Today on the podcast, I’m talking about AAC or Augmentative Communication. I have been passionate about providing clients with AAC for 26 years! My favorite apps for AAC are ProLoQuo2Go and ProLoQuo4Text. ProLoQuo2Go is icon based and doesn’t require reading or spelling. ProLoQuo4Text is a text to speech app and requires the user to type and spell. Find out more about them at www.assistiveware.com Find out how to purchase my books, online course or contact me for consulting, training or speaking at www.workwithbetsy.com Thanks for listening to Your App Lady today! Share the podcast with your friends, they’ll thank you for it! Get our newsletter and stay up to date by clicking here. Follow me Twitter: @yourapplady Instagram: @yourapplady Facebook: @yourapplady LinkedIn: @BetsyFurler Website: www.yourapplady.com Voice over work by John Swasey - VO Producer -281-794-6551 johnswasey@sbcglobal.net  Betsy can guide you through designing (or redesigning) your app or websites. Contact her at betsy@yourapplady.com or 713-542-8118 to get details about working with her.

038 - My Favorite Apps for People Who are Nonverbal and AAC Consulting

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Welcome to Episode Number 53! Today on the podcast, I talk about an app that helps you track your food intake and lose weight! But first, here is a little tech news for you. The news is from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leebelltech/2018/03/26/the-best-health-tech-2017/#2747737e38df Healthtech is changing daily and providing so many cool tools to help us get and stay healthier. This article describes 15 of the best health tech to improve your general well-being. In the article, they are organized by the area of your health they will improve. The Omron Evolv is a clinically-validated wireless blood pressure monitor that is light enough to take anywhere with you, while also being super easy to use. The device lets you easily measure, record and share your blood pressure data with your family or doctor using an app. The Wacaco Minipresso espresso maker is small, light and portable enough to ensure you never miss out on your morning coffee again. And it’s a good job. Regularly slurping a cup of the black stuff is associated with endless benefits, such as a lower incidence of Parkinson’s and certain types of cancers, and even reduced rates of DNA damage. The Center for Cohort Studies at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, recently noted that drinking coffee could also reduce the risk of clogged arteries, which can lead to heart attacks. A cup of coffee a day keeps the illness away. Smart scales are by no means anything new, but the Fitbit Aria 2 scales take weighing yourself to a whole new level. As well as weighing you, the connected scales will check your heart rate, water percentage, body fat, bone mass and muscle mass and keep a record of all this so you can compare your vitals over time. Accurately measures body weight, body composition (including body fat percentage, muscle, water and bone mass) and body mass index (BMI) The featured app today is Lose It. Lose It! is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Nook, Kindle, and the Web. Lose It! uses the proven principles of calorie tracking to help you succeed. It’s very easy to enter your profile details and goal weight to get started. The app calculates the daily calorie budget for you. Next, track your food, weight, and activity. This is the easiest app-based weight loss program that I have found. I love the database and barcode scanner feature. You can also log food by taking a photo of the food and the app will figure out what it is! Lose It! basic is free. After trying it out, I upgraded to the Premium version to unlock more awesome additional features. They claim that Premium members report 3x the weight loss of free members. Thanks for listening to Your App Lady today! Share the podcast with your friends, they’ll thank you for it! Get our newsletter and stay up to date by clicking here. Follow me Twitter: @yourapplady Instagram: @yourapplady Facebook: @yourapplady LinkedIn: @BetsyFurler Website: www.yourapplady.com Voice over work by John Swasey - VO Producer -281-794-6551 johnswasey@sbcglobal.net Betsy can help you navigate the intersection between technology and disabilities or set up an Individual Tech Plan for you or your child. Contact her at betsy@yourapplady.com or 713-542-8118 to get details about working with her.  

