Katherine Swarts – BridgingApps

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ELQN: A Wrap-Up

Remember our “Technology for Households” classes with Harris County’s ELQN initiative? The one-year contract was completed this past summer. Today, two of our BridgingApps Team members share about their experiences. The Specifics (by Amy Fuchs, BridgingApps Program Manager) We held…

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Making Your AI Voice Truly Yours: Voice Banking and Text-to-Speech Today

(Coming soon: “In His Own Words,” a personal account of the voice-banking experience.) Every human voice is unique—a treasured part of a person’s identity. Yet for decades, people with verbal disabilities had to make do with generic text-to-speech voices. The…

Limited Screen Access: Not Always a Good Thing

While many people could benefit from spending less time with their screens, there are families with the opposite problem. Their kids need screen-based assistive technology for daily activities, but limited access to screens is reducing the technology’s effectiveness. There are at least three reasons why someone…

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What Is Cortical Visual Impairment?

September is Cortical Visual Impairment Awareness Month—CVI Awareness Month for short. If you’ve never heard of CVI, you aren’t alone. Even eye doctors often fail to recognize it: Perkins School for the Blind estimates that 80 percent of cases are…

Library Cards in the Digital Age: Have You Checked Your Reading-App Options Lately?

Another Library Card Sign-Up Month is drawing to a close—but there’s never a wrong time to get a library card. Or to dig out one you haven’t used in a while. If it has been a while since your last…

“I Can Hear!” Bringing Audio Technology to the Community

“Ever since I received the Ceretone hearing aid, it’s such a relief to know that I can hear and comprehend better.” – Phillip, BridgingApps client Ceretone is a leader in hearing-aid technology—and, like Easterseals, an organization that emphasizes making assistive…

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On the Go with Attainment Company’s AAC Apps

Attainment Company, a family-owned assistive-technology business in Wisconsin, is known for its apps geared toward students with intellectual disabilities and autism. Our App Search Tool includes several items from Attainment’s GoTalk® and GoVisual apps series: Good apps, especially apps with…

AI and Public Education: A Parent’s Resource for the 2026–27 School Year

It’s hard enough deciding which assistive technology best helps your child manage a disability. It’s even harder balancing that task with school rules and accommodations. Especially when much technology is now AI-based, and the question of whether AI enhances learning…

Apps as Assistive Technology for Learning

With the school year still young, now is a good time to discuss assistive technology with your children and their teachers/IEP team. Here are some recommendations for apps to use in schoolwork, project organization, or post-graduation planning. Recommended Apps Recommended…

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Jacob’s Computer Journey: A BridgingApps Client Story

Today’s Client Story is shared by Tara Rocha, BridgingApps’ Digital Learning Specialist. Jacob Dizon (pronounced DYE-zun) is extremely bright and very good with computers. Right now, he’s enrolled in his school district’s 18+ program for transition to independence, and is…