Imagine the benefits of an electronic dictionary that corrects your spelling and talks to you. You can type in a word you heard used in conversation, even if you don’t know how to spell it, and this device will use its phonetic spell corrector to show the right way to spell the word and give […]
Posts with the Assistive Technology Learning Disabilities tag
Assistive Tech and Learning Disabilities Training
WHAT: Assistive Technology and Learning Disabilities Training WHEN: May 21, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Easter Seals Crossroads, 4740 Kingsway Drive, Indianapolis IN 46205 WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Parents, students, professionals, educators, and health care providers can benefit from training content. AGENDA 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. – Registration (To Pre-register online at […]
Product Review: IRISPen Express 6
Today I am reviewing the IRISPen Express 6. This assistive technology device is a handheld scanner which you can use to highlight text to be entered into an application like a word document. It promises to save time and be up to 100% accurate. Let’s try it out!
Assistive Technology Solutions for Learning Disabilities
A Learning Disability is a neurological disorder that affects the way a person learns, making it difficult to process information. Some common problems associated with learning disabilities include difficulty in reading, writing, speaking, grasping math concepts, and language comprehension. According to LD Online, fifteen percent of the U.S. population, or one in seven Americans, has some […]
Product Review: LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen
As I travel around Indiana and speak to different groups of people, I bring a handful of assistive technology with me to demonstrate different products in our loan library. One of the most popular items is called the LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen. It’s tagline is “Never Miss a Word” and you sure won’t if you are using […]