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From: Siti Suhaila Abdul Hamid
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 9:23AM
Subject: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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Hello everyone.. have anyone come accross or heard about adaptive technology specific for dyslexic. Most of adaptive tech currently focus more on vision n auditory impairment.

Thank you..

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From: chaals
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 9:34AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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08.04.2015, 17:26, "Siti Suhaila Abdul Hamid" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >:
> Hello everyone.. have anyone come accross or heard about adaptive technology specific for dyslexic. Most of adaptive tech currently focus more on vision n auditory impairment.

Hi.

The most common thing I have heard of dyslexic people using is a screen reader - or at least something that speaks the text as people read it.

The other tool I have heard of is something like a "lightbox" that focuses on particular paragraphs at a time, to reduce distraction - or using a magnifier or zoom to produce the same effect.

cheers

Chaals

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 9:39AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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> > Hello everyone.. have anyone come across or heard about adaptive technology specific for dyslexic. Most of adaptive tech currently focus more on vision n auditory impairment.

WYNN from Freedom Scientific http://www2.freedomscientific.com/lsg/products/wynn.asp
And Kurzweil 3000 http://www.kurzweiledu.com/products/k3000-win.html
Are some good examples of AT that may be used by people with Dyslexia.

Jonathan

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From: Sylvia Richardson
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 9:44AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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I've seen some buzz around Beeline Reader, a Chrome extension that uses color gradients to help users shift from one line to another. [http://www.beelinereader.com/]

There are also various apps and extensions to apply a dyslexic-friendly font, like OpenDyslexic [http://opendyslexic.org/], to Web pages, smartphone keyboards, and so forth.

From: John E Brandt
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 9:57AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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You will want to read up on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) and Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) as they relate to students with a "print disability" associated with Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia. In addition to the Assistive Technology (AT) you will need to find/acquire the content in a form that can be used effectively.

Here is the best source:
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials

http://aem.cast.org/

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From: L Snider
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 9:58AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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I have also seen many sites use BrowseAloud (
http://www.browsealoud.com/us/support/). Text to speech but embedded in a
way in the website...Text to speech apps are also popular....depends on the
person and their needs.

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Sylvia Richardson <
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> I've seen some buzz around Beeline Reader, a Chrome extension that uses
> color gradients to help users shift from one line to another. [
> http://www.beelinereader.com/]
>
> There are also various apps and extensions to apply a dyslexic-friendly
> font, like OpenDyslexic [http://opendyslexic.org/], to Web pages,
> smartphone keyboards, and so forth.
>
>

From: L Snider
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 10:00AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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At CSUN, there was a presentation about dyslexic friendly fonts and how
they may not help at all (here I only go by what the study says, I have no
other evidence one way or another):

http://blog.adrianroselli.com/2015/03/typefaces-for-dyslexia.html

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Sylvia Richardson <
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> I've seen some buzz around Beeline Reader, a Chrome extension that uses
> color gradients to help users shift from one line to another. [
> http://www.beelinereader.com/]
>
> There are also various apps and extensions to apply a dyslexic-friendly
> font, like OpenDyslexic [http://opendyslexic.org/], to Web pages,
> smartphone keyboards, and so forth.
>
>

From: Leisinger, Ryan (OCIO)
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 10:25AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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Nothing specific to dyslexia in the AT world that I know of. I often increase the font size on a page or software when I am having troubles, so having that option or using something like ZoomText to focus in on specific areas of a page at a time may be helpful to some. Also I flip the contrast on my code editor sometimes (white text on black background) and that helps.

I have also checked fonts that are designed to increase readability, like
http://opendyslexic.org/

I don't notice a difference with them, but many do.


Ryan Leisinger
Solutions Architect
WA State Office of the Chief Information Officer
Ocio.wa.gov

From: Patrick Burke
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 10:54AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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Also check the following:

ClaroSpeak (on various platforms) Here's the latest app release announcement:
http://www.clarosoftware.com/blog/clarospeak-v2-4-released/

The Read&Write product family from Texthelp:
http://www.texthelp.com/uk/our-products/readwrite/

Voice Dream (Reader app & Writer app; iOS only so far):
http://www.voicedream.com/

Patrick

At 09:00 AM 4/8/2015, L Snider wrote:
>At CSUN, there was a presentation about dyslexic friendly fonts and
>how they may not help at all (here I only go by what the study says,
>I have no other evidence one way or another):
>http://blog.adrianroselli.com/2015/03/typefaces-for-dyslexia.html
>Cheers Lisa On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Sylvia Richardson <
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote: > I've seen some buzz around
>Beeline Reader, a Chrome extension that uses > color gradients to
>help users shift from one line to another. [ >
>http://www.beelinereader.com/] > > There are also various apps and
>extensions to apply a dyslexic-friendly > font, like OpenDyslexic
>[http://opendyslexic.org/], to Web pages, > smartphone keyboards,
>and so forth. > >

From: EA Draffan
Date: Wed, Apr 08 2015 11:42AM
Subject: Re: Adaptive technology for dyslexic
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TextHelp and Claro Software offer support on the computer and for mobile technologies as has already been mentioned and both companies have software that supports web page reading. There are also lists of apps and further support that can be found on http://bdatech.org/

Don Johnston have their Co:Writer, Co:Reader etc http://donjohnston.com/

There are hundreds of other programs for writing, typing, reading support, spelling, note taking, organisational tools etc it rather depends on the aspect of support required. http://www.emptech.info/categories_list.php

When it comes to the web...
As a freebie you can use ATbar https://www.atbar.org/ to offer those who find reading web pages without increased line spacing or font changes difficult. The toolbar also offers coloured overlays and CSS changes to the background. There is a Chrome extension or use it as a bookmark that does not need downloading but does not offer persistence. Text to speech, a dictionary for meanings, spell checking, word prediction are also available.

Best wishes
E.A.

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