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Word Prediction
Word Prediction
Word prediction uses text suggestions to assist with writing in a word processing program. As students enter in the first letter or letters of the words, the program predicts the word that the student is trying to type. Words appear in a prediction list and students select their desired word from this list.
Co:Writer helps give you the words and phrases you’re intending as you type—even if your grammar and spelling are way off. Just type a letter or two and Co:Writer “predicts” words and phrases in real time. Co:Writer is currently available to all students that receive services from Special School District.
Read and Write offers text prediction, picture dictionaries, summary highlighters and a grammar, spelling and confusable words checker. These tools are free for 30 days, but then a subscription must be obtained from your Assistive Technology Facilitator.
Built-in Accessibility Writing Tools
Built-in Accessibility Writing Tools
Speech to Text / Text to Speech
Speech to Text / Text to Speech
Tools>Voice typing>
A Microphone button will appear on the screen. Click it, then speak!
Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Dictation
A microphone button will appear on the on-screen keyboard. Tap it, then speak!
Hear each word as you type it. To enable:
Settings>Accessibility>Typing Feedback> turn on Speak words
Word banks and sentence-building supports
Word banks and sentence-building supports
Clicker is an engaging and comprehensive multimedia literacy tool that offers differentiated supports to target literacy skills for learners of all abilities and access methods (e.g. switch access, direct select, eye gaze). Clicker's built-in speech and picture supports, accessible features, and customization options, promote student independence and confidence in writing and other literacy activities. Clicker's Sentence Sets, Connect Sets, and Word Banks provide structured sentence building supports.
PixWriter is a talking picture and word processor that combines symbol support with highlighted text and speech. You create illustrated buttons to form a word bank by simply entering text and the student clicks the buttons to create their writing piece. This is available for Mac and Windows laptops and as an iPad app through your AT Facilitator. Quick tips available
Boardmaker provides customizable and accessible writing templates across all platforms.
PDF Annotation
PDF Annotation
Annotating allows you to type, highlight, comment, or mark directly onto your PDFS.
Open and annotate on PDFs through Orbitnote within the Read Write Google, Co:Writer and Snap and Read tools.
Developed at the Centre for Literacy and Disability Studies (CLDS), and written about by Hanser (2006, 2009), an alternative pencil is defined as anything that provides a student with access to all 26 letters of the alphabet for use in writing. Students DO NOT need to know how to independently read or spell words in order to use any of the alternative pencils.
Onscreen Keyboard
Adapted Keyboard
Speech Output Device
Alphabet Board
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