Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 29th June, 2015
Thanks once more to Marie Lawson in Shetland who has contributed New Maths in Action 32 in 18 point Large Print - all 629 pages of it! This adds to Large Print versions of the 11, 12, 21, 22 and 31 books that Marie has already provided to the database. Mari...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 26th June, 2015
Rebecca has been continuing her Herculean task of checking, adapting and uploading books (kindly provided by VTSS in Edinburgh) to the Books for All Scotland Database. The latest batch are 83 books for English, including novels such as Charlotte's Web and Ezio Trot, books from reading schemes su...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 25th June, 2015
A question we are often asked at CALL is “can you get the Scottish voices on the iPad?” Unfortunately, the answer has been a resounding ‘No’. While the Scottish voices are available for Android devices via Google Play, i.e. Cereproc Heather and Stuart (including many ...
Posted by 4 on the 1st June, 2015
New European Union Guidelines The European Union has brought out new Guidelines for Accessible Information. These cover how to make information accessible for learning and covers books, worksheets, video, audio, PowerPoints, PDFs and more. Following the steps set out in the Guidelines should &nbs...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 1st June, 2015
Coming up next week are two ICT and Inclusion exhibitions organised by CALL Scotland and there is still time to book your place. Parents - extra sessions - see below!! This event provides an excellent opportunity for staff to see and compare the latest software ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 27th May, 2015
£1.5m is now available for schools and clusters to help reduce barriers to learning for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds. This includes learners with additional support needs. The fund aims to help enhance a school's capacity to: address barriers to learning caused by...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 26th May, 2015
If you have the latest online version of Office 365 (available through Glow) or if you have downloaded the desktop version, Office 2013 (also through Glow in participating authorities) there’s a new feature, ‘Office Store’ that could offer some handy features to support learni...
Posted by 4 on the 25th May, 2015
Premiere this week in Riga Latvia – but you saw it first (blink and you will miss it!) CALL had a bit of fun putting together a 1 minute video with closed captions: YouTube version; Downloadable version. Plus accompanying transcript (Word transcript (.doc) and text transcript (...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 14th May, 2015
Proloquo2Go (P2Go) version 4.0 has been released and it looks like many improvements have been made. There is no additional charge to update if you are an existing P2Go user and if you are a new user it will cost you £199.99 (previously £129.99). Why should I update my app to ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 1st May, 2015
We have uploaded another 96 books kindly contributed by Mary Matson at VTSS in Edinburgh to the Books for All Database. Some are scanned copies and some are Large Print. There are too many to list here, but you can see the full inventory on the news section on the front page of the databas...
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