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Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 28th August, 2014
For a few years now we have been distributing digital versions of Hodder Gibson textbooks on CD, and the service has become increasingly popular with schools. We're very pleased to say that the publishers have now given us permission to make the books available for download via the Books for ...
Posted by 14 on the 12th August, 2014
A variant of Personal Communication Passport has recently been published, designed for use by people with autism who might need hospital treatment and/or who need to communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. This was developed by Baroness Angela Brow...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 6th August, 2014
Balabolka is a very powerful, free text to speech program that can be used for a lot of different tasks, including basic text to speech, changing the appearance of text to make it more accessible, reading eBooks and creating audio files. This blog will focus on the use of Balabolka to read eBooks in...
Posted by 14 on the 5th August, 2014
Communicative competence was defined by Janice Light (1989) as: "– the state of being functionally adequate in daily communication and of having sufficient knowledge, judgment, and skills to communicate effectively in daily life." Light's mo...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 29th July, 2014
Following on from Stuart's blog on Changes to Copyright Law (10th July). we've had a series of emails seeking clarification of the practicalities of access to books for people with dyslexia and other reading difficulties. A lot of information about this is available on CALL's Books for A...
Posted by 4 on the 10th July, 2014
A welcome change to the law on copyright came into force on 1 June 2014. The new Regulations affect disabled people's access not only to print materials such as books, but also music and other media including video. Now a person is considered as disabled if the disability prevents t...
Posted by 14 on the 19th June, 2014
Looking for information about about children's speech, language and communication development? ICAN and The Communication Trust are relaunching the informative Talking Point website this week. Talking Point provides valuable information and resources&nb...
Posted by 14 on the 27th May, 2014
There have been many changes lately for Mayer Johnson and Boardmaker products, in the UK. The latest news is that the Assistive Technology division of the Swedish company Tobii have bought DynaVox and that both DynaVox products and Mayer Johnson products - including the Boardmaker softwar...
Posted by 14 on the 26th May, 2014
Acquiring literacy is notoriously challenging for learners with complex communication support needs, who use AAC. Have a look at Tony Jones' inspiring web-site TalkSense, for 101 ideas that may support literacy teaching and learning for learners who need AAC, in your...
Posted by 14 on the 23rd May, 2014
The new CALL Scotland AAC Apps Wheel is now officially 'launched' and available for free download and sharing. Enjoy, and pass it on! The AAC Apps wheel is in .PDF format and was designed for display in A3 poster size but it works equally well (only smaller!) as ...
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