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Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 14th August, 2017
Are you a Support for Learning or Additional Support Needs Teacher or a local authority Inclusion Education Officer? If so, you might be interested in taking part in a FREE pilot Professional Learning Course on Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice that has been developed by Fran Ranaldi of Education Scot...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 4th August, 2017
Dolphin recently released their EasyReader app, a free option for reading material from existing e-book libraries on an iPad. (An Android version should be available later this year.) The app allows electronic books in a different formats to be downloaded from various online libraries and read back ...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 3rd August, 2017
When we upgraded our eye gaze systems, we also required a mounting solution to accommodate them... that wouldn't break the bank. There are several commercial solutions out there but they're all very expensive. The solution required several key features. It needed to be: cheap; robust and s...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 20th July, 2017
Microsoft has a new speech recognition plug-in which can be used in Word, Outlook email and Powerpoint. It can even translate your words to different languages which could be a useful practice tool for students with English as an Additional Language. It was easy to download and install Dictation as...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 18th July, 2017
Dragon Naturally Speaking is high quality speech recognition software for Windows and MacOS. As well as dictating to your computer, you can format text and control the computer. NaturallySpeaking installs on the computer so you don't need an internet connection for it to work. We reco...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 7th July, 2017
CALL Scotland is pleased to announce the release of a new guide; Making the most of Microsoft Word 2016 to support learners with literacy difficulties. The guide explores some of the tools in the latest version of Word 2016 that can be used to support literacy and other additional support need...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 5th July, 2017
While updating the Google Voice Typing page on the CALL website I came across a new feature (new to me), ‘Select to Speak’ on the latest Android operating system, Marshmallow. Select to Speak allows you to select text on the screen and hear it spoken aloud. It works on most of the Androi...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 4th July, 2017
Clips is a new Free iOS app for making and sharing videos with text captions, special effects, graphics and more. It was very easy to create this short captioned video. Using the camera on your iPhone or iPad, hold the red button to record live video (or use a video clip from your P...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 28th June, 2017
The Technology Discovery Day organised by Augmentative Communication in Practise Scotland (ACiP:S) and held at CALL Scotland on Saturday 24th June 2017 was a great success. Thank you to everyone who helped organise the event and to those who came along on the day. Adults (16+) who use AAC, fro...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 20th June, 2017
The Pupil Equity Fund (worth £120 million) is directly allocated to schools to address the poverty related attainment gap. To close this identified gap, children and young people from all backgrounds need to be given more opportunities and greater support to succeed in order to achieve e...
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