Student+Tools

=Tools Students can use for Access and Productivity = 
 *  Reading Support: Screen Readers and Text to Speech
 * Writing Support: Vocabulary Support, Word Prediction, Spell Checkers
 * Keyboarding

Reading Support: Screen readers & converting text to speech
 [|ReadPlease] – www.readplease.com;  [|Natural Voice Reader] for Windows – www.naturalreaders.com  [|WordTalk] for all versions of MS Word www.wordtalk.org.uk/  [|Power Reader] www.projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=1 Graphic Interactive Text Reader for Windows using plain text only.  <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|VozMe] insert tool into browser or add to web page vozme.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|WebAnywhere] webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php non-visual interface for the web that can be accessed on any public computer to read web pages. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|BrowseAloud] www.browsealoud.com/ allows all browsealoud enabled web pages to be read <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Spoken Text] spokentext.net/ upload create audio recordings of ANY text documents <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Speaktext] www.speaktext.com/index.htm works with Vista, convert text to speech <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Read the Words] readthewords.com upload or type in any words to have them read to you.

(top)  =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Web Resources to Support Written Language** = <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Writing support:** [|Read, Write, Think’s] student materials index – www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Writing Fun] www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/writingfun/writingfun.html templates for writing <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Writing Sample Analyzer]–bluecentauri.com/tools/writer/sample.php <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Click N’ Type’]s word prediction and keyboard with scanning option – www.lakefolks.org/cnt/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Phrase Express] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.phraseexpress.com/ “No more typing common phrases again!” It can “organize frequently used text snippets, expand abbreviations as you type, auto-complete repetitive phrases, … correct spelling mistakes in any application.” <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|WordQ and SpeakQ] www.wordq.com Download 30 day free trial for word prediction, text to speech and voice recognition <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|WordWeb] wordweb.info/free/ vocabulary in your toolbar and use with any application

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Spelling checkers :** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Ginger Software] www.gingersoftware.com A new type of spelling checker. It corrects multiple spelling mistakes at once. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Ghotit Context Spell Check] www.ghotit.com <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Orangoo] <span class="wiki_link_ext">orangoo.com/spell/ This is a free online spell checker where you can paste text into a box or you can type in a URL to check the spelling on a web site. The results will be e-mailed to you. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|tinySpell]<span class="wiki_link_ext">www.tinyspell.m6.net/ “It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check and correct the spelling in any Windows application.[It will] alert you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It can also check the spelling of text that you copy to the clipboard. tinySpell installs itself in the system tray for easy access.” <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|gSpell] (Mac only)<span class="wiki_link_ext"> nspindel.com/gspell/ This tool “provides spelling suggestions from Google.” You need to be online to use it.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Keyboarding** Supports
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[|Typer Talker] www.aph.org/tech/tt_info.htm [|One handed typing] www.aboutonehandtyping.com/freesoftware.html Practice on line with one hand [|Accessible Keyboarding: Providing Keyboard Shortcuts Using accesskey] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/ [|Time saving keyboard shortcuts demonstrated using Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.screencastcentral.com/public/522.cfm?sd=92 “Keyboard shortcuts are great - if you can get into the habit of using them - this quick screencast tutorial shows the most popular keyboard shortcuts “ – Careful. The video starts immediately. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[|Dasher] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This is a free software program that is a “text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. It is “especially useful for one-handed users or for those who cannot use their hands at all. It can be used with a mouse, head pointers, and eyetrackers.” [|Click-N-Type] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.lakefolks.com <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This is a free ”on-screen virtual keyboard for anyone with a physical disability” Also includes a word prediction   <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tools for purchase that make life easier!
<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Live Scribe] www.livescribe.com/ records & links audio to what you write