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Tag Archives: assistive technology
Music A.T.
B.D.A. book “Music, other Performing Arts and Dyslexia” has many examples of assistive technology for music. We have put brief details of software, including apps, in a new page, Music Technology. B.D.A. web has general information about music and dyslexia, … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, assistive technology, dyslexia, music, software
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Education bundles
Iansyst has put together a useful collection of programs. Education Assistive Technology Bundle, worth over £300, is available for schools, F.E. & H.E. colleges, students and staff. It consists of the latest in voice recognition, text-to-speech, mind mapping, symbol writing … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, dyslexia, Educational bundles, iansyst, Microlink, software
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CALL Scotland
CALL (Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning) Scotland has specialist expertise in communication and assistive technology, mainly for schools. Its new venture is CALL Live Webinars (online seminars). See CALL Scotland web for the full schedule of forthcoming free webinars. Recordings … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, Call Scotland, Co:Writer, dyslexia, Jamie Munro, Margaret Crombie, webinars
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Call Scotland on Kindles
CALL Scotland reports on increasing awareness of the value of Kindles, iPods and iPads for visually impaired and dyslexic pupils. “The e-Book formats and readers are definitely becoming more accessible with a bigger range of fonts, options to change colours … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, Call Scotland, dyslexia, e-books, ebooks, kindles
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Give iPads or ban them?
An Education Act, granted Royal Assent on 15 November 2011, allows teachers to search pupils and their belongings for items including mobile phones, iPods, iPads, mp3 players and other electronic gadgets if the schools have banned them. However, some schools … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, dyslexia, iPads, own preferences, schools
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Make Windows accessible
10 suggestions for making Windows accessible from Ira David Socol These are addressed to schools, but the suggestions may be useful for dyslexic people of all ages. The Speech Recognition in Windows is excellent. However, you cannot hear what the computer … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible, assistive technology, dyslexia, speech to text, text-to-speech, Windows
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