Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 24th February, 2020
Amanda Warren, who is a Dyslexia Tutor, has written a fascinating post about how Immersion Reading has opened up books and reading for her son, who is dyslexic. Amanda writes that her son was diagnosed with dyslexia, poor working memory and extremely slow processing at age 10. In school he has been ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th February, 2020
Tobii DynaVox's Snap Core First for Windows communication app can now speak Scottish! We're very pleased that the latest version of Snap Core First for Windows can now use the free Scottish computer voices. Previously, we were limited to the Windows 10 voices within Snap Core, but this...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 20th January, 2020
On this Blue Monday what could be more uplifting than thinking about the upcoming exams in May? You'll be excited that the 2019 digital question papers are now available from the SQA web site, and to help us plan for using technology in examinations, I've picked out a few key points from the...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 16th December, 2019
As well as noble and worthy activities like communication and access to education, technology can of course also be used for having fun and playing. If you are interested in accessible computer gaming, read on. Just in time for Christmas! Recently I've been researching options for playing comput...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 28th November, 2019
After 9 years and over 230,000 downloads, the Books for All Database will close on 19 February 2020. The new replacement Books for All web site is up and running and so we encourage you to create an account now, and to get into the habit of using the new facility so that you won't be surprised w...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 25th November, 2019
Have you got something to say about additional support for learning in Scotland? You have a chance to give your views and experiences by taking part in the ASL Review. If you are a parent, carer, teacher, practitioner or learner (or anyone else) you can contact Angela Morgan, who is leading the revi...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 11th October, 2019
The partnership between CALL and CereProc to develop and licence Scottish Computer voices was recognised on Wednesday night when we won the Design for Diversity category at the 2019 Herald & GenAnalytics Diversity Awards. Paul and Shirley donned their glad rags and received the prize at th...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 26th August, 2019
A few weeks ago on August 5th we launched the new Scottish Child Voices for communication aids. The response has been really positive and it's started me thinking that the range of voices available for people that use communication aids is pretty limited, and what we might do to improve matters....
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 5th August, 2019
From today you can get high quality child and teenage digital voices for use in communication aids and for reading digital information. Download the voices and find out more from our new Scottish Voice website. For communication The new voices have been created by CereProc (makers of Stuart, Heather...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 18th March, 2019
With Learning Tools and Immersive Reader, Microsoft Office 365 has some really good features for supporting reading, but there's some confusion about whether and how you can use the free Scottish computer voices - here's my understanding of the situation. Background We think it's really ...
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