Tag Archives: Learning Disability

Avaz Reader Helps Children With Dyslexia Read At Their Own Pace — Assistive Technology Blog

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

MDA Avaz Reader, built in association with the Madras Dyslexia Association, is an app that helps and encourages children with Dyslexia to read independently by offering various features and techniques, and a clean, distraction free interface. A user can either … Continue reading →

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Portable Reading Tool Options, Smartphone or Handheld Device – What’s Your Pick?

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A variety of portable reading tools are available with fairly good recognition and improved text to speech voices for quick access to print using text to speech.  While many individuals rely on their smartphones for accessing print with text to … Continue reading →

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“On-Demand” Apps for Reading

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Many individuals with reading challenges are faced with difficulty reading the information in their environment. Whether text in a technical manual at work, written directions and a handout provided in a class or meeting that may be difficult to read. … Continue reading →

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How AI is Changing Writing: Check out Robot Don — Ask a Tech Teacher

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thanks to Jacqui at Ask a Tech Teacher for sharing a new AI proof writing tool! I am pretty excited about AI, much less a tool to help individuals with written production. Second to solutions for reading, writing solutions are needed … Continue reading →

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KNFB Reader App on Sale

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

KNFB Reader Sale – $59.99 until July 10, 2018. The KNFB Reader app is one of those staple apps for individuals with low vision or blindness and for some individuals with a learning disability. Its efficient and accurate scanning tool (however … Continue reading →

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Object Recognition Apps – What Apps Might Work for Individuals with Learning or Intellectual Disabilities?

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

  The science of object recognition  continues to evolve combining the science of artificial intelligence, computer vision and cloud based networks providing  greater recognition accuracy of objects and entities. Application of this science to apps have also become increasingly available on mobile devices for consumers with … Continue reading →

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Object Recognition Apps Feature Match Matrix

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Object Recognition Apps It’s an exciting time as recognition apps for both print and objects advance and become more accurate and thus usable. With the evolution of object recognition along with artificial intelligence (AI), more and more object and AI apps … Continue reading →

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Voice Dream Reader App on Sale

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Through July 4th, Voice Dream Reader app for iOS ( 6.99) and Android (4.99) is 50% off. This is a great value for this multi-function app that reads aloud documents, articles and web sites and supports a wide variety of formats. … Continue reading →

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Word Bank for Google Chrome

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Word BankDon Johnston just announced another new product, Word Bank for Google Chrome. A similar support to Co:Writer but without the prediction features, Word Bank easily creates a word cloud or word list on a topic from an electronic document … Continue reading →

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Google Docs Voice Typing Tool

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Did you know that a new Voice Typing tool is available in Google Docs (since September 2015) providing speech recognition as a option when using Google Chrome Browser? I may be the only one who was not aware of this new tool, … Continue reading →

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