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Tetra Alarm (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chillaxing.tetraalarm) allows you to easily set reminders for periodic, daily events. Alarms are easy to set and intuitive. Multiple alarms can be set to signal a user to complete necessary tasks throughout their day. Alarms can be signaled by various methods and can be customized to attract your most keen senses. Whether you need an audible, visual or tactile signal, you will find it available in Tetra Alarm.

Although the app can be used as a reminder for any task a user can dream of, some recommended alarms include:

  • Medication reminders
    • Meal or snack reminders
    • Scheduled medical tasks (ex. Bathroom breaks, health monitoring, stretch/rest breaks etc.)
    • Personal care or care-giving tasks
    • Household chores

Perhaps Tetra Alarm’s most distinctive feature is its ability to be set on the quarter hour. “Tetra”, meaning four, is meant to indicate not only the four quarters of an hour, but also to highlight the four limbs of the body. Tetra Alarm was inspired by the millions of people worldwide with tetraplegia. These people may have special considerations with regard to their bodies and their health, some of which may include completing tasks within a critical timeframe. Tetra Alarm is designed to be used by people of all abilities and to address an abundance of needs.

Other notable features of the Tetra Alarm include:

  • Easily set alarms on the quarter hour.
    • Easy to set and program regardless of age, literacy level or physical abilities.
    • Android Wear integration.
    • Highly customizable alarm settings.
    • Easy to read and easy to interpret interface.
    • Multi-option, repetitive alarms available (By the minute, hour, day, or week).
    • “Quiet time” feature. Alarms can be silenced when you’re asleep, in a meeting, or otherwise unavailable.
    • Availability of various alarm styles including sound, vibration and flash.
    • Sound options include recorded audio, built in ringtones and system alarms.
    • Each alarm can have a unique sound or alarm style.
    • Snooze feature is available on all alarms and with adjustable snooze lengths.
    • Notification adjustability.

Remember Tetra Alarm is your alarm. It can be used as frequently as you like and in any capacity you see fit. Just click, set and go!

Development of this application was supported by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC), which is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Community, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under grant number 90RE5007-01-00. http://www.wirelessrerc.org/

The Department of Justice has launched a new Accessible Technology section for ADA.gov, its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Web site, to further assist covered entities and people with disabilities to understand how the ADA applies to certain technologies, such as Web sites, electronic book readers, online courses, and point-of-sale devices.  Covered entities have longstanding obligations to make their programs, goods, services, and activities accessible—including those they provide online or via other technology.  The new Web pages compile in one place the Department’s technical assistance and guidance about accessible technology, as well as information about the Department’s accessible technology enforcement efforts, regulation development, and other federal accessible technology resources and initiatives.

To find out more about the ADA, visit ADA.gov or call the Department’s toll-free ADA Information Line at 1-800-514-0301 or 1-800-514-0383 (TTY).

Google has recently launched a number of new accessibility features for Chrome OS, Android, and several of its web apps. Here’s a quick run down of the newest features, or you can visit the Google blog post to get the full scoop!

Accessibility Scanner is a new tool for Android that lets developers test their own apps and receive suggestions on ways to enhance accessibility.

Updates in Android N include Vision Settings—which lets people control settings like magnification, font size, display size and TalkBack—to the Welcome screen that appears when people activate new Android devices.

Updated screenreader for Chromebooks – ChromeVox Next Beta, includes a simplified keyboard shortcut model, a new caption panel to display speech and Braille output, and a new set of navigation sounds.

Voice editing – Google Docs now allows typing, editing and formatting using voice commands—for example, “copy” or “insert table”—making it easier for people who can’t use a touchscreen to edit documents.

Voice Access Beta, an app that allows people who have difficulty manipulating a touch screen due to paralysis, tremor, temporary injury or other reasons to control their Android devices by voice.

Memory Aids, 5/10/16

Memory loss affects nearly everyone at some point in their lives. Because of that, the assistive technology market is full of various reminders, whether they are alarm clocks, watches, apps or calendars – the options are endless it seems. The MDTAP AT Library has a wide variety of memory aids, including Reminder Rosie talking alarm clock, Jenda TalkingCalendar, and apps such as One Thing Today and Alarmed-Reminders +Timers.

If you’d like to consult with our AT Specialist or make an appointment to visit the assistive technology library, contact us! Don’t forget, we have devices to meet nearly every need!!!

Knowbility’s OpenAIR Challenge 2016

OpenAIR – the web accessibility challenge! Organized by Austin based nonprofit organization Knowbility, OpenAIR is a global web accessibility challenge that pairs participating teams of web developers and designers with registered non-profits looking to create or improve their website. OpenAIR increases awareness of tools and techniques that make the Internet accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, by training professional web developers and designers in accessibility standards. OpenAIR then puts them to work, creating professionally designed websites for non-profit organizations.

To sign up or join a team, visit Knowbility online.

It’s not all the news we shared this week, but it is some of the coolest!  AT in the news from 5/2 thru 5/6

Technology, when used intentionally, makes learning more accessible than ever

Here’s how Target’s special needs shopping carts are making an impact

Businesses Growing By Turning Disability into Accessibility

HAKOM develops app for persons with disabilities

Thank you Apple for a dedicated accessibility app accessories category in the

Accessible emoji parties? Yes! Check out this cool app for kids with disabilities  

Benjamin Hubert designs first 3D printed consumer wheelchair to be mass produced

Learn About PEAT TalentWorks, the New Online Resource on eRecruiting Accessibility

Accomable wants to solve the accessible holiday search problem

The FCC is finally replacing old TTY tech with a Wi-Fi based solution

A Wearable Mouse with Bite-Click and Head-Tracking for the Disabled

Check out this robotic arm lift in a Tesla Model S-how cool!

New motor control assessment measure could improve outcomes for children with cerebral palsy

Student-Created Project Vive Aims To Help Those Suffering From Cerebral Palsy

Uber’s services for the disabled lack actual cars

Conversant Labs wants to make smartphone apps usable for the visually impaired

Mindfulness for Children the App was specifically designed to assist children learn how to be mindful through a…

 

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