There are many AT tools and resources to help students that have difficulty in reading and writing. Reading and writing difficulties can be if an individual that has a visual impairment, physical impairment, hearing impairment, or learning disability.
Let's look at some examples of what AT has to offer to help students that have difficulties in reading: -Listen to books with text to speech software -Hear and see highlighted words on screen -Large print font -Magnification tools -Braille books -Page turners -Dictionary readers -Highlighted strips For more reading AT resources and information: Visit- Bookshare (digital books online-different formats font that work for different students) Spritzinc (students focus at one point to read at a faster rate) Start to Finish Library (Different tools to build reading comprehension and reading fluency) |
In this video you see Kurzweil 3000- A software that helps students with reading fluency and reading comprehension.
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Lets look at some examples of what AT has to offer for students that have difficulties in writing:
-Pencil grips
-Computers (typing instead of hand writing)
-Word prediction software
-Speech recognition
-Different colored paper
-Clipboards
For more AT resources and information:
Co-Writer (word prediction and built in speech recognition)
DragonNaturally (Speech recognition software)
-Pencil grips
-Computers (typing instead of hand writing)
-Word prediction software
-Speech recognition
-Different colored paper
-Clipboards
For more AT resources and information:
Co-Writer (word prediction and built in speech recognition)
DragonNaturally (Speech recognition software)
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Natural Readers
Natural Readers
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Read Write Think
Read Write Think
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Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets
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