Life-Changing Apps for People with Brain Injury

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I have severe event-memory difficulty. I depend on Evernote with companion apps and devices to accommodate my limitations with minimal interaction. I use an android document scanner that allows me to photograph documents I sign. It aligns the view and saves an indexed OCR'd PDF. A conversation recorder and a transcription service store recordings of conversations with indexed transcriptions. I also use Google Calendar with connections to Gmail and Toodle do task manager, which are all linked to each other, and Gmail forwards my daily agenda notes to Evernote. I use a paper notebook from Moleskine to write notes I want stored in Evernote. The pre-printed lines of the notebook consist of a grid of tiny dots that facilitate Evernote's handwriting recognition feature. I also use an inexpense fast document scanner to record all of my daily snail-mail as it arrives. I scan the envelope, open it, scan the contents, and store an indexed PDF of all correspondence, bills, (which I can tag with due dates so Evernote will remind me to follow up) and even advertisements that I may want to reference in the future. All of these apps are accessible from within Evernote's marketplace.

Thanks for outlining these apps. I also suggest Lumosity.  I'm not sure for phone, I did it on my laptop.  I use other apps on cell phone like: Our Groceries (free), Prescription places (Walgreens) free, and other free ones: Words Free, Word Run, Math Workout, Dropwords, & Memory Power Training for Android phones.  Any other apps for Tablets?

As a brain tumor survivor , I highly praise lumosity for its ability to challenge your short-term memory with the various games it offers. However, please be aware that the majority of customers who buy the very expensive subscription are having a difficult time contacting the company, "Lumos Labs Inc.." I highly recommend that the daily free games should be played, but do not bother buying the ridiculous subscription.

I also use Lumosity and recommend it. Elevate is great as well. I find each does things just differently enough that I get 2 workouts per day. I do one in the morning and another in the afternoon. Elevate also has a Study tab where things like eye-tracking (a problem I have with my left eye) and speech articulation practice. I'm having issues keeping my messages brief and focused so I'll stop now ;-)

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