Assistive Technology

Read Write Gold – an easy-to-use flexible toolbar containing support features to make reading, writing, and research easier for you. The software has been designed to address some of the issues that people with dyslexia face daily, namely reading difficulties, writing difficulties, problems with spelling, and general literacy support.

Dragon Naturally Speaking – Speech recognition software, lets you dictate documents, search the web, email, and more on your computer — quickly and accurately — just by using your voice.

Natural Reader Ultimate Addition – Natural Reader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. This easy-to-use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod.

JAWS – a screen reader for persons with visual impairments or reading disabilities. Save time with Skim Reading. Text and links on the computer’s screen are read aloud.

NVDA – (Non-Visual Desktop Access) is a free “screen reader” which enables the text on the screen to read aloud in a computerized voice. You can control what is read to you by moving the cursor to the relevant area of text with a mouse or arrows on your keyboard. NVDA can also convert the text into braille if the computer user owns a device called a “braille display”.

WordTalk –  It will act as a ‘text reader’ and create a spoken sound version of the text in a WORD document and read it back to you as it highlights the words. For people with reading and writing difficulties, having text reinforced by hearing it read aloud can be very useful.

NitroReader – Great ‘text reader’ for PDF documents with highlighting. Offers navigation panes, including Pages, Bookmarks, Comments, and Output,  which allows for easy navigation of larger documents.

Learning Ally – Audiobooks are a powerful tool that supports improved comprehension, boosts confidence, and leads to better grades for those who have trouble reading. Learning Ally audiobooks can help students with a verified print disability.

Open Office (dyslexic font) – An add-in to WORD that allows students with dyslexia to change the font of documents for better readability.

MathTalk w/ Scientific Notebook – allows the user to voice any math from pre-algebra, algebra, trig, calculus, and statistics using Dragon Naturally Speaking.  This includes voicing graphs! Operates Scientific Notebook with over 600,000 combinations of voice commands and has GRAPHING capabilities. SN will also evaluate, evaluate numerically, factor, combine, expand, simplify, check equality, solve exact, and more.

MathPad – functions as an electronic numbers processor that allows students to solve basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems directly on the computer. Students do all their own calculations and is the perfect tool for students who have difficulty doing math with pencil and paper or who need help organizing or navigating through math problems.

JAWS – Job Access With Speech, is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC.

JSay – J-Say Pro provides improved operations for Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional speech recognition and JAWS For Windows screen reading technology. It provides a “unified user experience” for “hands-free, vision-free computing.”

Dragon Naturally Speaking – Speech recognition software, lets you dictate documents, search the web, email, and more on your computer — quickly and accurately — just by using your voice.

Learning Ally – Helps blind, visually impaired, dyslexic students and those who have trouble reading, audiobooks are a powerful tool that supports improved comprehension, boosts confidence, and leads to better grades. Learning Ally audiobooks can help students with a verified print disability.

MathTalk w/ Scientific Notebook – allows the user to voice any math from pre-algebra, algebra, trig, calculus, and statistics using Dragon Naturally Speaking.  This includes voicing graphs! Operates Scientific Notebook with over 600,000 combinations of voice commands and has GRAPHING capabilities. SN will also evaluate, evaluate numerically, factor, combine, expand, simplify, check equality, solve exact, and more.

Zoomtext Magnifier/Reader – ZoomText Magnifier/Reader is a fully integrated magnification and screen reading program that enlarges, enhances, and reads aloud everything on the computer screen.

NVDA – (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free “screen reader” which enables blind and vision-impaired people to use computers. It reads the text on the screen in a computerized voice. You can control what is read to you by moving the cursor to the relevant area of text with a mouse or the arrows on your keyboard. NVDA can also convert the text into braille if the computer user owns a device called a “braille display”.

Dragon Naturally Speaking – Speech recognition software, lets you dictate documents, search the web, email, and more on your computer — quickly and accurately — just by using your voice.

MathTalk w/ Scientific Notebook – allows the user to voice any math from pre-algebra, algebra, trig, calculus, and statistics using Dragon Naturally Speaking.  This includes voicing graphs! Operates Scientific Notebook with over 600,000 combinations of voice commands and has GRAPHING capabilities. SN will also evaluate, evaluate numerically, factor, combine, expand, simplify, check equality, solve exact, and more.

MathPad – functions as an electronic numbers processor that allows students to solve basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems directly on the computer. Students do all their own calculations and is the perfect tool for students who have difficulty doing math with pencil and paper or who need help organizing or navigating through math problems.