A lot of students get left behind because of reading problems caused by dyslexia or even by third language ETC. how do you overcome this problem in schools colleges and universities (a list of products will be put below). If a studentis struggling with accessing English in a textbook word documents e-mails and on Internet when they do research, we have a list of tools that allows a student to access written material if they can't read or write a lot of students can understand English but cant read or write. A student can go to a library when there is a scanner with OCR software a student can scan in atextbook or a book from the library the scanner will automatically take the text out of the book and retype it into a word document . Once that is done a student can use another program called Claro read, Claro read is a reading andwriting support tool that will read any text out loud on a word document Internet even e-mails. (Normally when you scan in text in a standard scanner it is a photograph claro read will not able be to read that document a scanner must have OCRsoftware built in.)
Different ways to support students with difficulties in mainstream.
alot of mainstream institutes have to support students with learningdifficulties
the learning access suite comes with programs to support people with learningdifficulties it supports students with reading and writing caused by dyslexiaand third language/students with vision impaired, blind, physically disabled
the learning access suite can be installed on a lab this allows the institute to befully inclusive.for example A student with a visually impairment can go to any PC housed in the in a institute and they can access information.
In mainstream we recommend a student with a disability to have a laptop in a class room with the LAS built into it and a scanner with OCR software in a classroom or library. a teacher or a student can scan in a textbook or the assignment for the day(in the library with a OCR scanner) now the text can be read back or enlarged. We have schools that allows a student to sign out a lap top for the day and gives it back in when school is finished.
2:Scanner
Scanners alow students and teachers to scan in lots of text, it retypes it into a word document this can also be used to scan in exam papers and it can be saved into a mp3 audio file and put onto a MP3 player and it can be given to a student to listen to the paper ensted of having a teacher read it .
Ideal for use with text - to – speech technology withscanning capabilities. Never retype again – Scan the book and theOpticBook Scanner will retype all the text into a work document that allows youto edit it.
When used alongside a reading program you can now scan in a book and then have the PC read it to you.
With the push of a button, the Plustek BookReader V100 converts printed text intolifelike speech that blind, visually impaired readers and people with readingdisabilities can store as MP3 or WAV files. The PlustekBookReader V100 is a reading machine that features a high-speed scanner with highly accurate OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and auto document orientation. That combination guarantees error-free TTS (Text-to-Speech) output and enables readers to scan, archive, and retrieve any document, including textbooks, assignments, job applications, bills, and private correspondence. People with reading difficulties can now scan in their books, and with the use of reading software, can have their PC read the books back to them.
Recording Lessons in a class room
Recorder
one of themost important things is to record a lesson in a class room students withdyslexia or third language will not be able to keep up writing notes they need to listen and record a lesson. With an Olympus recorder it does two clever things the menu is voice activated for the vision impaired and record let's you put indexes in the recording this allows you to listen to a two-hour lecture and by pushing index it allows you to go back to the important information quickly in a two-hour recording instead of listening to the whole recording
Students can record notes in lectures instead of trying to keep up writing notes or a lecture can record the lesson and give the recording to all the students.
Every institute should at least have one desktop magnifier in a library or computer room
Lifestyle Desktop Magnifiers
desktopmagnifier allow students with visual impairments read hardcopy books papers etc under a digital camera which displays it on a big screen in front of them.
desktopvideo magnifiers are among the most helpful magnification devices for extended reading and writing comfort, viewing photos and pictures, and performing hobbies and crafts.
Monster Key Keyboard
Every institute should at least have one monster keyboard in a library or computer room
Monster Key Hi-Vis Upper Case
Keyboard
A monster keyboard is a standard working keyboard just with bigger keys so someone with a visually impairment can see the keys on the keyboard easier
Monster keys high visibility upper case
keyboard. Ideal for visually impaired.
Includes a 2-port USB hub on the side.
Every institute should at least have one Big trackball in a library or computer room
A track ball is used instead of using a mouse it allows people with fine movement problems use a computer it easier.
The BIGtrack is the largest trackball available. The large ball
requires less fine motor control that a standard trackball
and it is ruggedly built. This would replace the standard
computer mouse for navigation.
Headset
Every institute should at least have one 20 headsets in a library or computer room
Headsets are important when using any assistive technology because text is read out loud.
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