If you are on the Internet there is a very good selection of software and
information under Richard Wanderman's page, although I appreciate it come
from across the pond.
Richard Wanderman
202 Lake Rd.
New Preston, CT 06777
860-868-3214
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http://www.tiac.net/users/poorrich/
Best wishes
E.A.
Mrs E.A. Draffan
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Assistive Technology Centre
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> From: Ian Litterick <[log in to unmask]>
> To: DIS-FORUM <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: questions on dyslexia support on the apple mac
> Date: 05 March 1997 00:59
>
> Stuart Walker wrote:
> Has anyone any ideas about software for dyslexic students who use
> an Apple
> Mac?
> There are some rather nifty programs for the PC eg: Lorien
> TextHelp, Text
> Assist, Speed Reader etc.
> However, is there anything comparable available on the Mac?
> Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
>
> Write:Outloud is a simple talking word processor for the MAC, which gives
> the basic speech feedback function which is useful. It costs about ukp
89.
> It also has a spellchecker.
>
> Its sister program Co:Writer is a word prediction program. Prediction can
> help dyslexic people who typically may be able to start a word off OK,
and
> may be able to finish it -- but get lost in the middle somewhere. The
word
> prediction facility may make it much easier to locate the word that they
> want. Cost about ukp 250. We supply both these, although I have to
confess
> to not being a MAC specialist.
>
> I understand that MacIntalk, a speech synthesis program which should be
> able to make many programs talk, comes with the MAC. Perhaps others on
the
> list know more about the ins and outs of using this.
>
> Regards
>
> Ian Litterick
>
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