{"id":77,"date":"2013-02-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2014-07-16T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:26:05","slug":"free-android-apps-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/free-android-apps-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE Android Apps for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfilc.org\/site\/apps\/nlnet\/content2-c=fnJFKLNnFmG&amp;b=5192459&amp;ct=8596187.aspx.html\">Rosemarie Punzalan<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>  <o:AllowPNG\/>  <o:PixelsPerInch>72<\/o:PixelsPerInch>  <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x768<\/o:TargetScreenSize> <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>  <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>  <w:TrackMoves\/>  <w:TrackFormatting\/>  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style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/voice#history\"><b>Google Voice<\/b><\/a>: Google Voice is a multifunction <span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">voice mail<\/span>     application that makes it possible to make free calls using your mobile phone as      well as live Instant Messaging (IM) chats from either a WiFi connection or a 3G. You can also make cheap      international phone calls with your Google number and send free text messages. You can listen to      voicemail and <b>read transcripts<\/b> if you are not able to understand the      voice mail &#8211; this is extremely useful for deaf\/hard of hearing consumers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/speak-it.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/speak-it-200x300.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.dhristov.si&amp;feature=search_result\"><span><b><span style=\"border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">Speak It<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/a>: This application talks for you. You basically write      the text (whatever you want) and click on the play button. The program      has a TTS engine that will generate voice from the text that you write.      With this app you also have the ability to create your own ringtone and      alarm, all you have to do is write the text and set it as your ringtone. Lastly, there&#8217;s a Home Screen widget that gives deaf people more      functionality by saving a urgent message\/warning on the home screen and      then all they have to do is take out their phone and press the button for it to play their message. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=com.ogqcorp.tpa&amp;feature=search_result\"><b>TED      Air<\/b><\/a>: TED is a small nonprofit devoted to &#8216;Ideas Worth Spreading&#8217;. 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This app also gives you  the ability to download TED talks      and watch them later without WiFi connection. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/\">www.ted.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mT_OCxHrU_s\/USujNbkQEvI\/AAAAAAAAAQ4\/lGvRpuovQXw\/s1600\/TED.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TED-300x146.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Rosemarie Punzalan Technology plays an important role in helping the deaf and hard of hearing (DHOH) community interact as well as communicate.&nbsp; Below are some FREE Android-based apps that allow the DHOH to get the most out of their devices: Google Voice: Google Voice is a multifunction voice mail application that makes it possible&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,2,7,19,17,11,5],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories","tag-apps-and-software","tag-at-network","tag-at-professional","tag-communication","tag-computer","tag-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing","tag-independence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}