Assistive Technology
Resources within ASD |
Equipment |
Links to outside resources
Reading audio programs/text to speech/screen reader programs
AbleReader
AbleReader uses text to speech to read text aloud so you can listen on your computer.
http://ablereader.com/purchase.html
Adobe
Adobe allows you to convert text files into pdf files which then can be read.
www.adobe.com/products/reader/
Freedom Scientific Learning Systems Group
www.freedomscientific.com/LSG/products/
Ghost Reader
Ghost Reader is a downloadable screen reading program.
www.orin.com/access/demos/
Kurzweil Educational Systems
Kurzweil 3000TM is the comprehensive reading, writing and learning software solution for any struggling reader.
www.kurzweiledu.com
Making Your Own Books
Information about text-reading software which can speak any text using different human voices.
www.Audiobookmaker.com
Premier Literacy - ReadingMadeEZ
Screen reading software that can be used at school and home.
www.readingmadeez.com/education/
ScanSoft
A supplier of speech and imaging solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual processes
- increasing productivity, reducing costs and improving customer service.
www.dragonsys.com
Text to speech conversion software
Convert any text to speech and even to MP3. Listen to e-mail, web pages and documents.
www.textaloud.com
Hi/low reading
Resource Room - Hi-Low Books
www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/hilow.asp
Recording for the blind and learning disabled
Accessible Book Collection
The primary mission of the Accessible Book Collection is to provide high interest/low reading level digital text to qualified persons with disabilities.
www.accessiblebookcollection.org
Alaska State Library Talking Book Center
A cooperative effort between the National Library Service and the Alaska State Library to provide print handicapped Alaskans with talking book and Braille service.
www.library.state.ak.us/dev/tbc.html
Bibliomania
Free on-line literature with more than 2000 classic texts.
www.bibliomania.com
Bookshare.org
Dramatically increases the accessibility of books for people with visual or other print disabilities.
www.bookshare.org/web/
EdTech Associates
This comprehensive list of online resources for eBooks is mainly free with a few having a fee structure.
http://edtech-associates.com/ebooks-etexts-and-readers.htm
Library of Congress
Online applications for blind, physically disabled and print disabled individuals to receive books in alternate formats.
www.loc.gov
ManyBooks
Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod or eBook Reader.
http://manybooks.net/
Project Gutenberg
The internet’s oldest producer of free electronic books.
http://promo.net/pg/ or http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/search.html
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic National Headquarters
The nation's educational library for those with print disabilities.
www.rfbd.org
Audio books
Audio Books for Free
Free online audio books.
www.audiobooksforfree.com
LibriVox
LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening.
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
Raz-Kids
This web site contains free samples of books that highlight the text as it is read. Illustrations and animation are also provided. A very cool web site. A comprehension quiz also is provided. For a fee you can subscribe to a larger library of titles.
www.raz-kids.com
Literacy
BeginningReading.com
A phonics based beginning reading program.
www.beginningreading.com
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
A collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about
particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
www.carolhurst.com
Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com
Literacy and Developmental Disabilities by Alan Kurtz
University of Maine
www.ccids.umaine.edu/resources/fcmaine/litdd.html
Readinga-z.com
The Online Reading Program
www.readinga-z.com
Starfall
Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade.
www.starfall.com
TampaRead's Reading Key
A powerful vocabulary building program for grades K-5
www.tampareads.com
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