iOS Tools & Apps
Accessibility
Hawkeye Sidekick - Hawkeye Sidekick lets you control your Mac using head movements. Rotate your head to move the mouse and make facial expressions to click, drag, and scroll. Powered by your iPhone or iPad's TrueDepth camera.
Voice Access - Operate your iOS 13+ device with your voice
"Hey Siri, Enable Voice Control"
OR
Go to
Settings < Accessibility < Voice Control < Set Up Voice Control
OCR - Text/Object recognition
Envision AI - Envision is developed for and together with the visually impaired community. The app is simple, gets things done and brings the best assistive experience to blind and low vision users.
iOS Photos App - The stock image library app on iOS devices (built in OCR since iOS 15)
Seeing AI - Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed with and for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world by describing nearby people, text and objects.
Assistant & Companion
Bing Co-Pilot - A large language model chatbot developed by Microsoft (released in Feb 2023). Co-Pilot can write todo lists, recommend meals, answer specific complex questions with a comprehensive approach.
Perplexity Search - Guided AI search for deeper exploration.
Community and Networking
Discord - Community social media app for managing your topic/interest-focused communities. Free Care Streamer Community Template (with 🔔alert roles🔔)
Facebook Groups - Search for local or general groups you identify with.
Nextdoor (US-only*) - A neighborhood app for staying in the loop regarding local events, markets, and opportunities.
PatientsLikeMe - A social media app for sharing regular updates with people that share your condition. (Patients Like Me Data-Use Policies)
Signal - A free, secure messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption to keep your conversations private. Share text, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs and files for free.
Network
- AR WIFi&5G - Visualize wireless signal strength with augmented reality.