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Posted by Allan Wilson on the 26th March, 2010
We have updated our quick guide to Low-cost / No-cost Software Tools for People with Dyslexia. This provides information about a selection of mainly free programs that can help people with reading and writing difficulties to access text on a computer. The guide is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to every program that could be useful, but highlights a few that can support people with a range of specific difficulties. The programs listed include:
We do not suggest that pupils in schools should be restricted to using free programs purely on grounds of costs, when their needs may be better addressed by a more comprehensive commercial product such as ClaroRead or Read and Write Gold, but if a school is using Microsoft Word and pupils just need text-to-speech support, why not use WordTalk?
PS. Our good friend, Craig Mill from the JISC Regional Support Centre in Edinburgh has recently created a new software tool, MyStudyBar, which brings together some of the programs listed above (and others) to provide a comprehensive package to support literacy skills. Definitely worth a look!
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