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David, Just to put the record straight, the student in question is not dyslexic, the student has mental health difficulties. The student has excellent I.T. skills and organizational skills, but has a problem with inputting via a keyboard due to her condition. The student will very quickly and easily learn to use voice input. Unfortunately we are only at this stage of the final year due to the LEA in question being very slow in responding to the student's request for DSA, and then asking for an explaination as to if someone with mental health problems is fit to study. The student in question has been granted an extension for submission of dissertation and is receiving good support from friends on the course and from tutors. I appreciate this would not always be the case, but I firmly believe on this occasion we have arrived at the best solution. Merry Christmas, Alex Larg Disabled Students' Officer (Technology) Nene University College Northampton > The specific case mentioned by Alex Larg, where voice input > software was specified, does raise a totally different issue. A > solution is not a solution if the timeframe available to implement it > is too short. I would argue that equipping someone with voice input > at this stage of the final year is going to be counter-productive > since it will require too much training and familiarisation to be of > any value- and for many dyslexics won't work even then. The > student may believe they want it, it is up to us to point out it won't > work. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%