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Here are the top 10 posts on the Assistive Technology Blog as rated by number of views. Thanks to everyone who read the blog. Please check back in the new year for more cool posts. iOS 5 Tips: Use Assistive Touch to Replace a Broken Home Button, Lock Button or Volume Button What is Assistive Touch? What does iPhone 5 and iOS 5 Mean for Assistive Technology? Read PDF Files Aloud with vBooks PDF Voice Reader iPhone 4S Accessibility Features iOS 5 Tip: Look Up Any Word Android Becomes More Accessible With 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Assistive Touch Improvements in iOS 6 The Kindle Fire Is Not Accessible Prizmo : Fast, Accurate, Full Featured OCR App for iPhone Review What was your favorite post of 2012 let us know in the comments.

Google Play Books is the Google's ebookstore and companion reader apps. The Android reader app was recently updated to include a text-to-speech read aloud feature. Click here to download the free app for Android. The text-to-speech voice is a little above average but gets the job done. The read aloud feature works with most books in the Google Play store. If you have an Android device be sure to check this app out. Click read more below to view screenshots of Google Play Books.

Google's recently update Google Voice Search is very useful and extremely fast. There are also a few tricks that can make the app even more useful. One trick is to ask Google Voice Search "how do you spell..." Google will quickly return the correct spelling of the word and speak the spelling aloud. Unlike Siri , Google Voice Search speaks the spelling back to you so you do not need to look at the screen. This trick is especially useful for people with dyslexia and people who are struggling spellers.

Today, Apple announced the iPad mini a 7.9" iPad running iOS 6 . The iPad mini is cheaper than the full size iPad with a starting price of $329. The smaller size and lower price could make the iPad mini perfect for teachers and students. Like the full size iPad the iPad mini includes a number of great accessibility features including VoiceOver , Speak Selection , Siri , Assistive Touch , Guided Access and Zoom. These accessibility features makes the iPad mini great for all types of people. The iPad mini includes a FaceTime HD camera, 5 mega pixel rear facing camera and A5 processor. The 5 mega pixel camera allows OCR and scanner apps to work well. The iPad mini also includes the lighting connector that is smaller and easier to plug in. The iPad mini will be available for pre-order on October 26 and for sale on November 2.  Click read more to view more photos of the iPad mini.

Did you get the iPhone 5 today? Below is a list of apps to make the most out of your new iPhone 5. Read2Go (Bookshare) - $19.99 Read2Go  is the best way to access  Bookshare.org  books on your  iOS  device. Bookshare  provides free accessible eBooks for people with print disabilities. Click here to learn more about  Bookshare . Once you download the app you can download over 150,000 books directly to your device. The best part of  Read2Go  is that students can easily read books anywhere because of the portability of  iOS  devices. To learn how to become a member  click here . Learning Ally Audio - Free Learning Ally  (formally  RFB&D ) provides audio books to people with print disabilities. Members must pay a yearly fee in order to download books. To learn about how to become a member of Learning Ally  click here . Prizmo - $9.99 Prizmo  converts a picture of a document into text which can be read using...

Apple has released iOS 6 with over 200 new features as a free upgrade. iOS is the operating system that runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch . Included in the 200 features are new accessibility features. Among the new features are Guided Access , Speak Selection with highlighting and VoiceOver  enhancements. To upgrade go to settings > general > software update. Watch the above video to learn how to update to iOS 6 . iOS 6 is available for the iPhone 3GS , iPhone 4, iPhone 4S , iPhone 5 , iPad 2, the new iPad , iPod Touch 4th generation and iPod Touch 5th generation. To learn more about the accessibility features of iOS 6 click here . To view images of iOS 6 in action click read more below.   

Apple released a new version of the iPod Touch . The fifth generation device includes the same large screen as the iPhone 5 . In addition to large screen the new iPod Touch has a faster A5 processor, much improved 5 mega-pixel camera, iOS 6 , Siri and Loop. Read on to learn what these features mean for people with special needs. Camera- The new improved camera is good enough to use optical character recognition ( OCR ) apps. OCR apps allow you to take a picture of text and have it read back to you using text-to-speech . One great OCR app is Prizmo . iOS 6-   iOS 6 will improve the already great accessibility features of the previous versions. The new operating system will include features such as Guided Access and Speak Selection with synchronized highlighting. To learn more about iOS 6 click here . Siri-  Apple's voice activated personal assistant will make its way to the iPod Touch. Siri can answer questions, spell words, read messages, set reminders,...

Apple announced the iPhone 5 at an event today in California. The iPhone 5 includes and bigger screen, better camera, faster processor, thinner design and more. The iPhone 5 will run on iOS 6 Apple's mobile operating system which includes accessibility features such as VoiceOver , Guided Access and Speak Selection. Click here to learn more about  iOS 6 . The iPhone 5 will be available for pre-order on September 14th and for sale on September 21th starting at $199. Click read more below to view more images of the iPhone 5.