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Assistive Technology - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Ideal for hearing words & lines of text read aloud
        
        Great for students with dyslexia, reading difficulties and English as a second language
        
        Designed to allow students to take exams in the same room as their peers, with headphones plugged into their pens
  - - - Most smartphones and tablets have built-in accessibility functions which include:
        
        Text to speech
        
        Speech to text
        
        Magnification
        
        Font & display size
        
        AbilityNet have some excellent, easy to use guides on how to make your mobile device more accessible.
    - - RNIB
        The RNIB offers a free talking books subscription for people who have an impairment which prevents them from accessing standard print books. They offer a wide range of titles for all ages available as a digital download for use on a computer, smartphone or tablet.
      - Moon+ Reader
        Moon+ Reader is a free ebook reading app with many features to customise your viewing experience. It easily ties in to several online ebook services, including Project Gutenberg, and can handle many ebook formats, including PDF files.
        The Moon+ Reader also allows the user to change background colours, font type and size, line spacing and has a dictionary add-in. The Pro version also has a text to speech function
    - - Dragon NaturallySpeaking
        -speech recognition software which allows the user to not only dictate into documents, but also control the computer with their voice. This is ideal for someone with dyslexia who may have difficulty with spelling or is better at communicating verbally or for someone who has physical difficulties and is unable to use a keyboard / mouse. Another great feature of Dragon is that it can be linked to a dictaphone and transcribe your voice notes into a document on your PC.
      - Built-in speech to text
        The majority of mobile devices have excellent speech-to-text functions built-in as part of their accessibility features. For example Siri.
- - - - :eyeglasses: Natural Reader: With natural sounding voice options, this technology allows users to listen to texts read-aloud with speed and language control features. Natural Reader is an affordable software accessible for home, work and school tasks and is widely used to support students with learning disabilities and dyslexia.
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