Talking in Exams Project
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 17th April, 2015
Speech recognition has been around for many years, and many people have tried it without much success. It could be made to work, but often involved a lot of training, time and effort. Today though, computers are much more powerful, speech recognition software is much more accurate and reliable, and ...
Work at CALL!
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 30th March, 2015
Development Officer - Assistive Technology & Additional Support Needs As a result of recent and upcoming staff changes, we are looking for a person to come and join the CALL team. This post is full-time and fixed-term until 31st March 2017 - although we hope and expect that funding will ...
New Large Print books from Inverclyde
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 30th March, 2015
Thanks to Isabell Irvine from Inverclyde for contributing Large Print books in both Word and PDF. The Word files are provided in case staff need to edit them to change the font or font size for example. George's Marvellous Medicine - LP14 Word George's Marvellous Medic...
A new FREE editor for creating digital prelims, assessments and resources!
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 27th March, 2015
PDFescape is a new browser-based PDF editor with the facility to insert form fields (answer boxes). The free service lets you upload a PDF, do simple editing, add form fields, and then download back to your computer. The PDF can then be accessed by learners on computer using for example Ad...
what the ladybird heard-spring has sprung for accessible books!
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 24th March, 2015
Now that Springtime seems to be upon us at last, you'll be looking for some suitably 'fresh and lively' reading material for your Young Readers! Just to remind you that CALL's PowerPoint bookshelf is available for download with links to lots of ready m...
Bright Red to provide digital files for Learners with Print Disabilities
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 19th March, 2015
We are excited to announce that Bright Red Publishing are the latest Scottish textbook publisher to agree to provide digital copies of their books for the Books for All Database. Bright Red publish Study and Revision Guides for Intermediate, National 5 and Highers and also SQA Past Papers. Over the ...
EmergencySMS service to call 999 - great for nonspeakers!
Posted by 14 on the 16th March, 2015
Police Scotland are offering a new Emergency SMS service which could be very valuable for people with speech, language or communication impairment, or deafness (who cannot easily use a voice based phone service). If someone can access a mobile phone reliably, they can send an ...
red nose day 2015 resources
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 12th March, 2015
As you will know, it's Comic Relief's Red Nose Day tomorrow! Download a Red Nose Day symbol board to enable pupils with Additional Support Needs to take part fully in all the fundraising shenanigans! -this can be used as a printable low tech board or as an overlay for a G...
scottish children\'s book awards 2015 winners announced!
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 5th March, 2015
Congratulations to the Winners of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2015! The awards are run by The Scottish Book Trust and the winners were announced at an Awards Ceremony at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh on the 4th March 2015 in front of 600 school children. The winner for e...
New French books on the Books for All Database from VTSS in Edinburgh
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 3rd March, 2015
Just before Christmas Mary Matson from Edinburgh and Lothians VTSS transcription team kindly gave us over 15,000 files to add to the database. Rebecca Gow here in CALL, with help from James, a student, have gone through this treasure trove and sorted and edited the files into complete books. Some...
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