Learning Disabilities

TypeAbility is a program that teaches the entire computer keyboard in 77 user-friendly lessons. By the end of the lessons, the student will have mastered all the letters, numbers, punctuation, as well as basic navigation and editing in text documents. TypeAbility is great fun for all ages!

TypeAbility 3.0 for JAWS, is compatible with JAWS 6 and higher. Conveniently, you can use either a full version of JAWS, or the free JAWS demo. TypeAbility is also compatible with the screen magnification program MAGic. With MAGic, the partially sighted can not only listen to, but also see their typing lessons. TypeAbility for MAGic, can be installed into MAGic 10.5 or MAGic 11. In that case, JAWS is not needed, because MAGic will provide both speech and magnification.

Learning how to startup, run, choose lessons and tasks, and how to close TypeAbility is very simple. After a few lessons with an assistant, a blind non-typing child will be able to use the program independently. TypeAbility is fun and appropriate for students of all ages.

There are User Preferences that allow TypeAbility to conform to each students needs. However, there are not such a bewildering number of esoteric options that learning how to use TypeAbility would be a mystery and chore.

Transforming the Written Word

The perfect solution for people who have Dyslexia or difficulty reading, writing and spelling. Computer users can write, read, view and check text with Dolphin Tutor's supporting speech output.

Who uses EasyTutor?

Dyslexic computer users, particularly people in school, university, work, work training schemes and at home.

Key Benefits:

• Reads aloud and highlights text from Word Documents, Web pages and spreadsheets to help with reading skills.
• Highlights text and reads words aloud as you type, forming a link between the spoken word and the written word.
• Predictive text suggests words as you type explaining their meanings as you go helping to develop writing skills and vocabulary.
• Includes its own high quality synthesiser so no need for additional voice software.
• Save text as audio files so you can listen to them when and where you want – or share them with colleagues.

A simple toolbar attached to Microsoft WORD, allowing students to verbalise the text in the document with clear sounding Realspeak voices. Easy Reader can be widely deployed in multi-user licenses at low cost.

Features of Easy Reader:

• Enjoy Digital talking books on your PC, without the need for a special hardware player.
• View the text, highlighted as it reads aloud, a useful tool when learning to read.
• Alter the colours, fonts, text size and layout of the book to suit you.
• Mouse or keyboard operation with the option to announce button functions.
• Attractive user interface with compact tool bar option.
• Plays various talking books - DAISY, Niso, eBooks andBookshare books.

In exam situations, students who are slow visual readers perform very poorly, even if their knowledge of the subject being examined is good. Test Talker is a computer program that shows an exact facsimile of the examination being conducted, but also verbalises it via headphones – as if a teacher were reading out the questions. The student can complete the test by typing into the spaces provided. The beauty of Test Talker is that is uses the original exam paper without modification, and students can take the exam in the same room and at the same time as their peers.

• Supports True/False, Multiple Choice, Fill-in, and Extended Answer
• allows the teacher to resize fill-in blanks or add his/her own answer blanks;
• automatically detects underlines on a page and inserts fill-in answer blanks;
• Includes a PDF converter, simply open the PDF file in TestTalker Teacher Edition, and it becomes available just as though you had scanned it in.

What you Need Now (WYNN) is the innovative literacy software tool designed to enhance success for individuals with reading challenges and writing difficulties. WYNN was developed with the help of special educators and individuals with learning difficulties. By using a bi-modal approach — simultaneous highlighting of the text as it is spoken — WYNN transforms printed text into understandable information that benefits readers of all ages.

WYNN is available in two versions: WYNN Wizard and WYNN Reader. Both versions read text aloud while highlighting spoken words, include the four color-coded toolbars, and provide reading, writing, studying, productivity, and Internet features.