkFeed.

Bixby Home can be customized to a degree. You can alter or pin cards by tapping the Two Lines in the upper-right corner of an individual Bixby Home card. If you want to get rid of a card, swipe it to the right, and you can choose to hide it for now, dismiss it forever, or cancel your swipe.

Samsung's default apps supply most of Bixby Home's content. You'll see a local weather forecast, activity stats from Samsung's Health app, and local files in the Music app. If you've linked your Google Calendar and Gmail to your Samsung device, then it'll be able to pull data from those too.

The list of third-party services that support Bixby Home is growing. A Spotify card provides one-tap access to your playlists and music - once you've connected your Spotify account. CNN and Flipboard show trending news stories from around the web. Facebook, Foursquare, and Twitter show the latest updates from your social circles. Uber will show your recent rides.

It even works with Samsung's SmartThings app to serve up buttons that control smart light bulbs and door locks, shortcuts to the apps you use most frequently, and more - all based on the time of day, your location, and other factors.

Using Bixby's other features

Bixby has a lot of features to enjoy outside of just Home and Voice. Here's where you'll find guides for a selection of Bixby's other top features.

Bixby Routines (Galaxy S10 and later)

If you've used IFTTT (If This, Then That), then you have a decent idea of what to expect from Bixby Routines. Simply put, Routines lets you set up Bixby to handle various repetitive tasks by understanding various triggers. It's different from the Quick commands you'll find elsewhere, as Routines pop up automatically when a certain trigger is sensed.

For instance, if you listen to the same Spotify playlist while going to work, then you can set up a Routine that opens Spotify and starts playing a playlist as soon as you connect to the Bluetooth in your car. It's a powerful tool, and even if you don't use Bixby much, it's worth checking out if there's anything you can automate to save yourself time. It's also worth noting Bixby Routines is only available on the Galaxy S10 range and later.

Sounds good? Then let's get started. Setting up Bixby Routines requires turning it on first:

Open your Settings app, scroll down and open Advanced Features.

Toggle the Bixby Routines switch to the on position (blue).

Alternatively, you can turn it on from the notification shade, which is handy if you want to toggle it on or off quickly.

Pull down your notification shade and locate the Bixby Routines icon. You may need to swipe to the left to find it.

Toggle it on. You'll know it's on when it turns blue.

Good work; Bixby Routines is on. But don't close that menu yet, as you'll need it to set up your first routine.

Tap Bixby Routines to open your options.

To get started, you can either select from the preset routines or you can set up a new routine yourself.

To set up a new routine, select the + symbol from the top-right.

Next, you'll want to name your routine and select a trigger - this is your "if this" action.

Tap the + symbol to add your trigger. If you want to set up the pre-mentioned car example, select your car's Bluetooth connection from the list.

Hit Next and the + symbol to move on to selecting your "then" action.

Select Play Music, then Spotify from the list.

That's the simplest way of setting up a Routine. But this is just the start. Want Bixby to read out your notifications as you're driving? You can add that to your Routine, too. What about a Routine that switches on your smart bulbs when you get home? Link it to connect to your home Wi-Fi network. The best way to use Bixby Routines is to start experimenting and find out what you can do. If you're really stuck for ideas, after 14 days, Bixby itself will start to chirp up with suggested routines based on your daily activity.

Bixby Vision

Bixby Vision taps into machine learning and database partnerships to make the camera a little more useful. Bixby Vision recognizes several categories of objects: Place, Text, Image, Food, QR Codes, Wine, and Shopping. You launch it by tapping the Bixby button in the Galaxy S10's camera app or the Bixby Visio n icon on the upper-left side of the camera interface. You can also find Bixby Vision in the Gallery app.

Much like Google Lens or Amazon's Flow, Bixby Vision's Image search tries to suss out whatever's in front of the camera (thanks to Pinterest's Lens Tool) and can serve up information related to its findings.

By default, Bixby Vision opens in Text mode, which allows you to translate a foreign language into your chosen language. It supports a large range of languages and works similarly to other examples of its kind, like Google Lens. Line up the text you want to translate into the box on the screen, and a real-time translation should appear. It can be a little buggy, but we got it to work eventually.

With the Makeup category, you can virtually try on different products from suppliers like Sephora. Once you find the perfect look, you can capture your image, and Bixby Vision will provide you with details and links to the products for purchase. Unfortunately, it's only available on the Galaxy S9 and newer.

Bixby Vision's Places uses FourSquare to identify landmarks and interesting places around you via waypoints if you're ever looking for somewhere to visit or something to do nearby. The Food tool lets you point the camera at food to see calorie information, which can then be added to your Samsung Health app. While it couldn't recognize Pringles, a Clif Bar, or other prepackaged foods in our office, it did manage to identify a pre-made salad; however, it provided laughably inaccurate calorie information.

With Shopping, point the camera at shoes, clothes, or other products, and Bixby will try to find it on Amazon, Nordstrom, and a few other retailers. With Wine, Bixby Vision uses Vivino's database to let you scan wine labels to find more information about the particular bottle in front of you - it works remarkably well.

You can also use Bixby Vision to identify objects or describe images it captures and to recognize and read out text and colors in real time.

Reminders

Because it's not as well known as smart technology like Siri or Google Assistant, it's easy to forget just how powerful and helpful Bixby's are. With these reminders, you can actually flush them out to add things like videos, photos, and other media.

You can turn off reminders or snooze them as needed or adjust them to go off during the day. The reminders are easy to set and forget, so you'll be able to let the app do most of the work for you.

Bixby Marketplace

The Bixby Marketplace is a store that lets you customize your Bixby experience even more. See what you can do with existing services, known as "capsules," or add new ones with ease. All you need to do is push your Bixby key or long-press the power button to open Bixby. Then, swipe toward the left and choose Bixby Marketplace. Once you're in the Marketplace, you can search for specific capsules by trying to search for terms that suit what you need, or you can browse categories or the entire Marketplace to find things that will make your life more efficient.

The future of Bixby

As U.S. laws are changing regarding tech monopolies, Bixby might be taken off of Samsung devices and replaced with Google Assistant. But for now, Bixby is going strong. We don't know what will happen in the near future , but for now, Samsung fully supports Bixby.

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