85 spoken phrases with symbols for talking about daily tasks

For use in conversations

Brief description

• Help with spelling: word prediction, speech recognition & screen reader
• Guesses what you want to say, reads aloud text on the screen and types the words you say aloud
• Works in all programs & web pages (e.g. email, internet, facebook, youtube)

Who could benefit:

• People who can spell the first 2-3 letters of a word before getting stuck
• People who can spell words but sometimes find it easier to say a word

Comments

• Mac users only have access to the word prediction & screen reading parts of the program, not the speech recognition part

Speech recognition program

As you speak into the microphone, the speech is automatically turned into text

Useful if your speech is quite good but you struggle to write or type

Brief description

• Keyboard familiarisation
• Spelling exercises
• 80 activities included or create your own
• Results are recorded

Who could benefit

• People needing to practise:
• Keyboard skills
• Spelling skills
   

Brief description

• Free text to speech program
• Only works in Microsoft Word

Who could benefit

• People with some spelling and reading difficulties

Brief description

• A reading bar
• Helps you read one line of text at a time

Who could benefit

• People who skip lines of text
• People with reading difficulties
• People with visual difficulties
   

Practise 21 speech sounds on their own and in words/phrases

You  may need to wear headphones

If you want to use your own phrases, you must pay extra

Exercises for  speech sounds and mouth movements

Video and sound recordings to copy

You  may need to wear headphones

If you want to use your own phrases, you must pay extra

10 songs to practise different speech sounds, rhythms, pace & rates

You may want to wear headphones

Brief description

• Word prediction
• On screen keyboard
• Hear the words before selection
• Screen magnification

Who could benefit

• People who can spell the first 2-3 letters of a word