Copying from BoardMaker Studio
Posted by 14 on the 14th November, 2011
I have been weaning myself - slowly - off BoardMaker 6 and on to BoardMaker Studio. I love many of the clever new 'gadgets' for interactive use, though it's taking me a while to get to grips with some of the more complicated ones. I'll post a more comprehensive evaluation soon. BUT ...
technology and asn: information day for parents 12 november
Posted by 4 on the 4th November, 2011
There are still a few places available for any parent interested in coming along to Saturday's Parent Information Day on 12th November 2011. You can find out about and try many of the specialised technologies available to support children and young people with additional support needs. Following...
A quick way to get Stuart to work with PDFaloud
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 13th October, 2011
Following on from the previous post re PDFaloud not offering you Stuart, Robert here in CALL has written a script which finds all the PDFaloud safe voice lists on your Windows computer and adds Stuart to them. Here's what to do: Install Stuart first. Save the file to your comput...
Cartoon Video introducing Assistive Technology
Posted by 14 on the 3rd October, 2011
This fun little cartoon video explains much of what is important about assistive technology for disabled users, in a clear and pretty cool way.Update: I should clarify. The CALL Scotland team did not make this video, though I would be very proud if we had. We are just passing it on for wider...
How to use the new
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 28th September, 2011
The new Scottish male computer voice is now available for download from CALL's web site. 'Stuart' works with most text-to-speech programs including for example ClaroRead, Co:Writer, PDFaloud, Penfriend, Read and Write Gold and WordTalk. However, if you install Stuart on your computer, you won't ...
Speech recognition and SQA Digital Question Papers
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 23rd September, 2011
A common question we get from staff, parents and students is "Can I use speech recognition software to dictate my answers into the computer in an examination?" and so SQA funded us to spend some time trying to answer this. We've written a report with the results of the tests we've carried out on...
Get-together day for People who use AAC
Posted by 14 on the 21st September, 2011
Your communication: Your rights Where? Edinburgh: The Faith Centre, Gilmerton (directions will be supplied, on booking) When? Monday 7th November, 10.30 am - 3 pm (lunch provided) Who? Adults (16+)in Scotland that use AAC; Claire Edwards and Shirley Young, Inclusive Communicat...
PDFaloud to be discontinued
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 19th September, 2011
TextHelp, publishers of Read and Write Gold and PDFaloud, have decided that they will no longer sell PDFaloud as a standalone program. Since 2008, Scottish schools have been able to buy a site licence for PDFaloud for £295 from Learning and Teaching Scotland, under a special licencing deal....
New \'how-to\' Books for All videos from CALL and Education Scotland
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 12th September, 2011
Earlier this year Stuart and I were videoed finding, using and making books in accessible formats, and the videos are now available on the Education Scotland web site. They provide a quick and reasonably (we think!) straightforward introduction to Books for All, and you can download the videos and...
Including All Children in the Scottish Children\'s Book Awards
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 6th September, 2011
The 2011 Scottish Children's Book Awards is an innovative nationwide reading project in which children and young people from every corner of Scotland read and vote for their favourite Scottish children's books of the year. Last year: over 40,000 children registered and an amazing 17,000 vot...
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