Can you use an App on multiple iPads?
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 6th December, 2011
A question I was asked recently is how many iPads (or iPod Touch and iPhone) can you put an App on? The answer to that would be as many as you want. However, that doesn't mean that these devices can then be used by a clasroom of pupils at the same time if only 1 licence for that App has been purc...
New text-based communication aid from Toby Churchill
Posted by 14 on the 28th November, 2011
Toby Churchill Ltd. are preparing to launch a new communication aid, the Lightwriter Swift - a pocket sized dedicated text-to-speech communication device - reportedly the smallest device of its type in the world. You can see the new device on it's UK Launch Tour, in Edinburgh, at the ...
Games and Toys for Christmas?
Posted by 14 on the 28th November, 2011
At this time of year, therapists and teachers often get asked by parents and grandparents for ideas about toys, gadgets or software that might make a suitable Christmas present for their family member who has access or communication support needs. Without wanting to promote one supplier above ...
Does Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 run on a netbook?
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 22nd November, 2011
CALL recently carried out an experiment to see how well a Toshiba netbook would cope with Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 (Dragon). Dragon is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance. The netbook used was a Toshiba NB250 which offers reduced computing power when compared to ...
Adobe Reader X and PDFaloud 3.0 - don\'t bother
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 18th November, 2011
When Adobe Reader X first appeared we tested it and said that it worked with PDFaloud 3.0 (see previous blog). This was true, on my ancient Windows XP laptop. However, we've now been using it for some months on a range of different machines and operating systems and it simply hasn't been reliable....
iPads and specialised communication aids
Posted by 14 on the 17th November, 2011
Words of wisdom from the wonderful Jane Farrall, SLT at Spectronics in Oz. Everyone needs to read this. Keep reading into the second half of this short article. In summary, the iPad is fabulous but it is NOT necessarily the miracle answer to every aspect of all children's communication needs. Than...
Tarheel Reader Books on iPad
Posted by 14 on the 17th November, 2011
Jane Farrall in Melbourne Australia has just published on her blog a really useful step by step instructions for how to get a free book from the Tarheel Reader site into an iPad. Good way to make appropriate materials available without having to make them yourself. (You could also run the book on...
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...
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