Welcome to the Top Tech Tidbits App Directory. Below is some quick information that will help you to get the most out of the Directory.
Submissions: If you are the creator or user of an App dedicated to accessibility, adaptive or assistive technology, or any other technology that has been widely embraced by the blind, low vision, deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, neurodivergent and/or disabled communities, and you would like to have that App included in this directory, please fill out and submit this short form.
App Selection: In order for your submission to be included it must be approved by at least 2 out of 3 Tidbits Editors as providing ongoing usefulness to the blind, low vision, deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, neurodivergent and/or disabled communities.
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Ally ⚙️
About this App: Ally, by Envision Technologies B.V., is the most accessible AI assistant, like calling a helpful friend who always picks up, ready to support you, wherever you are. Ally is a groundbreaking AI assistant designed to provide hands-free, intelligent support across the iOS, Android desktop, and the Envision Glasses. 100% accessubile, uniquely peronsl and simply smart, ally provides a seamless, voice and text activated experience, anywhere.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
Aloud ⚙️
About this App: Aloud is a Mac app (macOS 14 Sonoma or later; no iOS or Android version) that reads text out loud with natural on-device voices. Select text in any app and press a shortcut, or open a PDF, screenshot, or web article, and Aloud reads it while highlighting each word so you can follow along. You can change speed mid-sentence, fix pronunciations, and export audio as .m4a. Works offline with Apple or Kokoro voices; no account, no analytics. $19 one-time per Mac, 3-day free trial, no subscription.
Cost: $19 once per Mac.
Anysign ⚙️
About this App: Anysign is a sign language learning app made with native Deaf teachers. It is for people in the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community’s orbit: hearing family, friends, colleagues, and anyone who wants to learn ASL, DGS, or USL properly. Each sign is a real video — handshape, movement, face, and timing — plus a free 1,500-sign dictionary you can search on the phone or the web. Short ~10-minute lessons fit a commute. Free to download on iOS and Android; the dictionary and starter lessons stay free.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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Callio ⚙️
About this App: Callio helps people handle everyday calls to US local businesses through text, without having to speak or listen during the call. Users select a business, type a request and approve the call plan. Callio makes the call in English, navigates phone menus and waits on hold, then returns a written summary and full transcript. Tasks include checking stock, hours, prices and reservation availability.
This text-based workflow may be useful for Deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-disabled people, and others who find phone conversations difficult. Callio is available on iOS and Android, with summaries in English, Spanish and Chinese. It does not provide live relay or let users join the call. Business calls require Premium; the Playground demo is free.
Cost: Free to try; calls to businesses need a paid Premium subscription.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
CaptionMate App ⚙️
About this App: Calls you can see. By being FCC certified and thanks to a federally funded program, CaptionMate provides a free service for individuals with hearing loss that allows users the ability to read both sides of a phone conversation instantaneously. CaptionMate works on smart phones, tablets, and all other phones, even your landline.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
CareClinic Health Tracker ⚙️
About this App: CareClinic Health Tracker is a personal health journal and tracking app for people living with chronic conditions, disabilities, mental-health concerns, and complex care needs. It helps users record symptoms, mood, medications, appointments, and daily wellness information in one place, making it easier to notice patterns and prepare for conversations with clinicians, family members, and caregivers. The app is useful for people who need a consistent, organized way to communicate changing health information over time.
Cost: Free, with ads and in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
Cloud Battery App ⚙️
About this App: Cloud Battery reports the battery levels of your iPod, iPhone, iPad and Mac devices connected to the same iCloud account. The app is free with ads or ads can be eliminated with a one-time app purchase. It must be installed on all devices for which you wish battery status. Background app refresh and iCloud settings specific to the Cloud Battery app must be enabled in order for Cloud Battery to work properly. The app also has widget support. The app is fully accessible to install, configure and use. The app is a benefit for those who have multiple Apple devices since it eliminates the need to physically check each device’s battery status.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Countdown Visual Timer: Kids ⚙️
About this App: Countdown Visual Timer: Kids, by Nuclear Cyborg Corp, is a calm, quiet visual countdown timer for iPhone and iPad made for young children and people on the autism spectrum, with ADHD, nonverbal, or with communication or cognitive delays, for whom hours, minutes and seconds can be abstract. Being able to see time pass helps with transitions and reduces anxiety. No ads and no ticking sounds; the alert can be silent or one of 50+ sounds. A caregiver, ABA therapist or other professional can save custom timer presets, lock out the Stop button and settings while a timer runs, and keep the screen on. Accessibility support includes VoiceOver, Voice Control, Large Text, Differentiate Without Color, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast, and the app is localized into more than 70 languages and locales. Requires iOS 17 or later.