053 - An App for Weight Loss, Lose It! And Some Cool Tech Tools

Welcome to Episode Number 52! Today on the podcast, I talk about some of my favorite apps for focusing. But first, here is a little tech news for you. The news is from: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/major-life-insurer-says-it-will-require-customers-wear-health-n911461 Major life insurer says all customers can opt-in to wear health trackers John Hancock, one of the oldest and largest North American life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only interactive policies that track fitness and health data through wearable devices and smartphones. Policyholders score premium discounts for hitting exercise targets tracked on wearable devices such as a Fitbit or Apple Watch and get gift cards for retail stores and other perks by logging their workouts and healthy food purchases in an app. In theory, everybody wins, as policyholders are incentivized to adopt healthy habits and insurance companies collect more premiums and pay less in claims if customers live longer. Privacy and consumer advocates have raised questions about whether insurers may eventually use data to select the most profitable customers, while hiking rates for those who do not participate. The insurance industry has said that it is heavily regulated and must justify, in actuarial terms, its reasons for any rate increases or policy changes. Featured App: Moment: https://inthemoment.io Moment is available for iPhone and iPad currently. They are hoping to release an Android version soon. Moment automatically tracks how much you use your iPhone and iPad each day. If you’re using your phone too much, you can set daily limits on yourself and be notified when you go over your limit. You can even force yourself off your device when you’re over your limits. Moment can also track your family’s screen time from your own phone and set up time for your entire family to be screen-free at times during the day like dinner time. Thanks for listening to Your App Lady today! Share the podcast with your friends, they’ll thank you for it! Get our newsletter and stay up to date by clicking here. Follow me Twitter: @yourapplady Instagram: @yourapplady Facebook: @yourapplady LinkedIn: @BetsyFurler Website: www.yourapplady.com Voice over work by John Swasey - VO Producer -281-794-6551 johnswasey@sbcglobal.net Betsy can help you navigate the intersection between technology and disabilities or set up an Individual Tech Plan for you or your child. Contact her at betsy@yourapplady.com or 713-542-8118 to get details about working with her.  

052 - An App for Monitoring Your Phone or Tablet Use: Moment

Welcome to Episode Number 51! Today on the podcast, I talk about the Individual Technology Plans that I create for kids who need support for academics and organization. Individual Technology Plans: Since the IPad was released in 2010, I have been in awe of the power of apps to level the playing field for students from elementary school through college. Students with learning differences, ADHD and other disabilities benefit greatly from using technology in focused, strategic ways to increase academic success.I have been offering Individual Technology Plans to school districts for several years and now I am able to offer these to indivual students and families.The process begins with a consultation with the student and parent to determine the needs. Test results and other school documents are reviewed. I then develop an individualized plan for using apps for academic success. The student and parent will be trained on using the apps efficiently. Here are some the apps I use in Individual Technology Plans : MicroSoft OneNote Inspiration Maps Panther Math Kahn Academy Thanks for listening to Your App Lady today! Share the podcast with your friends, they’ll thank you for it! Get our newsletter and stay up to date by clicking here. Follow me Twitter: @yourapplady Instagram: @yourapplady Facebook: @yourapplady LinkedIn: @BetsyFurler Website: www.yourapplady.com Voice over work by John Swasey - VO Producer -281-794-6551 johnswasey@sbcglobal.net Betsy can help you navigate the intersection between technology and disabilities or set up an Individual Tech Plan for you or your child. Contact her at betsy@yourapplady.com or 713-542-8118 to get details about working with her.  

051 - Academic and Organizational Success With An Individual Technology Plan

'Welcome to Episode Number 50!     Today on the podcast, I talk about an app that helps organize medical records.    But first, here is a little tech news for you.    The news is from:  https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/29/technology/facebook-hack-what-to-do-if-youre-affected/index.html    Facebook was recently hacked and some information may have been compromised. When I went to look at my Facebook page, I had to re-enter my password. You may have noticed the same thing. You may want to change your password. Also make sure you are logged out of Facebook on all your devices. There are detailed steps in the article. Read the article to get the complete details.       The featured app today is Backpack Health. I interviewed Brett Collinson about this great app. It is the app I am using to replace CareSync. Brett and I worked together to figure out how to export the data from CareSync to Backpack Health and we discussed it in the interview.  Brett is the SVP for Product at Backpack Health. He is an award-winning designer with over 25 years of experience designing and building digital products in healthcare, finance, education, automotive, publishing, utilities and online marketplaces. A founding leader with two healthcare startups, Brett has a background in and works at the intersection of psychology, software engineering and design.  Backpack Health is a health tech company building tools to help people manage their health details, care and communication. We believe everyone should be able to track their own health comprehensively, and do the same for the people they care about – no matter what their health concerns are, no matter what family means to them, and no matter what language they speak – all in one place.   Backpack Health has a special offer for Your App Lady listeners! They are offering us free access to the PRO version of the app. The promo code is YOURAPPLADY – for free access to the PRO version. It can only be applied when logged into the web version of Backpack Health (backpackhealth.com), not the iOS or Android versions, but once applied you can use any version of Backpack to access your information. Go to the website. backpackhealth.com and create an account and use the promo code YOURAPPLADY. After you have created your account, you can download the app from the App Store or Google Play and use your login to open your account in the app.  iOS App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/backpack-health/id1142624598 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.backpackhealth.backpack     Thanks for listening to Your App Lady today!    Share the podcast with your friends, they’ll thank you for it!   Get our newsletter and stay up to date by clicking here.   Follow me   Twitter: @yourapplady   Instagram: @yourapplady   Facebook: @yourapplady   LinkedIn: @BetsyFurler   Website: www.yourapplady.com   Voice over work by John Swasey - VO Producer -281-794-6551   johnswasey@sbcglobal.net   Betsy can help you navigate the intersection between technology and disabilities or set up an Individual Tech Plan for you or your child. Contact her at betsy@yourapplady.com or 713-542-8118 to get details about working with her.

