Assistive Technology

This is the term given to all equipment that can be used to assist the persons learning from software, such as speech to text programs, to hardware such as digital dictaphones. Scanning devices can be used to capture text and images as well as ergonomic shaped mice and keyboards for for learners with physical difficulties.

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Dolphin SupaNova

SuperNova is a full screen reader offering magnification, speech AND Braille support, giving people with visual impairment the freedom to access Windows in the way that suits them best. More about SuperNova. SuperNova has been developed for all visually impaired users, from low vision to blind. It is ideal for both individual users, who experience …

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Dragon Naturally Speaking

This is a software program for the PC which is used to turn a person speech, recorded into a microphone, into text in a program such as Microsoft Word. This may speed up productivity for an individual who may be a slow typist and hasn’t got the time to key in information. A persons speech …

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Optic Book Scanner

Optical Character Recognition The Plustek BookReader features highly accurate OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and auto document orientation. This combination guarantees correct output for TTS (Text to Speech). You only need to press one button, and the Plustek Book Reader will convert printed text into high quality speech with a lifelike voice. Plustek’s BookReader integrates high-speed …

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Text Help

This program as many functions its main one is to turn typed text into speech for the user to hear. This program can also check your spelling, has an audible dictionary, calculator and can read any text on the computer such as on a Word document, PowerPoint or Internet browser. Texthelp trainerAd

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Mind Mapping

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