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An app provided by IOS and Android for people to type what they want to say if they can't speak.

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Voice dream is an app where students, or anyone for that matter, can type what they want to say and have it read it out for them. This can be vital for students who have language or speech disabilities and need a helping hand with speaking. It includes different fonts for people who have dyslexia, annotation and highlight options, it is compatible with all types of languages, and its easy to control. To me, this is important for those who have trouble taking notes, speaking, or listening. It can listen to a lecture and copy it down, word for word. This can be helpful with note taking as well. I also think this is important for students to have access to because it helps them to read. Voice dream can read back texts to the user and have them follow along with what it is reading. This can boost reading comprehension, technological comprehension, and so much more. This could help these students and any future student who need help talking when it comes to asking or answering questions. Students may need a helping hand when it comes to speaking up because they may be embarrassed with how their voice sounds or they may not want to talk at all.

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A text-to-speech Tool reads digital text to users.

Text-to-speech (TTS) converts text on a screen into speech, similar to an on-the-go audio book. These programs allow people with reading disabilities to listen to written words (such as books, newspapers articles, textbooks) on a variety of devices.
Text to speech that is built into your device or browser Once you enable TTS or install the appropriate extension, you typically have to highlight the text you want read and choose speak.

Part of your Operating System - computers, tablets, phones:

Mac/iPad - in Settings under Accessibility

Windows - in Control Panel under Ease of Access

Android - Settings - Accessibility - Text to Speech Output

Chromebook - in Settings under accessibility

Browsers also have it built in:

Safari has great TTS - just right-click after highlighting

Chrome has several free TTS extensions - click on Window then Extensions then Add Extensions

Firefox -Add Extensions -Text to Speech

Explorer - No plugin but can use Windows accessibility options (see above)

We have one app that is specially designed for TTS use that we highly recommend:

Voice Dream - available for iOS and Android (so tablets and phones)

control over how much text you see

control highlight amount, color and background

multiple fonts including Dyslexia

compatible with the best voices, multiple languages

can load content from websites, Gutenberg, Dropbox, Google Drive and Bookshare to name a few.

highlighting and annotation available and can be exported

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A text-to-speech Tool reads digital text to users. Text-to-speech (TTS) converts text on a screen into speech, similar to an on-the-go audio book. These programs allow people with reading disabilities to listen to written words (such as books, newspapers articles, textbooks) on a variety of devices.

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Voice Dream Reader lets you listen to PDFs, Web pages, and books using text-to-speech. Featured by Apple as Best New App and App of the Day in 81 countries. Download now to start your free trial today!

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Adaptive paper is used to guide handwriting for those who need more work on penmanship, graphing, drawing, and lining up equations in math. These can be used in all subjects to improve writing and equation setup. This could help the two students by allowing them to have the support they need to layout equations in the order they go in. It can also help them organize their equations by not allowing them to accidentally combine or overlap two equations because of their "lack of space" on the paper. Introducing a new math unit could be easier with new paper because it gets the students excited to try something new.

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As I mentioned yesterday, assistive technology is anything/anyone that helps a student make progress. There are three types of assistive technology. Low Tech Assistive Technology is the most common form of assistive technology. Most of these are present in most classrooms and we are unaware that we even provide these accommodations.

Low Tech Examples:

Graphic Organizer

Visual Schedules

Adapted Pencil (weighted, fat, skinny, triangular, golf etc.)

Adaptive Paper (graph, special spacing or texture, HWT etc.)

Pencil Grip

adapted eraser

Slant board

post-it's

highlighter

squishy ball or sensory input (fidgets)

tactile ruler

velcro

page protector or colored transparency

binder clip (for grip for turning pages)

jumbo anything (text, materials, paper, etc)

manipulatives

The second type of assistive technology is mid tech assistive technology. This is the least common form of technology. As technology continues to grow, we are seeing less and less of the mid tech's being implemented in the classroom. Here are a few examples of common mid tech resources.

electrical device

screen magnifier

audio book

adapted cd player/music player

voice amplification

scooter

gait trainer

wheel chair

braille translation software

switch adapted games or toys

adapted switches

adapted seating (bouncy ball, chairs with seat belts, wiggly butt cushions)

adapted keyboard

calculator

electronic speller or dictionary

word prediction software

computer

electronic tablet (iPad, iPod, Kindle, Samsung tablet etc.)

electric wheelchair

portable word processor

text to speech

speech to text

AAC Device

smart board

alerting device

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Low Tech, Mid Tech and High Tech Assisstive Technology " Autism Adventures

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As I mentioned yesterday, assistive technology is anything/anyone that helps a student make progress. There are three types of assistive technology. Low Tech Assistive Technology is the most common form of assistive technology. Most of these are present in most classrooms and we are unaware that we even provide these accommodations.

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picture exchange communication system cards

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Do2Learn: Educational Resources for Special Needs

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picture communication cards, songs, games and learning activities for autism, aspergers, fetal alcohol syndrome and disabilities

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Calculators are used to solve different types of math problems, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are different types of calculators for different subjects that students will attend throughout their education career. This could help the two students as it is an easier way to figure out math equations they just learned. It is hard to focus on two things at once when you have ADHD. The two things they would be focusing on without the calculator would be writing and setting up/solving the equation. With a calculator, they just need to focus on how they need to set up the equation for the calculator to get it right. It also shows them how to do set it up on their own if they wanted to.

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As I mentioned yesterday, assistive technology is anything/anyone that helps a student make progress. There are three types of assistive technology. Low Tech Assistive Technology is the most common form of assistive technology. Most of these are present in most classrooms and we are unaware that we even provide these accommodations.

Low Tech Examples:

Graphic Organizer

Visual Schedules

Adapted Pencil (weighted, fat, skinny, triangular, golf etc.)

Adaptive Paper (graph, special spacing or texture, HWT etc.)

Pencil Grip

adapted eraser

Slant board

post-it's

highlighter

squishy ball or sensory input (fidgets)

tactile ruler

velcro

page protector or colored transparency

binder clip (for grip for turning pages)

jumbo anything (text, materials, paper, etc)

manipulatives

The second type of assistive technology is mid tech assistive technology. This is the least common form of technology. As technology continues to grow, we are seeing less and less of the mid tech's being implemented in the classroom. Here are a few examples of common mid tech resources.

electrical device

screen magnifier

audio book

adapted cd player/music player

voice amplification

scooter

gait trainer

wheel chair

braille translation software

switch adapted games or toys

adapted switches

adapted seating (bouncy ball, chairs with seat belts, wiggly butt cushions)

adapted keyboard

calculator

electronic speller or dictionary

word prediction software

computer

electronic tablet (iPad, iPod, Kindle, Samsung tablet etc.)

electric wheelchair

portable word processor

text to speech

speech to text

AAC Device

smart board

alerting device

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Low Tech, Mid Tech and High Tech Assisstive Technology " Autism Adventures

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As I mentioned yesterday, assistive technology is anything/anyone that helps a student make progress. There are three types of assistive technology. Low Tech Assistive Technology is the most common form of assistive technology. Most of these are present in most classrooms and we are unaware that we even provide these accommodations.

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When kids and adults have trouble with math, assistive technology (AT) can offer a lot of support. Many AT tools for math - like calculators - are common, inexpensive, and easy to get. Others are lesser known, but can be just as useful.

Use this guide to learn about what tools are available, and where to get them.

Dive deeper

Types of assistive technology tools for math

Where to get assistive technology for math

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There are many assistive technology (AT) tools that can help people with math. Use this guide to learn about options for math AT.