050 - An App to Organize Your Medical Records - Backpack Health and Facebook Breach

Welcome to Episode Number 49! Today on the podcast, Italk about some of my favorite apps for travel in Part Two of my travel apps. But first, here is a little tech news for you. The news is from: https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17617522/google-search-events-recommendations-interest-based Google is rolling out a new search feature for events that are customized for you. There’s also a “For You” tab that should deliver events based upon your personal interests, with categories like running, cooking, and photography. Google has provided the tools for organizers to mark up their event listings, so you should see big happenings, but also smaller meetups happening in your neighborhood, like a local dancing class. Now when you search for an event and tap on it, an overview will be presented that shows details like ticket cost, venue reviews, time, and location. You can save events to revisit later, or click through to buy tickets via various vendors like StubHub and Ticketmaster. . Apps For Travel: I traveled to Washington, DC this summer and decided to do a two part feature on travel apps and how I used them for my trip. We were in DC for my son Henry to attend an educators’ seminar at the Holocaust Museum and I was along in case of emergency. I spent most of the week wandering around alone and occasionally stopping in museums and coffee shops to get some work done! Here are the apps I used: Maps on the iPhone - Maps on the iPhone or Google Maps are available for all smartphones. These maps/direction apps are invaluable when traveling. You can now chose your method of transportation - walk, drive, ride share or public transportation. You can also find nearby restaurants, shops or services. I used this constantly while in DC. Between navigating the Metro and finding dinner, I used all the features! Big Bus Tours app for iPhone. This app pairs with the Big Bus Hop On and Off tours available in many cities. I used it in DC to find bus stops and to track where the buses were and when they would be at the stop. The app also gives additional information about the landmarks. Weather from the Weather Channel for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows. This app gives you updates on the weather. I used it on my trip to DC to track the temperature, rain chances and the radar maps. Rinse Dry Cleaning and Laundry by Rinse - Rinse is a laundry and dry cleaning pick up and delivery service. The app allows you to schedule the service through your phone. This saved me on the trip since my son needed business casual clothes for most of the trip. We sent off his dress shirts and some laundry half way through the trip. The tip today is from:  https://www.popsugar.com/tech/Disneyland-PhotoPass-Apple-Watch-Hack-44980530 This hack makes your Apple Watch work in DisneyLand like a Magic Band in DisneyWorld Before I get to the steps, you'll need to download the Disneyland app and have Maxpass. You'll also need an Apple Watch. Open the Disneyland app and click on "Show PhotoPass Code." Screenshot the QR code on your phone. Edit the image by cropping it as a square just around the QR code.Select the image in Photos and click "Create Watch Face." Select the top option, "Photos Watch Face." Click "Add" below "Photos." Now for the rest of your trip, anytime you have a Disney park photographer take your photo, all they have to do is scan your watch. You don't have to pull out your phone, open the app, and wait for everything to load. It's just a one-step process. After the Disney park photographer scans your watch, open up the Disneyland app and click "Photos." Your PhotoPass photos will be there for you to upload to your phone!   Thanks for listening to Your App Lady today! Share the podcast with your friends, they’ll thank you for it! Get our newsletter and stay up to date by clicking here. Follow me Twitter: @yourapplady Instagram: @yourapplady Facebook: @yourapplady LinkedIn: @BetsyFurler Website: www.yourapplady.com Voice over work by John Swasey - VO Producer -281-794-6551 johnswasey@sbcglobal.net Betsy can guide you through designing (or redesigning) your app or websites. Contact her at betsy@yourapplady.com or 713-542-8118 to get details about working with her.  

038 - My Favorite Apps for People Who are Nonverbal and AAC Consulting

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