Assistive Technologies for Reading and Writing

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Hi Girls,

I've added the sample Power Point for us to use for ideas. I was thinking about analyzing the following technology:

We need to focus on the following four areas: Hi-tech, Low-tech, Cost, and who would use it.

Reading and Writing (What types of aids are available?)

• ReadPlease Program (Linda) http://www.readplease.com/
• Pulse Smartpen by Livescribe- paper based computer pen for writing (Chrissy) http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/

Website with reading assistive technology ( I like how it was organized- two categories - we could hit one technology from each?)- Chrissy
http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/948-reading-tools.gs?page=1

Website with writing assistive technology ( I like how it was organized - perhaps we can divvy topics out this way?)- Chrissy
http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/960-writing-tools.gs



Here is a list of things I found

Assistive Technology Low-tech" to "Hi-tech" Considerations

Keyboard alternatives alternative ways of keyboarding, i.e. on-screen keyboard, touch screen Screen readers accessing screen via voice or touch, i.e. JAWS, Window-Eyes, TelleBraille N’ Speak Screen magnifiers magnify and manipulate look of the screen, i.e. built-in computer screen readers, ZoomText Text to speech: Ureader; Read & Write; Built in on Mac OS; Kurzweil write or choose picture and device “speaks”, i.e. Ureader, built-in (MAC), Kurzweil

Low-tech Examples

• pencil grips (see section Writing and Spelling)
• specialty paper (see section Writing and Spelling)
• highlighting pens and tape (see section Writing and Spelling)

Mid to Hi-tech Examples

• tape recorders (see section on Reading)
• portable keyboards (see section on Writing and Spelling)
• electronic spell checkers and dictionaries (see section on Writing and Spelling)
• reading systems that use a computer, scanner, and software to read scanned book pages out loud (see section on Reading and Optical Character Recognition)
• speech recognition software that allows a computer to operate by speaking http://instructiongoesdigital.wikispaces.com/Assistive+Technologies+for+Reading+and+Writingto it (see section on Writing and Spelling)