Cost: Free, with in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
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Done Typing ⚙️
About this App: Free AI voice typing and audio-to-text in your browser. Talk in 50+ languages or drop an MP3, M4A, WAV or voice note. No install. Speech-to-text in a browser tab for anyone who finds typing hard. Works on Mac, Windows, Linux and Chromebooks. Files are decoded in the browser, short pieces are sent for transcription, and audio isn’t kept. Free tier; Pro $9.90/month.
Cost: Free, with 30-second recordings (1 minute signed in); Pro is $9.90 a month.
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Envision AI ⚙️
About this App: The free, Envision App uses your smartphone’s camera and AI, to speak out written information, describe surroundings and objects in incredible detail, and even tell you who’s nearby.
Excelling in all kinds of text and object recognition, Envision can read and translate text in over 60 languages. Be it a handwritten birthday card, the ingredients listing on the back of a cereal box or even an entire book.
Key Features:
Instant Text – Read any kind of short text, from food labels, café menus to travel notice boards and subway signs. Hear what you need to know, instantly.
Scan Text – Turn any text into speech with ‘Scan Text’. Be it handwritten cards, newspapers, magazines or even your favorite recipes. Ask questions on the text with the incredible AI-powered Ask Envision assistant.
Library – Dive into that book with ‘Batch Scan’ and listen back at leisure from your ‘Envision Library’.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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Hadley Helps ⚙️
About this App: Seamless access to all of Hadley’s practical solutions, emotional support, and community connections right from your phone or tablet. Watch how-to videos, listen to podcasts, join discussion groups, and more.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
HealStroke: Stroke Recovery ⚙️
About this App: HealStroke is a mobile companion for adults organizing daily life after stroke and the people supporting them. It brings guided practice, medication reminders, progress logs and educational resources into one app. Its store descriptions include speech and language, movement, arm and hand, and thinking activities. HealStroke provides education and self-management support alongside professional care; it does not replace individual assessment, treatment or emergency care. Available for iPhone, iPad and Android, with free download and in-app purchases. Independent screen-reader and accessibility testing have not been established. Published by Stroke Technology, Inc.
Cost: Free, with in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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InclusiveSpeak ⚙️
About this App: InclusiveSpeak is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app that helps non-verbal and minimally verbal children, including children with autism, apraxia, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, communicate. It offers customizable visual boards, text-to-speech, word prediction and progress tracking for families, therapists and schools. Available on iPhone and iPad (iOS 18 or later) and the web. Free tier; paid plans include a 30-day free trial with no credit card, 20% off annual billing, and special pricing for schools and non-profits. InclusiveSpeak is a product of Pulse Real LLC.
Cost: Free, with in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
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Kalam ⚙️
About this App: Kalam is a free, no-account AAC communication board for people who cannot reliably speak, including those living with ALS/MND.
Its fixed-layout board, spelling screen and number screen help users compose and speak messages. Kalam supports touch, keyboard and single-switch scanning, and lets caregivers customize words and phrases.
It works in a browser, can be installed on a device, and runs offline after its first load. Available in English, French and Arabic.
Eye-gaze control is not currently supported.
Cost: Free.
Kyros App ⚙️
About this App: Kyros is an assistive technology app designed to support autistic people and individuals with developmental disabilities in managing daily routines, communication, and activities with greater independence.
Kyros provides customizable visual schedules, routine planning, and step-by-step task sequencing to help users understand what is happening now and what comes next. Users can personalize schedules with icons, stickers, and photos, including familiar family or caregiver images.
The app also includes communication support and caregiver-supported use, allowing routines and visual resources to be adapted to individual needs. Schedules can be exported as PDFs and printed for use beyond the screen, at home, school, therapy, or other daily environments.
Kyros is designed to provide a flexible, personalized visual support system for individuals, families, caregivers, and professionals supporting neurodivergent users.
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Questro ⚙️
About this App: Questro is a browser-based live event tool with AI live captions and real-time translation for deaf and hard-of-hearing attendees. The AI Interpreter turns a speaker’s voice into readable live captions, with a translated line shown under the source text. Captions appear on the venue screen and on a caption link attendees open on their own phones, so people can follow the talk on their own device from any seat. The AI listens in 18 source languages and translates into 69 target languages. Operators can use any microphone the browser can reach and can upload a script, agenda or terminology list ahead of time so names and acronyms come out right. Attendees need no app and no account. Questro is a web app with no iOS or Android app. The same workspace includes moderated audience Q&A, a stage timer and a teleprompter. Free plan, no install. Built by Interframe Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Cost: Free, with a 15-minute AI caption trial; Pro is $19 a month, or $99 for a 7-day event pass.
