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Posted by Allan Wilson on the 21st March, 2017
CALL has managed to arrange licensing of Cereproc's excellent Scottish computer voices, Heather, Stuart and Ceitidh for use in Scottish state schools and colleges, and for a number of other charities and public bodies. See the Scottish Voice web site for full details of who can have free access ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th March, 2017
On Wednesday March 8th, we were honoured to host the launch of the revised Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit, by John Swinney, Deputy First Minister, and Sir Jackie Stewart, president of Dyslexia Scotland. The event was chaired by Professor Charlie Jeffrey, Senior Vice-Principal of the University of Edinb...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th March, 2017
Many learners with additional support needs struggle to write, spell and therefore to produce high quality written work. Feedback from teachers and learners, and our recent Talking in Exams Project, suggests that modern speech recognition software has considerable potential to help learners with wri...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 9th March, 2017
When we loan out and recommend iPads with communication apps for AAC users, we also need to provide a functional carry case that has several key features. It needs to be: lightweight, able to withstand drops and knocks, have both a handle and a stand for communication in different settings and also...
Posted by Craig Mill on the 9th March, 2017
Did you know that Macs have a range of built-in tools to help with literacy difficulties? This new guide will take you through some of the tools that can help to support Mac users with reading and writing. The Mac operating system is often abbreviated as ‘OS X’ or ‘macOS&rsq...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 28th February, 2017
Can you believe the 2nd of March 2017 will mark the 20th year of World Book Day? Since 1997 children from all over the world have come together to celebrate this festival of reading and all things book related. This year, why don’t you enable your learners to become the author...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 24th February, 2017
Free conference of technology to assist students with Additional Support Needs. We are delighted to announce that our presenters and exhibitors’ timetables are confirmed for our two free ​conferences. Edinburgh – 14 June 2017 Clydebank – 15 June 2017 There is another great prog...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 23rd February, 2017
Topic themed resources are available to download from the Boardmaker website. For schools using Boardmaker Studio or Boardmaker Online, those of you who have searched for activities on their community sharing site boardmakeronline.com will know the challenge in wading through the ma...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 22nd February, 2017
Last week I was working with a learner in primary 4 who has recently started using Clicker for writing and recording. He accesses the on-screen keyboard with a joystick to control the mouse pointer, and a separate switch to click the mouse button. But there's a big problem - when he activates th...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 20th February, 2017
Scottish Government recently announced the new Pupil Equity Funding scheme which will provide £120 million direct to 2,300 schools across Scotland. The funding is based on the number of learners who are eligible and registered for free school meals and will be around £1200 per pupil. Sho...
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