Posted by Craig Mill on the 31st October, 2024
Category Text-to-Speech Dyslexia
Natural Reader has been a favourite text-reader for many years. It's simple to use, has a large 'play' button making it easy to target and press to read text, and it works extremely well with the Scottish voices.
Posted by Craig Mill on the 16th October, 2024
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
Safari Reader in iOS18 has had a makeover with new and improved features.
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 4th June, 2024
Category Communication Aids Text-to-Speech
You can now record your own voice for free (or ask someone else to record their's) on an iPad and use it for communication or reading. So how does it sound?
Posted by Craig Mill on the 27th May, 2024
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
Live Text is a built-in tool in iOS that allows you to take a photo of text and hear it spoken aloud. Live Text is an artificial intelligent (AI) powered tool.
Posted by Craig Mill on the 16th January, 2024
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
A selection of free universal tools to support writing for Windows, iPads and Chromebooks.
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 25th October, 2023
Category Text-to-Speech Dyslexia
Read&Write for Google Chrome and OrbitNote for Chromebooks now have more Scottish voices plus the Ceitidh Gaelic voice. The voices are available in the free version of Read&Write as well as the Premium version.
Posted by Craig Mill on the 7th September, 2023
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
This one hour workshop will explore a range of built-in tools to support literacy.
Posted by Craig Mill on the 7th February, 2023
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
This is a true story about a learning journey that revolves around a pupil who was identified as dyslexic when she was in primary school. The story involves Anna (not her real name) a pupil in p5, her mum, her teachers, the local authority and the involvement of CALL Scotland.
Posted by Craig Mill on the 17th January, 2023
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
This guide explores the speech tool which is part of Windows Magnifier. It explains where to find it and how it can be used.
Posted by Craig Mill on the 11th January, 2023
Category Dyslexia Text-to-Speech
Word prediction or predictive text offers suggested words and phrases which closely match the first few letters that have been typed. It can help to reduce the number of keystrokes, by predicting the word you are typing, and the next word based on word frequency and context of what is being typed.
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