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Technology for Diverse
Learners
Lisa Thomas
Office for Students with Disabilities
Speech to Text
• Dragon Naturally Speaking: Voice
recognition application; user is able to
dictate and have speech transcribed as
written text or audio stream
Text to Speech Readers
• ReadPlease: Text to speech reader
• Ginger: Text to speech reader; able to
read web pages, emails and documents;
Proofreading, spelling and grammar
check in any application
Also…
• Zoom Text: screen magnifier
• Thermo-Pen: a thermal pen designed for
use in the creation of tactile images and
messages; creates a raised image
directly on tactile graphics paper
Assistive Technology Available
in Library
• Housed in the Assistive Technology Suite
in the lower level of the Library.
• Duxbury: Braille translation program
which translates electronic documents
into Braille documents
• Dragon Naturally Speaking: Voice
recognition application; user is able to
dictate and have speech transcribed as
written text or audio stream
• JAWS II: screen reading software;
information via text to speech or by
Braille display; makes it easier to use
programs, edit documents, and read Web
pages
• J-Say Pro: brings together Dragon
Naturally Speaking and JAWS; controls
the rate of the speech synthesizer, quiets
JAWS, surf the internet, etc.; able to
control through voice commands
Dragon
JAWS
J-Say
Pro
• WYNN Wizard 5.10: Scanning and
reading software; scan printed pages and
convert them into electronic text; text able
to be read aloud; can also read word
processing docs, PDF files, text files and
internet.
• Ginger: Text to speech reader; able to
read web pages, emails and documents;
Proofreading, spelling and grammar
check in any application
• Zoom Text: Screen magnifier
Equipment
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HP Scanner
Juliet Pro Embosser
Magnifying light
Printer
Tape Recorder
Telesensory Voyager XL CCD Optical
Magnification system
In Summary…
• The student is your best resource!!
• There is no “cookie-cutter” type of student
with a disability
• Call the OSD if you have questions