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Literacy support

Literacy support software can be used to support people with literacy problems, from dyslexia through to developmental delay and includes voice recognition and word completion software

Literacy support

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A Busy Day

Allows all children of 3 - 6 years to experience reading success even before the skills of phonological awareness are fully developed

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Boardmaker V6

A flexible and powerful communication display maker. BoardMaker is a graphics database with 3,160 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in clip art form.

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BoardMaker Plus v6

All the features of Boardmaker v.6, plus the interaction of voice, animations and video

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Clicker 5

Clicker 5 is a powerful tool which incorporates both switch access and mouse control. It is designed to encourage children to write anything from simple sentences through to more complex pieces of text.

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Communicate: In Print 2

Communicate: In Print 2 is a flexible, symbol-supported desktop publishing package for creating books, worksheets, newsletters and posters. It meets the diverse needs of students working in inclusive settings as well as those in specialised centres.

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Communicate: SymWriter

Ideal for simple word/symbol processing for emergent writers, SymWriter enables users to see the meaning of words as they write. The symbols appear automatically in a side panel, illustrating the word just typed or chosen. The program includes over 8,000 Widgit Literacy Symbols in colour and black and white and 1,500 Widgit Pictures (clip art and photographs), or you can add your own.

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Dragon Naturally Speaking 10

Dragon Naturally Speaking is an amazing piece of software! It uses cutting edge voice recognition technology to provide word processing features and control of Windows functions.

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First Keys 2

This software is an ideal tool to help your child improve their spelling, grammar, and typing skills at home, complementing what they are learning at primary school. This product is not compatible with Windows Vista.

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Inspiration v8

Inspiration can be used right across the curriculum in all subjects to help develop thinking skills and structure projects, research or essays.

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Kidspiration 3

An emergent reading, writing and visual learning tool for younger pupils, 4 - 7 years. Kidspiration 3 is a visual learning tool for Early Years pupils.

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Penfriend XP XL

Penfriend XP is the perfect piece of software to help speed up your typing. It acts as a predictive text dictionary.

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ProtoType 3

Prototype is aimed at people with physical disabilities or dyslexia. The software incorporates both text-to-speech and symbol dictionaries, which help with fast and accurate typing.

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Smart Phonics 1

The first in a series to make learning phonics fun, full of sound and colour.

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StarSpell 2.3

If you are learning to spell, Starspell 2.3 can help. Learning spelling may seem a complicated and daunting task because of the variety of skills involved. Indeed, spelling needs more than a computer program for thorough learning. Starspell, however, takes you a long way in the right direction for spelling success.

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TextEase Studio CT

TextEase Studio CT is a package of useful tools. Thousands of teachers have had input into the development of TextEase over the years.

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TextHelp Read and Write 9

This is an excellent product for adults and children aged seven and up. It is a great literacy tool, covering screen reading and word completion.

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WordRead 2

WordRead is an easy to use program that will allow your computer to read text off your computer's screen to the listener, using a realistic sounding voice.

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Wordshark 4

Wordshark 4 is a fun way of learning early literacy skills. The program involves a 36 games that cover skills such as word recognition and matching. This is a very popular in many schools throughout the UK.

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Writing with Symbols 2000 DISCONTINUED

*DICONTINUED* Writing With Symbols 2000 uses word and picture association to help children and adults needing visual help to develop their literacy skills. NOTE - This product is not compatible with Windows Vista and is being replaced with 2 products - Communicate: In Print2 and Communicate: SymWriter.

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Symbol Sets

Symbol add-ins for clicker 5 or Writing with Symbols 2000

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