SORRY, IM NO LONGER DEVELOPING THIS APP - ITS NOW FREE ON THE APP STORE - PLEASE TRY IT OUT TO CHECK IF YOU, YOUR STUDENTS, FRIENDS OR FAMILY ARE SUFFERING FROM VISUAL STRESS WHEN READING
Whether you are dyslexic or not, theres a 1 in 20 chance that you can improve your reading and studying experience significantly with the right coloured overlay. How can you find out if youre affected?
Buy aaSsessMyVS and find out today!
aaSsessMyVS is a handy tool to check whether colour overlays will help you, your friends and family or your children to read more easily, by avoiding a common source of Visual Stress.
"...a very useful test to take if you are suffering from tired eyes, migraines and blurry text...invaluable for teachers and education professionals"
What’s on iPhone - Aug 29, 2013
"I have been impressed with your app, because so far it has nailed who does and doesn’t have Irlen syndrome"
Jill S USA Aug 26, 2013
Recent studies indicate that up to 1 in 20 of the general population find their reading speed increases by more than 25% when the correct shade of coloured overlay is used to change the look of the page.
Some dyslexics and migraine sufferers are among those that can benefit from employing such overlays. The precise shade required varies from person to person.
Sufferers from this form of Visual Stress also known as Meares-Irlen syndrome or Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome can often be dazzled by bright white backgrounds to text.
Commonly experienced symptoms of sufferers when trying to read include...
-Text is blurry,
-Text moves around,
-Words spaced too close together/too far apart,
-Worm, river or waterfall type patterns appear on page
-Pain, nausea or dizziness.
However you may even be unaware that there is an issue affecting your ability to read - until you see how much better reading is with the right coloured overlay.
And theres more, for those who discover that coloured overlays would be helpful, there is a sister app called aaLuminate to give you the right overlay on your device whenever you need it.
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See a video of aaSsessMyVS v2.0 in action at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x2uMX8udYw
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EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS:
The test used in the app follows a similar pattern to traditional assessments that use physical coloured overlays placed over a piece of text and compared side by side.
aaSsessMyVS is a useful tool to determine quickly whether a formal test for Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome would be appropriate for any of your students.
It includes the ability to email the result of the test to an email address of your choosing, including the test subject name and an additional note.
So you can screen a whole group of students in 1 session and store the results in your email inbox to follow up on afterwards.
HOW ITS BEEN TESTED
Most of the testing for version 2.0 has been carried out on an iPad mini running iOS 6.0,
Some additional testing has been performed on
other iPhone and iPad devices running a variety of versions of iOS from 4.3 up to 6.0
DEVICE REQUIRED:
Any iPod touch, iPhone, iPad or iPad mini running iOS 4.3 or above.
The app runs very happily on any of these devices but its ideally suited to the larger screen size of the iPad and iPad mini if you have access to one.