Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Suporting Students with Assistive Technology in Writing

There are a range of software tools supporting writing across different learning abilities and styles. There is specialized software that enables students in the area of:
-Word prediction (example Co:Writer);
-Planning and organizing;
-Specialized spell checks;
-Speech synthesis (text to speech- example Write Outloud);
-Speech recognition (spoken word to text-example Dragon Naturally Speaking).

Education for All, 2005

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