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Voice dream(£10.99) is an app for iOS that is a powerful and very dyslexic friendly ebook reader. It has quaility TTS voices and the facility to import from Word, PDF into a reader that highlights in a number of ways. It also lets you put in Dyslexic friendly fonts as well. You can choose how many lines to view.

Dyslexia teachers using technology to he

Posted on October 23, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

Dyslexia teachers using technology to help kids love reading http://ow.ly/b2G6505ItVI

AMiDUOS

Posted on October 21, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

This is an Android virtual machine for the PC . It comes with some preloaded apps from Amazon but if you download an add on for Google play you can download from there . Take a look and try it for free for 30 days but at around £14 it’s very affordable! http://www.amiduos.com/

New Peripherals for the iPad from Inclusive Technology

Posted on October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

Inclusive Technology are at the fore front of ICT and SEN and therefore worth noting any new development they mention. Now your iPad can control electrical appliances using the updated iClick. Also the Skoog can also be operated via an iPad. Just another example of making the iPad a tool for inclusion in the learning environment! Please click on the link below for more information:-

Inclusive’s iClick and Skoog

A Nice Way to Share Bundles of Links With Your Students

Posted on October 13, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/free-technology-for-teachers-1315757/a-nice-way-to-share-bundles-links-with-your-5194122915

ASDetect: App Helps Detect Early Signs Of Autism

Posted on October 13, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/assistive-technology-blog-9539073/asdetect-app-helps-detect-early-signs-autism-5195007671

thinglink & VR

Posted on October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

I love it when combining two technologies to make a truly fascinating result. This is an idea and I confess I haven’t tried it yet! I will and get back to you when I have tested it. Using VR headsets like Google Cardboard are now cheap and being sold at all sorts of outlets now from garages to cheap stores you can use your smartphone to access content that is immersive and interactive. A perfect marriage would be using thinklink and a VR headset. For an example of how this might look click below. Sorry the links and sounds are in french!

https://www.thinglink.com/mediacard/830447778135015425

Let you know when I have tried it out. Feel there may be some steps to take to make it VR friendly.

“Helping your child/pupil with Dyslexia using ICT”

Posted on October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 by AccessAbility Smyles

A free webinair is taking place next Tuesday at 4:00pm GMT for 30 mins on ICT that enables dyslexic learners to record information . If you would like to join in please book your place now , remember it costs you nothing at:-

“Helping your child/pupil with Dyslexia using ICT”

You will be sent a link to join the conference which will be interactive for delegates to watch/share/learn from live demonstrations of the tools being described.

Testimonies

“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