Reading Tools.Overview of tools that can help learners access reading in multiple ways. Breaking down barriers to reading.
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Understood.org - Assistive Technology for Reading
To help, Understood.org has created a guide to AT tools for reading. Understood.org-Reading Tools Page |
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Microsoft Learning Tools - Immersive Reader
Watch this short video to see all of the features Microsoft offers when using Microsoft products such as Edge, Word Online, OneNote Online, Office Lens, and in Canvas Pages. AT Supports: Text-to-Speech, Grammar Supports, Text/Picture Dictionaries, Translation, Text Enlargement, High Contrast, Tracking Link to Step by Step Interactive How to video Link to document on How to log into your Office 365 Account. Link to YouTube video about Immersive Reader in Canvas. |
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Edge Browser Read-to feature with Immersive Reader
A step-by-step tutorial on how to use new Immersive Reader in the Microsoft Edge browser. The Immersive Reader in Edge makes reading more inclusive and accessible to all. Video created by Mike Tholfsen https://aka.ms/MikeYouTubeSubscribe AT Supports: Text-to-Speech, Grammar Supports, Dictionary, Text Enlargement, High Contrast, Tracking |
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Texthelp - Read and Write (Purple Puzzle Piece)
Now Available to ALL PCSD Students All students can now access Texthelp's Read and Write toolbar that provides access support in Reading, Writing, and study skills. The Read and Write extension is accessed through Chrome and Edge Browsers. Simply log into the browser or toolbar itself with your PCSD credentials (staff - email; Students - ID#@paulding.k12.ga.us; use password from PCSD computer login) Watch the video to the left to get a quick overview of the powerful tools it provides. Want to learn more about Read and Write? Check out the academy. Link to Texthelp Academy Training Resources. The following are Assistive Technology features Read and Write provides. AT Supports: Text-to-Speech, Word Prediction, Text/Picture Dictionary, Screenshot Reader, Audio File Maker, Color Overlay/Tracker, Speech-to-Text, Translator (limited), Electronic Highlighers, and Note Taking/Vocabulary Tool. |
Texthelp - Toolmatcher
Find out which features within Read&Write and OrbitDoc match this student's learning needs & accommodations. Easy as 1,2,3 Discover which Read&Write or OrbitDoc features best suit your student's needs. Follow the instructions below to get started:
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Texthelp's OrbitNote - Read and Annotate PDFs
Now Available to ALL PCSD Students Make PDFs Accessible and Actionable OrbitNote can take care of everything, ensuring that students have access to the tools they need, such as text to speech, highlighting, vocabulary support and everything they need to succeed - across all class content. PDF not accessible?? No worries. OrbitNote will detect this and give you an option to Scan Text to transform it into an accessible PDF. Gives you multiple ways to demonstrate knowledge and give feedback OrbitNote allows students to express their understanding in many flexible ways. They can type or draw their thoughts on the page, which can aid planning. Students can highlight the key points in a comprehension piece or to help with studying. Both teachers and students can use their voices to send thoughts and feedback, and finally students can add shapes and images to their work. Want to learn more about OrbitNote? Check out the academy. Link to Texthelp Academy Training Resources. Link to Quick Reference Guide to OrbitNote The following are Assistive Technology features OrbitNote provides. AT Supports: Text-to-Speech, Word Prediction, Text/Picture Dictionary, Screenshot Reader, Audio File Maker, Color Overlay/Tracker, Speech-to-Text, Translator (limited), Electronic Highlighers, Note Taking/Vocabulary Tool, PDF Reader/Annotation Tool. |
Read and Write iOS and Android Apps A powerful keyboard replacement that works in every app. Supporting reading, writing, comprehension and vocabulary development, Read&Write provides a rich set of features which extend accessibility and provide a range of tools to help with literacy including*: • Text to speech • Prediction • Dictionary / Talking dictionary • Picture Dictionary • Check It • Talk&Type (available for iOS 10 and above) • Speak as I type • OpenDyslexic font support • Language translation in Safari (French or Spanish, Locale dependent) • French language localisation Link to support with Read and Write for the iPad. Read&Write for Android is an easy to use alternative keyboard with integrated features to help you with writing content such as emails, social media, or interacting with online forms etc. Specially created for Android tablets, it’s great for anyone who needs a little support with their reading and writing. With ‘speak as I type’ and specially formulated dyslexia focused word prediction and dictionaries, this keyboard makes typing any content on a tablet simple and fast. When editing content, simply touch a word, sentence or whole passage and hear it read out loud. Use the dictionaries and other tools to assist with essays, assignments or general reading and writing. Link to how-to supports for Texthelp. |
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Spoken Content Feature in iOS devices
Even if VoiceOver is turned off, you can have iPad speak selected text or the entire screen. iPad can also provide feedback and speak text corrections and suggestions as you type. For more information and how-to view the video to the left or click on the link below. Link to How to turn on Spoken Content |
Office Lens app trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive. Office Lens app also has the Immersive Reader feature built-in to allow you to read a document immediately on your device. Available for Android and iOS.
Link to Office Lens how-to video. AT Supports: Text-to-Speech, Text Enlargement, OCR |
OpenDyslexic is a typeface designed against some common symptoms of dyslexia.
OpenDyslexic is free to use: The newest version of OpenDyslexic now uses the SIL-OFL license, giving you freedom to use it for personal use, business use, education, commercial, books, ebook readers, applications, websites, and any other project or purpose you need. OpenDyslexic is not supposed to be a cure, a complete solution, or something you should apply uniformly to everyone: it was intended to address: contrast/blindness, letter confusion or rotation, and crowding. Link to download open dyslexic font. |
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Clusive
Clusive™ is a flexible, customizable learning environment that adapts to you. Clusive is part of the Center on Inclusive Software for Learning. Explore a demo of Clusive™, a learning tool developed by our CISL team from the Center on Inclusive Software for Learning at CAST, in the video posted to the left. Clusive is a flexible, supported learning environment for students developed with Universal Design for Learning principles. The tool supports middle school students in building and expanding their reading skills and adapts over time, making recommendations and adjustments based on the activity and choices learners make. Try out Clusive: https://clusive.cast.org Learn more about the CISL project at CAST: https://cisl.cast.org |
Accessible Educational Materials - AEM Defined
Great resource to assist IEP teams in understanding what AEM is and assist teams in providing AEM for students. Link to AEM document |
Georgia Instructional Materials Center (GIMC)
The Georgia Instructional Materials Center (GIMC) is a unit within the Division for Special Education Services and Supports. The GIMC provides accessible educational materials (AEMs) to all of Georgia's eligible K-12 students. Link to Georgia Instructional Materials Center Website. |
Bookshare
Bookshare® is available only for individuals who have a qualifying reading or perceptual disability, a visual impairment, or a physical disability that affects their ability to read printed works. To qualify for Bookshare, a professional with appropriate expertise must certify that an individual meets at least one of the qualifications listed below. According to copyright law, a qualified person is a person who:
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