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Tag Archives: Writing
Livescribe Echo 2 Pen is Coming!
News from Livescribe, com announced the Echo 2 pen is available for pre order at a price of $149.95. Unavailable for more than a year, it appears it will be coming hopefully soon. It’s great news for individuals looking for … Continue reading
Voice Dream Apps – Sale!
Congratulations to Winston Chen for receiving the 2021 Apple Design Award. Well deserved for his continued development of Voice Dream Reader apps supporting persons with reading disabilities since inception in 2011. Winston through the years has developed and improved his … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Learning Disability, Low Vision/ Blindness, Reading, Scanning, Special education, Text to Speech, Universal Design, Writing
Tagged Access to print, Android, iOS, Reading, Reading disability, Scanning, Text to Speech, Writing
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Scanmarker Air Pen – A Digital Notetaking Tool
The Scanmarker Air pen is a wireless, OCR scanning pen. With scanning lines of print, the pen completes optical character recognition and transfers it to another source. Companion software installed on a computer (Mac or Windows) or iOS or Android … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Android, Assistive Technology, Mac, Note Taking, Note Taking App, OCR, Windows, Writing
Tagged Assistive Technology, Continuing Education, iOS, Mac, Notetaking,, OCR, Writing
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My Experience with AI-powered Digital Writing Assistants: An Illustrated Autoethnographic Study — Peace & Quiet
As an assistive technology practitioner, concerns regarding spelling and grammar are frequent. Of the many grammar editing services, Grammarly is typically recommended to clients for the extended editing tools offered. While MS Office’s spelling and grammar checkers have improved, they … Continue reading
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Assistive Technology, Grammar, Writing
Tagged Grammar checking, Writing
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Assistive Reading and Writing Software – Free Licenses Offered Through the End of the School Year
As the mandatory shift to online instruction for all students occurs amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic, more vendors of assistive technology software have stepped up to support special needs students. The following developers of assistive technology software … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Dysgraphia, Learning Disability, Reading, Scanning, Word Prediction, Writing
Tagged AT software, Reading, spelling, Writing
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“Assistive Technology in Special Education 3rd Edition” Book by Joan L. Green, SLP
A big “thanks” to Joan L. Green for her diligence in updating her book, “Assistive Technology in Special Education 3rd Edition” © 2018 and to her donor who offered 1500 copies of her book to professionals working … Continue reading
Posted in Android, App Reviews, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, AT for Handwriting, Augmentative Communication, Communicaton, Emergent Literacy, Executive Function, Focused attention, Google Docs, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Language Arts, Learning Disability, Note Taking, Scanning, Special education, Special Needs, Spell Checking, Spelling, Text to Speech, Windows, Writing
Tagged Assistive Technology, Books, Executive Function, Notetaking,, Reading, special education, spelling, Writing
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How AI is Changing Writing: Check out Robot Don — Ask a Tech Teacher
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
Posted in Assistive Technology, Grammar, Language Arts, Learning Disability, Writing
Tagged Editing tools, Grammar, Learning Disability, Writing
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Handwriting for Heroes – Learn to Write with Your Non-dominant Hand
Loosing hand dominancy after injury or a medical condition is a daunting task after years of developing manipulative skills of one’s preferred hand. A recent assessment of a vocational rehabilitation client in her late twenties who sustained a spinal stroke … Continue reading
Call Scotland – Android Apps for Learners with Dyslexia / Reading and Writing Difficulties
CALL Scotland, a service of the University of Edinburgh shares information and resources on assistive technology. They produce wonderful visual app wheels of apps and tools to support individuals with disabilities. They are a quick glance of tools or apps categorized within separate subcategories in their app … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, eBook Creating, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Android apps, Reading, Writing
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Livescribe Echo Pen Sound Stickers
The Livescribe Pens have been around since about 2010 offering a ink pen that scans what you write and records audio. It uses Livescribe’s specialized dot matrix note paper to synchronize the audio recorded with the handwriting notes you are … Continue reading
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