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Raise To Answer App ⚙️
About this App: Simply hold your phone to your ear to answer an incoming call. When the app detects the phone is near your ear during an incoming call, it will beep 5 times and then answer the call. No ads, no unnecessary permissions and no unnecessary battery drain. Easy to enable and disable. Doesn’t replace your incoming call screen, so you don’t need to learn anything new. This app is Open Source. The source code is available at: https://github.com/TheLastProject/RaiseToAnswer.
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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Seeing AI App ⚙️
About this App: Seeing AI can do much more than just recognize text … It can recognize cash, read a barcode, describe a scene, detect people, and detect color and light. This is free, like Envision.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Sight Buddy ⚙️
About this App: Features: Image Chat: Chat with an AI assistant about your images. Text Chat: Scan printed documents locally and ask questions about the text. Discover Objects: Identify general objects in your immediate surroundings. Find Objects: Locate specific items from our predefined tracking list.
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
SkrivSikkert ⚙️
About this App: SkrivSikkert is a Danish web app with a Chrome extension, built to support people with dyslexia in everyday reading and writing. Improve your own draft with explained corrections, listen to the result before sending it, and ask questions about documents while checking the highlighted source passages behind the answers. The workspace also includes translation and email drafting.
Start with 20,000 free words, without a credit card. Continued free use has limits; optional paid Pro is available. When the AI allowance is used, reading, organizing and exporting remain available while AI features pause until the next month or an upgrade.
Web/Chrome – Download this App
Steadyline ⚙️
About this App: Steadyline is a browser extension for Chrome and Edge (Windows, Mac, ChromeOS, Linux) that makes long text on the web easier to follow. It can emphasize the start of each word to guide the eye, add a reading ruler or focus line that keeps your place, switch pages to a more readable font, and open PDF and EPUB files in a clean reader. Made for readers with ADHD or dyslexia, low vision readers who benefit from reading guides, and anyone who loses their place in dense text. Settings are adjustable per site and nothing you read is sent anywhere. Free: word emphasis and reading ruler. Pro (CA$19.99/yr or CA$24.99 lifetime) adds focus line, readable-font mode, auto-on and PDF/EPUB reader.
Cost: Free, with in-app purchases.
Chrome – Add this Extension from the Chrome Web Store
Edge – Add this Extension from Microsoft Edge Add-ons
StimPad ⚙️
About this App: Stimming soundboard for iPhone and iPad with a sleep timer. Sounds for stimming and settling, with iPad support. Listed by BridgingApps, a program of Easterseals.
Cost: Free, with ads and in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
SuperSense App ⚙️
About this App: Supersense is the smartest and simplest scanner app made for the blind and visually impaired users to read any text format, currency or product details from a barcode independently. With the power of AI, Supersense automatically figures out what you are trying to scan, guides you on how to point the camera, and reads the content in the right format. Its unique design minimizes the time and frustrations of scanning and reading text for a blind and visually impaired user. Full features of Supersense: Smart Scanner: The app automatically detects whether you are trying to quickly read a piece of text, a long document, a currency or a barcode. Smart Guidance: The app guides you on how to point the camera and finds the best angle to have the most accurate results. Quick Read: Instantly read the text presented in front of the rear camera. Document: Read longer documents with the assistance of smart guidance. Once the text has been recognized, use VoiceOver commands to navigate through the recognized text and share it to other apps. Multipage Scanning: Scan documents with multiple pages simultaneously and navigate through the text. Currency: Recognize currencies and hear the value of a banknote. Barcode: Scan barcodes to hear the name and brand of the products with additional information. Object Explorer and Find: Scan your physical environment and hear about the objects that are around. Import: Read and explore text from images and PDF files. Read History: Displays your recognition history in a single screen.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
SuperVision Search App ⚙️
About this App: This app combines magnification with the ability to search for a keyword in the physical world. Search documents, product labels, bank statements, or restaurant menus for your keyword and the app will locate the areas of interest for you. Then you may zoom in to read details. The app can tolerate typos in your keywords and errors in OCR results. A great app for vision impaired who read with magnification.
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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Taptico ⚙️
About this App: Haptic fidget toys for iPhone. Silent, satisfying tactile play with no ads and no account. A $4.99 lifetime unlock opens everything. Listed by BridgingApps, a program of Easterseals.
