Tools to help with school

Posted in Assistive Technology, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Education, Intel Reader, Solo | 1 comment

I had no idea about all the new stuff out there in Technology World but now my eyes have been opened up and let me tell you…Wow!! There are some really awesome gadgets on the market that can open up whole new worlds for people with disabilities. If I’d had access to these things sooner, I for sure would have passed my classes without half the struggles! These can make a person’s life so much easier.

A woman named Brenda McBride spent quite a bit of time showing my mom and I some of these devices and how to use them. They are powerful! A couple months later, mom and I went down to Ohio to demonstrate what we’d learned and the people there were as astounded as we were! It is so awesome.

Here’s a quick rundown of three programs I learned about:

*The Intel Reader is a device that takes pictures of text, processes it and then reads it back, all without any downloads. It reads at the speed you tell it to, and it also does a whole lot more.
*Dragon Naturally Speaking is a software program that lets you talk into the headset and it types out for you. Now that’s awesome.
*Solo is a software program that has every type of paper organization format.

There are so many more to tell about but those will have to wait for another day.

I’ll be advocating these tools because they should be made available to everyone who needs them. Life is hard enough with dyslexia or some other learning disorder, so I want to do my best to get the word out.

Anyone who’s interested in any of these technologies, or if you’ve got questions that I can help you with, contact me at dyslexiawonders@gmail.com.