New ViewPlus IVEO Software Makes Pictures Speak

ViewPlus Technologies recently announced the release of IVEO software to add audio labels to digital images to make learning more interesting and accessible to users requiring assistive technologies.

Websites and textbooks are loaded with images and diagrams that can be difficult to interpret by people with learning and visual disabilities. IVEO allows pictures to be labeled with audio tags, making them more interactive and inclusive for the reader.

Different components of an image can be individually labeled with speaking tags in IVEO. By navigating with a mouse or keyboard, one can hear the labels assigned to each part of a diagram or image, enhancing comprehension beyond use of vision alone. For blind people as well as sighted tactile/kinesthetic (touch) learners.

IVEO has an optional hardware component, called the IVEO Touchpad, which is a tactile printout that can be placed on the IVEO Touchpad to provide an alternative display of images on the computer screen. Users can then read printouts through a combination of sight and touch, receiving audio feedback as they explore the image.

It can be difficult for teachers to identify their students’ subtle learning and sensory disabilities and adapt to individual learning styles but with IVEO, identification and special treatment are unnecessary since it incorporates all three learning modalities - tactile/kinesthetic, auditory and visual. No matter the learning style, images can be interpreted effectively by anyone using the IVEO software and IVEO Touchpad.

“The power and versatility of IVEO makes it the perfect addition to the classroom,” says Jeff Gardner, ViewPlus VP of Sales & Marketing. “Now teachers can easily create lessons that are effective for students with special needs and make learning more engaging for everyone else in the process.”

Source: ViewPlus