CViConnect Pro8.54 - App Store

Who is the app for?

CViConnect Pro is an iPad application intended to support teachers of the visually impaired (TVIs) who are working with students who have Cortical Visual Impairment. The app can be used by teachers to prepare and run visual activities with their students. The goal is to aid in the process of improving the visual impairment with this iPad application, and grow the awareness of CVI as a whole and provide educational content related to CVI.

What does it do?

The application guides the TVI through the process of working with students who have Cortical Visual Impairment. It allows the TVI to present visually stimulating activities to the student and captures data that can be used by the TVI to better help their students with their impairment.

How does it work?

Using the front-facing camera in the iPad the application can measure facts about how the child is responding to the exercises. All of these expertly-determined facts can then be graphed and analyzed by the educator, in whole or in part, across all training sessions.

For example, it is possible to graph the time spent, on average, on training sessions combined with the number of times a sprite is touched, showing ways of measuring improvement in visual acuity as well as allowing a teacher to tailor future lesson plans to better match the needs of the student.

In addition to analyzing favorite and least favorite lessons, the CVI system has the ability to use information from the training sessions to automatically generate new training sessions that are best for the student.

As an example, the system can detect highly touched areas of the iPad and where sprites are commonly touched. Using this information, the system can automatically generate new lesson plans that focus the attention specifically on these areas as well as specifically AWAY from these areas to improve acuity. The system can use facts about the lengths of time spent on average by the user on training sessions to tailor the length of time a typical training session should take place.

Where can I get help if I need it?

CViConnect Pro maintains a support forum where users of the app (parents, TVI's and CVI professionals) are supported by leading CVI professionals and CVi Connect technical staff. Users can asks questions and provide feedback in this forum, which adds to the CVi community as a whole by serving as a place where CVI discussions can take place.

Version History Bug fixes and updates to handling of activities during No Wifi Mode 8.54 Sep 17 More APH enhancements 8.29 May 1 Minor updates 8.27 Apr 29 Tutorial Mode User Availability Increased 8.26 Apr 22 • Redesigned Session Results — review each activity with a new Detail and
Media view, including thumbnail previews of heat maps, gaze tracking, and
front-camera video, plus a zoomable timeline.

• APH Product Support — new activities and products from the American Printing
House for the Blind are now available.

• Smarter Permissions Setup — a redesigned guided walkthrough lets you enable
camera, microphone, and capture settings in one place, with clear progress and
in-app toggles.

• Improved Accessibility — significant VoiceOver enhancements throughout the
tutorial, permissions, and session results screens

• More Reliable Recording — session video capture is more robust, with better
recovery from interruptions and fewer dropped recordings.

• iPad Compatibility — added support for the latest iPad Pro (M4/M5) and iPad
Air (M3) models.

• Visual Levels & Settings Cleanup — only the options relevant to your
selected activities are shown, reducing clutter.

Plus numerous bug fixes and stability improvements. 8.25 Apr 17 UI updates to Activity Instruction View 8.18 Mar 11 Activity Instruction Voice Over Update 8.16 Feb 26 Accessibility Updates 8.13 Feb 5 Updated Voice Over for accessibility users 8.03 12/11/2025 General Updates 7.98 11/20/2025 UI Updates 7.87 09/12/2025 In activity movie streaming update 7.80 05/29/2025 Audio Playback Updates 7.79 05/02/2025 Front facing camera recording turned off while investigating recording issues. Gaze detection logic still active. 7.75 03/04/2025 Large file collection update 7.74 02/20/2025 Update to video recording storage 7.73 02/12/2025 User Interface Updates and Guided Messages 7.71 01/17/2025 General Updates and Improvements for iOS 18 7.69 11/12/2024 More sensor data added to activity report 7.56 07/09/2024 Minor bug fixes
Video playback improvements
Tap Map Updates 7.55 06/25/2024 Minor fixes and bug updates 7.52 05/09/2024 Minor Accessibility Updates 7.51 04/12/2024 iPad Air 5th Generation updates 7.46 03/08/2024 Updates include changes to front facing camera recordings, gaze detection, iPad 5th Generation Air adaptability, activity video playback, and decibel recording from multiple sensor inputs 7.44 03/04/2024 Update to how data is being stored for long sessions plus small bug fixes 7.42 02/14/2024