Learning, Cognition, and Development

Overlay Maker transforms the IntelliKeys¨ keyboard into a curriculum access device, opening up a world that was previously closed to many students with special physical or cognitive needs. Overlay Maker allows users to create custom overlays in just minutes for individualized needs and greatly expands the capabilities of the basic keyboard.Manufacturer: Able Net Inc.
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The Reach Interface Author provides easier computer use for people who have difficulty using a standard keyboard. By using on-screen keyboards, characters, words, sentences, etc., are type by pointing and clicking on them with a pointer. Also, macro functions can be performed by clicking on keys. You can use a mouse or any other pointer that emulates a mouse . With the Scanning Keyboard options, you can type by using one or two switches.Manufacturer: Applied Human Factors Inc
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The REACH Sound-It-Out Phonetic Keyboard is an on-screen keyboard and word prediction program designed for use by individuals with upper extremity, learning, or severe physical disabilities. This program enables the user to type phonetically. This software enables the user to find and type the desired word by selecting the sounds in that word (e.g., the phonemes) rather than the letters in that word. For example, the user points at the “ch” key and it says “ch … chair” on the kid’s phonetic keyboard or “ch” on the adult’s keyboard. Select the “ch” key and the most frequently used words beginning with the “ch” sound are displayed in the word prediction windows. The individual can find out what those words are by pointing at them with the mouse to have them read aloud. Smart Phonemes (similar to AHF’s Smart Keys; see entry) removes those sounds that do not follow an initial “ch” sound for those words in the current phonetic dictionary. Select the “air” sound next, and words beginning with the “chair” sounds are listed. The word “chair” is the first listed and presented with a yellow background to let you know this word is now completed. Homophones are identified by color and brief phrases are added to help the user distinguish among them (e.g., new or knew). Manufacturer: Applied Human Factors Inc
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This interactive program introduces and reinforces the vocabulary English Language Learners Ð and all children with limited vocabularies Ð need to know and use every day. Just slide a Smart Talk card onto Smart Talk and it ÒmagicallyÓ recognizes the card and sets the learning in motion! In minutes, students will be practicing and mastering hundreds of words, including home and school words, verbs, opposites, position words, science vocabulary, including the human body and animals, and much more. ItÕs the perfect learning center activity. Just plug in headphones and students can begin working with their personal language tutor. For Pre-K and up.Manufacturer: Educational Resources
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Snap&Read is an accessible toolbar that reads any text on-screen as it floats over any application. The simple one-button interface reads both accessible and inaccessible text aloud from Flash websites, Word docs, PDFs, web-based tests, images, and even dialog boxes. Manufacturer: Don Johnston Incorporated
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SOLO 6 is a literacy suite of the most popular assistive technology accommodations, including a text reader, graphic organizer talking word processor, and word prediction. It includes the following Read:OutLoud is a text reading-to-learn tool. With Read: Out loud, students can pull information using proven study strategies, record text, PDFs and other e-text material easily and effective.
Co:Writer interprets phonetic and intensive spelling delivering astonishingly accurate word into any writing application, even online.
Write:OutLoud is an easy-to-use word processor that gives immediate speech feedback as students type words, sentences and photographs.
Draft:Builder is an application that helps students through the planning, elaboration and draft writing process in a systematic way.

Manufacturer: http://donjohnston.com/shop/access/solo-literacy-suite/#.VCEHwhYkSSA
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