Tactile Images READER vs SciTutor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tactile Images READER
This educational tool provides audio descriptions for tactile graphics, allowing blind and visually impaired individuals to learn independently. It works with interactive tactile graphics from an e-learning platform, offering a virtual assistant to explain details when a phone is placed over the graphic.
- Audio descriptions for tactile graphics
- Virtual assistant for detailed explanations
- Supports independent learning
- Works with interactive tactile graphics
- Customizable descriptions
- Multilingual support
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Replicate the tactile learning experience at your own place & pace. Meet the virtual assistant that describes tactile graphics just like a specialist and allows blind people to study at home. This educational tool is part of the Tactile Images e-learning platform, where teachers and parents can find, personalize and create interactive tactile graphics, with audio descriptions. The Tactile Images Reader app teleports the voice and knowledge of the teacher at home. How? Let’s say that we have the tactile graphic of an African elephant. You will explore it with both hands, as you usually do, to contextualize. So far so good. But when you place the phone above the graphic, the magic happens. Just point at the ear of the elephant and the smartphone will tell you: ”This is the ear of the elephant. The ears of an African elephant are bigger than the ears of an Indian elephant because they help the elephants cool down by radiating the excess heat. The ears can also be used to communicate visually, flapping ears signifying either aggression or joy.” The descriptions are customizable and can be adapted to the specific needs of every person. The Tactile Images Reader mobile assistant empowers you to discover the world independently. It gives you the freedom to explore untouchable objects and study school subjects based on graphics, such as Maths, Geography or Biology at your own pace. Using this app feels like watching the Discovery Channel for the first time. How does it work? The app works only with interactive tactile graphics from our e-learning platform. Join for FREE right here www.tactileimages.org and get access to a Library of 800 tactile graphics with multilingual descriptions and drawing software that allows teachers and parents to create their own interactive tactile graphics. Download your first interactive catalogue for FREE https://bit.ly/Catalog_UrbanLandscapes, emboss the drawings and explore with the app! Remote teaching and homeschooling have never been easier for blind and visually impaired people! How to use? Position the phone above an interactive tactile graphic. The app will read the QR Code placed in the upper left corner and tell you the title of the graphic. Position the index finger on the Braille-written title (available for the tactile graphics in the Library) and the app will tell you the description of the graphic. Start exploring with both hands. The app will identify the position of the index finger and beep once when you come across an area with descriptions. Point the index finger if you want to find out the description of that area. Preferably, clench your fist and extend the index finger as if you were pointing to that area. Be steady for 3 seconds. The app will send you 3 beeps and deliver the audio description of the area. Additionally, you can touch the QR Code to listen to general information about the subject of the graphic. Features - Audio descriptions can be in these languages: English, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Romanian, Finnish, Spanish - You are free to personalize the descriptions of any graphic - Multi-sensorial learning - Mobile assistant (works anywhere: school, home, park, library, museum, city hall, train station, metro) - You can either hold it with your hand or use a phone holder (Gooseneck) - Modern technologies: AI, machine learning, interactive augmented reality, finger tracking This app was featured in the American Alliance of Museums http://bit.ly/exploration-at-museums and other 35 publications. The Tactile Images e-learning platform was financed by The Romanian Ministry of Culture, the Administration of the National Cultural Heritage, the Civic Innovation Fund, the Orange Foundation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OMV Petrom, ING Bank Romania, Microsoft Romania, Electrica SA. This app is created by the Urban Development Association, which has the mission to improve the life quality of blind children through education.
SciTutor
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SCI Tutor, görme engelli ve az gören kullanıcılar için tasarlanmış bir asistan uygulamadır. Kameranızı basılı bir sayfaya tutarak, elinizle işaret ettiğiniz alanların içeriğini sesli olarak dinleyebilirsiniz. ÇALIŞMA PRENSİBİ 1. Basılı materyalinizdeki QR kodu kameraya gösterin. 2. Uygulama sayfanın notlarını ve işaretli alanlarını otomatik olarak yükler. 3. İşaret parmağınızı sayfadaki bir alanın üzerinde kısa süre tutun. 4. Bir uyarı sesi duyduktan sonra uygulama ilgili metni Türkçe olarak seslendirir. 5. Ekrana çift dokunarak konuşmayı durdurabilirsiniz. ÖNE ÇIKAN ÖZELLİKLER • Gerçek zamanlı el ve parmak takibi • QR kod ile anında sayfa tanıma ve içerik yükleme • İşaretli alanlar üzerine parmağı tutarak sesli okuma • Türkçe metinden sese (TTS) desteği, İngilizce yedekli • Sayfa algılama ve buton etkileşimi için işitsel geri bildirimler • Kamera görüntüsüne bindirilmiş dokunsal alan gösterimi (AR) • Uzak mesafede bile konumu koruyan QR takibi • Ayarlardan hassasiyet, ölçek ve açı toleransı özelleştirilebilir • Sayfa yönü (portrait/landscape) otomatik algılama • Tek elle kullanılabilir sade arayüz KULLANIM ALANLARI • Eğitim materyalleri, ders kitapları ve çalışma yaprakları • Müze ve sergi bilgi panoları • Ürün kullanım kılavuzları ve broşürler • Tarifler, menüler ve bilgilendirme dokümanları GİZLİLİK VE ERİŞİM Uygulama yalnızca kamerayı kullanır; görüntüler cihazdan dışarı çıkarılmaz. Yalnızca QR kodundan elde edilen kimlik bilgisi sunucuya gönderilerek ilgili içerik güvenli şekilde indirilir. GEREKSİNİMLER Uygulamanın çalışması için kamera izni ve aktif internet bağlantısı gereklidir. En iyi deneyim iyi aydınlatılmış ortamlarda elde edilir. DESTEK Geri bildirim ve destek talepleri için iletişime geçebilirsiniz.
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Verdict
Tactile Images READER and SciTutor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tactile Images READER | SciTutor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Asociatia pentru Dezvoltare Urbana | Motivolog Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Tactile Images READER
No in-app purchases
SciTutor
No in-app purchases
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