Cost: Free, with in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
TBoard: Letterboard AAC Typing ⚙️
About this App: TBoard is a typing-first AAC app for nonspeaking and minimally speaking people who communicate by spelling — including autistic spellers who use letterboards. It puts stencil-style letterboard layouts on an iPad or Android tablet and speaks whatever is typed. It was built for the developer’s nonspeaking brother, whose barrier was the touchscreen itself: keys register the moment the finger lands (or on lift, your choice), a tap guard filters accidental repeat taps, targets are large, and every letter can be spoken as it’s typed. Users can build their own boards (letters, words, phrases, symbols, photos) and there are daily spelling lessons plus a lesson builder that turns a photo of a worksheet into a lesson. The letterboard is free; lessons are a subscription. Works with external keyboards.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
ToText ⚙️
About this App: ToText is an iPhone app that turns any recording, such as a lecture or a meeting, into a transcript, a summary and answers to questions you ask about it, which can help learners who are deaf or hard of hearing follow spoken content. It includes a dictation keyboard. Pick the recording language or let it auto-detect. Freemium.
Cost: Free for 60 transcription minutes a month; more minutes need a paid Basic or Pro plan.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
TypeOut ⚙️
About this App: TypeOut is a typing-based AAC app for iPhone. Type, and your phone speaks in the voice you choose; when someone replies, their words appear in large text. Make it your own with 12 interface styles, your own photos as backgrounds, colored phrase buttons, eight AI voices, plus your own custom voice. For teens and adults. Free to download; the built-in iPhone voice is free forever, and cloud-based AI voices require a subscription.
Cost: Free; the more natural AI voices need a paid membership or top-up packs.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
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VDScan (formerly Voice Dream Scanner) ⚙️
About this App: Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export. Unlimited use: no subscriptions or additional charges. State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet and your data stays private. Recognizes text in the following languages: Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. ScanTone, a sound that represents the amount of recognizable text in the camera’s field of view in real time. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze the live feed from the camera for text, angle, rotation, and document edges. Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text. Works with Voice Dream Reader, our full-featured text-to-speech reader. Sends scanned documents directly to Reader. Detailed Feature List: Scanning. ScanTone. Live edges/crop detection. Flashlight. Batch mode for scanning multiple pages quickly. Intelligent auto capture.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
VoiceBloom AAC ⚙️
About this App: VoiceBloom AAC gives nonspeaking people an independent way to express daily wants, needs, and ideas. Built-in usage analytics track activity, vocabulary patterns, goals, and milestones over time, with exportable PDF progress reports for IEP meetings and family conferences. $19.99/month or $199.99/year CAD (10% off at signup), 30-day free trial, no credit card required.
Cost: Free, with in-app purchases.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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Wayaround App ⚙️
About this App: WayAround is the app for your smart device that provides on-demand details about everyday things. The simple tag-and-scan approach lets you quickly and easily identify things around you. It also provides extra details, like how something works or when it expires. Our blog, Youtube channel, and social media pages focus on providing helpful tips and ways that our WayTag NFC tags can assist users in their everyday lives. Find us at: https://www.wayaround.com/blog/ or https://www.youtube.com/wayaround.
iOS – Download this App from the Apple App Store
Android – Download this App from the Google Play Store
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Yap ⚙️
About this App: Yap is voice dictation for Mac and Windows: hold a key, speak, and Yap types your words into any app, including email, documents and chat. It helps people who find typing hard because of RSI, low vision, dyslexia or motor impairments. Speech recognition runs on the computer, so audio is never uploaded, and it keeps working offline for up to 24 hours at a time. 25 European languages, detected automatically. For Mac (Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or later) and Windows 10 or 11.
Cost: Free for 3 days; then $6.90 a month or $69 a year, after a 10-day trial with a card.
Mac and Windows – Download this App from the Yap website
Yap Audio to Text ⚙️
About this App: Free web tool that turns an MP3, M4A, WAV or video file into editable text and SRT or VTT subtitle files, for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers and anyone who needs captions. Speech recognition uses OpenAI’s Whisper model and runs in the browser, so the file is never uploaded. Files up to 60 minutes and 300 MB, English or 99 languages detected automatically, subtitles with real start and end times, editable text. Free, no sign-up.
Cost: Free, with no account or sign-up.
Yap Online Dictation ⚙️
About this App: Free online dictation that stays on your device. Speak and get text you can edit, copy or download as .txt, in your browser with no sign-up and no limit on how many recordings you make (each can run up to 2 minutes). Speech is recognized with the Whisper model in your browser, so your voice is never uploaded. Useful for anyone who finds typing hard. Works in current desktop Chrome or Edge. Web tool by the team behind Yap for Mac and Windows.
Cost: Free, with no account or sign-up.
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