[access-uk] Re: Accessible Spelling Software
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 19:14:17 +0100
I've done some research on Google for software related to her learning
disabilities, and found two word prediction packages which sounds
useful. Anyone heard of either Soothsayer or Word Cue, and if so how
accessible are these? They both come with text-to-speech engines. Thanks
again for all the help.
On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:01:54 +0100, "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> Kerzweil 3000 is good for dyslectics, but I don't think it is dyslectics=
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> software Chris is looking for. It's the English language peculiarities
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> are a problem. Words like *there* with e r e and *their* with e i r.=20
> Unfortunately, there are many such examples in teh English language.
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> Barry
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> From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:43 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible Spelling Software
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> most of the dyslexia related tools I know of, namely tools such as
> Texthelp
> Read and Write Gold, Dolphin tutor and the like are not really accessible
> as
> they are toolbars though they do have spell checkers and homophone
> checkers
> aimed at people with dyslexia. It is a shame that Dolphon didn't have
> the
> where with all to make their program accessible though.
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> If you want speech recognition there is J-Say. This used to be available
> in
> standard and professional versions but is now only available in the
> professional version.
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> You would need to upgrade to the latest version of JAWS for that but this
> is
> free. You would though need J-say Professional and Dragon Naturally
> Speaking Professional and you would be lucky to get any change out of
> =A31000
> if you bought this yourself. That being said, is she not a student? she
> should be able to get DSA (Disabled students' Allowance.) if so.
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> There is a package called TalkingPoint. This works well for people with
> dyslexia but while the text being dictated can be spoken back with
> synthetic
> speech and this may be helpful, training would be required and I'm not
> sure
> it can be described as anywhere near a truely accessible solution for
> someone with no useful vision to use independently. There may well be a
> solution out there, but it depends largely on the nature and severity of
> the
> difficulties she is experiencing.
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> Regards
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> Graham
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> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:42 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Accessible Spelling Software
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> Hi all,
> My girlfriend has learning difficulties and has major trouble with her
> spelling, for example using the wrong spelling of a word despite it
> sounding the same. Are there any accessible software, such as word
> prediction or speech recognition software, that would help her with
> this? She's using JAWS 8.0.423 demo. Thanks.
> Christopher Hallsworth
> E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Skype name chrishallsworth7266
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