Great Pinterest Board from Lauren S. Enders
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 15th February, 2016
Last week we retweeted a tweet about a new Pinterest board from US-based speech and language pathologist, Lauren S. Enders on "AAC: Engaging Apps for Implementation". (Pinterest is a web site that allows the user to bring together web resources and display links to them in a visual format....
Resolving Problems with ClaroPDF / Heather
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 15th February, 2016
ClaroPDF is an excellent iPad app for working with PDFs, particularly when you want to have text in a PDF read out to you, without losing the formatting in a file. It is also the only app that we know about that can use the iPad version of Scottish computer voice, Heather. We recently had problems w...
Minister Dr Alasdair Allan welcomes Ceitidh
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 29th January, 2016
On 19th January, Ceitidh, the world's first Scottish Gaelic Computer Voice, was officially launched by Dr. Alasdair Allan, Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages at Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu. Representatives from the funders (Scottish Government, SQA, Scottish Fundin...
Using the iPad to Support Dyslexia
Posted by Craig Mill on the 13th January, 2016
A new resource from CALL Scotland! When using an iPad to support pupils with literacy difficulties such as dyslexia, there is a temptation to head straight to the Apps Store to download the latest dedicated ‘dyslexia app’. While many of these apps offer valuable literacy support, the bu...
Goodbye Tools2Talk, but beware BACK UP YOUR APP!
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 6th January, 2016
The Tools2Talk app from Scope in Australia has been one of our app favourites at CALL since September 2014 when we first purchased it. The app offered a quick and easy method for designing and printing symbol communication boards and resources using an iPad, whilst being inexpensive (£8.99) co...
Ceitidh the Gaelic voice - licence file fix
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 5th January, 2016
Unfortunately, an issue with the licence file for the Gaelic voice has been identified that causes the voice to expire on the 1st January 2016. The issue only affects downloads of the voice before January 5th and the voice will not work unless the licence file is upgraded. To upgrade the l...
What voice banking options are currently available?
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 17th December, 2015
I read an interesting article in the RCSLT Bulletin today about the use of voice banking for patients with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) as a ‘Vocal Insurance’ policy. The main message from the article is that voice-banking or ‘cloning’ needs to be ‘done early’ so t...
CALL Webinars for 2016
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 16th December, 2015
CALL Scotland today launches our most comprehensive ever programme of webinars, with 17 scheduled for the first half of 2016. We have webinars planned for various iPad apps, communication, digital exams, speech recognition and other areas. Three presentations by guest presenters will provide opportu...
New ModMath App - Very Impressive!
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 16th December, 2015
The ModMath iPad app was developed by the parents of a child with dyslexia and dysgraphia to allow him to lay out mathematical problems neatly and legibly. Since it was first released around two years ago ModMath has acquired a reputation as a nice, easy to use app for laying out arithmetic on an iP...
Talking in Exams project update
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 8th December, 2015
“Is there something my student can use to allow them just to speak and their words appear on the screen?” The plea of many teachers everywhere Yes there is and it’s called speech recognition software. It is much more accurate and reliable now (especially install...
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