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14th January, 2025

CALL Scotland

CALL Scotland
A Communication and Assistive Technology Newsletter

14th January, 2025

If you need to get in touch please phone the main answerphone on 0131 651 6236 or email call.scotland@ed.ac.uk and we will get back to you.

Our latest blogs

January-June 2025 Webinar programme now live!

Does Assistive Technology form part of your PRD targets? Are you looking to upskill your knowledge of the world of AT to better support your learners?

Enhance your PL in 2025 by enrolling on our technology to support ASN course

Elevate your professional learning in 2025 and learn something new by enrolling on our popular 10-week course; Technology to Support ASN in Education.

New amazing Writing Tools in iOS 18 with the introduction of Apple Intelligence

Here we explore the new Apple Intelligence that integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the iPad, iPhone and Mac devices.

New Symbols for All Updates

The Symbols for All website has been updated with new and refreshed resources. These printable materials support communication and learning across the curriculum and are available as PDFs.


Short Study Courses

4, 5, 8 and 10-week short study course which are supplemented with a series of online workshops.

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Free webinars

30 minute online workshops delivered to your desktop.

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And finally...

Integrating assistive technology in mainstream classrooms: A practical perspective

Kirsteen Steven from CALL Scotland will be presenting at BETT 2025. If you're attending this year, please come along to her presentation which will explore how integrating assistive technology in mainstream classrooms enhances the learning environment and supports diverse student needs.

Digital assessment solutions for AAAs with Exam.net (16th January, 2025)

In this free webinar Nic Cardwell from exam.net will demonstrate how to easily set up a secure assessment on Exam.net and how its many features and tools can be used to support students with a diverse range of learning challenges.

New version 7 Scottish digital voices now available

The Scottish Government funds CALL Scotland to provide Scotland-wide schools licences to Heather and Stuart (adult Scottish); Ceitidh (adult Scottish Gaelic); Andrew and Mairi, our new Scottish child voices and Isla and Callum (teenage voices). All the voices are created by CereProc, a world leading speech synthesis company in Edinburgh.

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