Wiltshire dyslexia association event

Posted on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 by AccessAbility Smyles

Resource Handout

WDA Event – Thusrday 5th October 2023 – County Hall, Trowbridge

Assistive Technology Workshop – Arran Smith & Myles Pilling

Microsoft 365 – Learning Tools -https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/education/products/learning-tools

Dictate – Speech to text

Immersive Reader – Text to Speech

Edge – Read Aloud, Dark Theme, Language selections, Background themes

Access to Work

Dragon Speech Recognition – £679 – (cheaper to find Dragon 15 on Amazon at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dragon-Home-15-0/dp/B07GRDZ3ZJ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Y7N1LPJA5J92&keywords=Dragon+speech+recognition+15&qid=1696411880&sprefix=dragon+speech+recognition+15%2Caps%2C65&sr=8-2 )

https://shop.nuance.co.uk/store/nuanceeu/en_GB/Content/pbPage.home

Zoomtext – $85 a year – https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/zoomtext/

SuperNova – £425 https://yourdolphin.com/SuperNova

NDVA – £free – https://www.nvaccess.org/download/

School software

Texthelp Read&Write – £150 https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/products/read-and-write-education/

Clicker – https://www.cricksoft.com/uk/clicker/win-mac

DocsPlus – https://www.cricksoft.com/uk/docsplus

Inspiration 10 – https://www.inspiration-at.com/

Parents Apps

Remember the Milk – £free – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remember-the-milk-to-do-list/id293561396

Claro ScanPen – £9.99 – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/claro-scanpen/id994933713

Notability – £free – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/claro-scanpen/id994933713

NTE Hub -£free – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ntehub/id1462397305

Glean – £10 a month – https://glean.co/pricing

iOS Accessibility Settings

Spoken Content – https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph96b214f0/ios

Notes – Scanned documents, Microphone (no wifi needed)

AI Assistance

Bing ChaptGPT – £free https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-the-new-bing-with-chatgpt-and-what-you-can-do-with-it

List of Chrome Extensions for Dyslexic users

Readlax – text to speech and stripped webpage

ProStudy online – research tool for students- especially if you have a Pro-Study account

Voice In – Speech to text

Helperbird – suite of tools to make your web browsing a dream

OneNote Clipper – works with One Note to take screenshots to go straight into OneNote

ReadWrite – research tools

Natural Reader – books and epubs reader

Dictation for Email

Colour Enhancer – colour filters for websites

Lightkey – AI word prediction

Lightkey – AI word prediction

Orbit Note – annotate your PDF’s

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“1’d like to give a shout out to Myles Pilling, BA,M.Ed. and encourage anyone who needs training and support around assistive tech to reach out to him directly. was lucky enough to have several hours of training with Myles thanks to my Access to Work grant. Myles’ training though? Well, it was closer to coaching than training. He didn’t assume. He asked me to show him what I did so he could offer refinements and tweaks.

But the most important thing Myles did was question why I was doing what I was doing; what was the benefit, why was it needed, and if it was what was the most effective way of doing it? No more ‘stick a tech plaster on a Luddite broken leg’ – instead Myles helped me work most effectively with my tech, by helping me figure out when and how I needed it. The absolute best bit? Thanks to working with Myles, I never ever need to do filing again.

Seriously. Never.

Myles helped me set up a system that I would likely never have discovered without him, that allows my work to be recorded and autosaved without a single follow up step.” Leah , Consultant , Search for Serenity

“Accessibility Smyles continues to serve up timely information about the latest and best technology for individuals with unique needs. Always pleased to receive these helpful resources with related links. I share them with parents, educators and others who serve the many with reading and learning challenges. (Thank you, Myles!)” – Jean

“I’ve known Myles for many years, he’s my go-to expert for all this Accessibility, so much so that he’s our resident expert at Anderton Tiger Radio. Whenever we feature this topic he’s always there with excellent advice and guidance, in fact you can listen to him again here from our January radio show https://www.buzzsprout.com/695014/2586430-myles-pilling-talks-about-technologies-for-send-that-have-caught-his-eye-at-bett-2020 Highly recommended, Myles is most definitely one of the top 5 experts in his field in the UK” – Russell Prue, Anderson Tiger

“After one of your recent training sessions, I visited your Techsavvy session and discovered the virtual tour guides. A a result my husband and I enjoyed a splendid trip to Edinburgh. A city I have avoided for a number of years due to its challenges for a wheelchair user due to its very steep streets and cobbles. I think the sessions you have posted are really good and I hoped you would be happy if I suggested these to clients, I am assisting in my volunteering journey. I am also liaising with a local charity who are trying to encourage their older members and I think they too could benefit from your regular hints and tips so would like to suggest they pass on the Techsavvy links. You really are an inspiration.” –

Heather Sneddon

South West Scotland Coordinator , AbilityNet