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Assistive Technology for Reading & Writing

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Stand Alone Devices. Livescribe. Echo Smartpen. Memberships. Accessible materials for individuals with visual and learning disabilities. Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities - Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities. Audiobooks.com. Web Based. Free online OCR. Free Ghotit Online. Blackberry. App: Dragon For Email. Features Press and Speak Access To Blackberry Email Fully Integrated Dictate directly within Blackberry email Speak Every Element Subject line, contact, and email body Fast Proven to be up to 5 times faster than typing Buzz What People Are Saying Well I've been wowed again with the release of Dragon for Email.

App: Dragon For Email

Get Support We're here to help Have questions? Mac. Software: Dragon for Mac. Member Software: Learning Ally. PC. Software: Dragon for PC. Dragon Home Just talk to control your home computer Dictate a quick email, search for a recipe, speak a homework assignment straight into your PC.

Software: Dragon for PC

It’s easy, quick, and dare we say it, fun with Dragon. You’ll get way more done that you ever imagined and you’ll wonder why you ever slaved over a keyboard. Learn more Dragon Premium Speed through work with speech recognition Get more done faster with greater efficiency. Software Add-On: Ghotit for MS Word. Ghotit Real Writer & Reader for Macintosh Ghotit offers the most powerful English spelling and grammar checker for people with dyslexia, dysgraphia and other writing difficulties.

Software Add-On: Ghotit for MS Word

Ghotit Real Writer & Reader is a Macintosh application that integrates with familiar Macintosh applications (i.e. Grammar and Spell Checker for Better English Communication - Ginger Software. Member Software: Learning Ally. Free Software: NaturalReader. Kurzweil 3000. Software Updates NOTE: Please visit our Customer Support Portal for many useful tips and potential workaround solutions that may be posted between software updates.

Kurzweil 3000

Please click on the below links to view and download an update: Kurzweil 3000 for Windows Kurzweil 3000 Version 16 Kurzweil 3000 Version 15. iPad, iPhone & iPod. iPhone. App: Image To Text OCR. ImageToText app allows you to extract editable ASCII text from images, and share the results by EMAIL or EVERNOTE.

App: Image To Text OCR

The app is free, very easy to use, and requires NO REGISTRATION. Simply take a picture of a document that you would like to extract the text from, and e-mail the image to yourself, co-workers, friends. You will all receive not only the image but a text file that contains the editable text that is extracted from the image. Currently we are supporting English documents only. Get it here!

The e-mail and text file I received does not contain legible text, there are a lot of garbage characters, or I got an empty file, what do I do? Which languages do you support? What happens after I send the e-mail? My Evernote password/user id is not working, what do I do? App: Audiobooks.com. App: Dragon Dictation. Features Dictate Anything! Simply speak, see your text content, and send it anywhere.

Dragon Dictation gives you the flexibility to dictate for any situation Speak your tweets and status updates Send texts and emails up to 5 times faster than typing Easily dictate personal notes and reminders Hands-Free and Versatile Dragon dictation allows truly hands-free text input, which is perfect for when you’re on the go. Easily copy notes to the clipboard and use anywhere on your iPhone™ or iPad™ Buzz What People Are Saying. App: Learning Ally. App: SayText.

Jun 29th 2010 UPDATE: SayText is now released!

App: SayText

(iTunes link) SayText reads aloud the text in the image. It is intended for visually impaired users. SayText is a free spin off product from the DocScanner team. Place the iPhone center of a document and double-tap the “Take picture” -buttonSlowly elevate the iPhone upwards from the document, until the whole document is in picture. App: Whiteboard Share. 日本語ヘルプはこちらをクリック This free iPhone application allows users to easily capture and share whiteboard discussions.

App: Whiteboard Share

Whiteboard Share app removes the unwanted artifacts from your whiteboard images, making them easier to read, share and print. It also reports the approximate percentage of savings in toner usage, which helps you go green. The app is very easy to use and requires no registration. App: Scan Pages. Get it here!

App: Scan Pages

Convert your iPhone into a mobile scanner! iPad. Accessibility: VoiceOver. Languages Learn how to enable VoiceOver, Zoom, Invert Colors, and other accessibility features in iOS.

Accessibility: VoiceOver

When you turn on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch for the first time, you can quickly enable VoiceOver or Zoom to assist you in configuring the device. Accessibility: iPhone. Speak Selection Accessibility Feature for iOS 5. Droid. App: Whiteboard Share. Whiteboard Share, a free Android application, allows users to easily capture and share whiteboard discussions.

App: Whiteboard Share

Whiteboard Share removes the unwanted artifacts from your whiteboard images, making them easier to read, share and print. It also reports the approximate percentage of savings in toner usage, which helps you go green. The app is very easy to use and requires no registration. To capture a whiteboard discussion, just snap a picture of the whiteboard and choose the contacts you would like to share your picture with. In the email, they will receive the original image you captured, as well as a clean version where the background is white, the text is more readable, and the glare is gone!