Technology Support
- Bookshare
Bookshare offers approximately 127,000 digital books, textbooks, periodicals and assistive technology tools. Simply sign up then find, download, and read books. For members there is free reading software along with reading tools including: text-to-speech and see – hear words read as they are being highlighted.
*Bookshare is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities.
**Miller Middle is signed up, so please let your case carrier know if you need a text book downloaded for your student. History and science textbooks are available.
- NaturalReader
NaturalReader is a free Text-to-Speech software that you can use to convert most written text on the computer (such as MS Word, Webpages, PDF files, and Emails) into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert most written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod.
*Great for research projects in the web and teacher written materials.
http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
- SparkTop.org
SparkTop.org - where no two brains think alike - is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff … play great games … connect with other kids … and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life.
http://www.sparktop.org/home.html
- Reading Planet
Watch and listen to animated stories and songs, read stories online, review books, illustrate a story, play games, and express yourself. http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm