EDA PLAY TOM vs Visual LightPad

For the training of vision and fine motor skills; developed for children with visual and multiple disorders. Tailor-made for children with central visual impairment (CVI). Explore the adventure with animals on the farm and in the forest! It is so simple that even children with limited fine motor skills can control the game. Suitable both for children with visual disorders and for children with severe fine and gross motor skills impairments. KEY FEATURES THE ADVENTURE WITH ANIMALS ON THE FARM AND IN THE FOREST - Let's explore tasks with animals, groom the horse, feed the sheep. - Touch and find out what's hiding in the forest. TAILOR-MADE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - Children can touch the iPad display anywhere or just slap it – and they are rewarded with an interesting sound and animation of an animal. TRAINING OF VISUAL SKILLS - Bright colors, simple pictures, simple scenes - Images set against a black background. ATTRACTIVE SOUND DESIGN AND ANIMATIONS - Interesting sound and animations capture visual attention. WHITE FRAME can be set to distinctively demarcate the work surface of the tablet display. The SKILLS SECTION records the work of the child with the app. The SIMULATOR OF VISUAL DISORDERS enables adults to better understand how complicated the world is for children with visual disorders. The app was developed in cooperation with low vision specialists and experts in the field of early intervention. The authorship of the EDA PLAY TOM app belongs to the non-profit organization EDA cz, z.ú. and to the digital studio Sugar And Ketchup. The project is carried out with the support of the Czech Radio Foundation (Nadační fond Českého rozhlasu) from the Firefly (Světluška) fund, the ČEZ Foundation, and Dow. For more information go to www.edaplay.com

Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.