Hi, with it being Dyslexia awareness week. I have collated a
few resources and information that may be of use to your learners .With a lot
of new starters joining courses, it may be useful to manage expectations
and provide information on what support a Learning Provider can offer and how
this support can help the learner become
independent.
Firstly Jisc TechDis, have a document Technology
to support your Reading. This identifies Text to speech Readers, Publisher
Look ups and how to support yourself. Also it may be worth updating your
version of My Study Bar, the latest version has an excellent Text to Speech
reader Orato, and Balabolka a which will help with grammar and
spelling.
Free Services to look out for are, Robobraille which
will provide Word documents in MP3 format or large text. Assistive
Technology Toolbars like ATBar
or Browse
Aloud could be useful in VLE'S or e-Portfolios. Also take a look at the FREE voices Jack and Jess which are a massive improvement on Microsoft Sam.
More updates this week
