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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:19:15 -0700 From: Sheridan Sharp <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: (Fwd) Software Advice > From: "JULIEVN" <[log in to unmask]> > Organization: Pembrokeshire College > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 16:35:51 0000 > Subject: Software Advice > Priority: normal > Reply-to: [log in to unmask] > > Has anyone got any comments on the usefulness of both" Dragon > Dictate" and "Text Help" for support for Dyslexics. Any suggestions > on other specialist software. >Dear Julie, My son uses dragon dictate and text help. He finds that it takes away his difficulty with written work. He can dictate into the computer allowing him to maintain his train of thought. It relieves the stress of spelling the common words he can't remember. Being an impatient lad it also allows him to use the word processor at a speed better than he can presently type. The program did take a while to "bed down" and my son's voice breaking didn't help!! The Text help type program we have gives him instant feed back when he is typing allowing him to identify errors quickly. The he doesn't like the american accent though. We have a program called Keystone. regards Sheridan %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%