[Athen] talking dictionary for low vision, mobility impaired individual

[Howard Kramer]

Thanks Wink, et al, for those suggestions. It gives me a head start in
trying out some possible solutions.
-Howard

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Wink Harner <
wink.harner at mcmail.maricopa.edu> wrote:


> Hi Howard et al ATHENITES,

>

> If you're looking for an assist during the writing process, programs such

> as Read Write Gold, Kurzweil and Wynn Wizard have spelling wizard

> components

> as well as word completion, dictionaries which can list words by phonetic

> association (words that can be typed phonetically and which will generate

> a list of words which begin with that sound, are spelled correctly and

> which

> you can click on for definitions). All three of these programs, I believe,

> have a component which will read aloud with or without JAWS running. They

> also can read letters aloud as they are being typed which may also help

> with

> typing facility for your student.

>

> Shelley has a good point about honing in on what the actual process it is

> that she needs assistance with. With all of our great minds, I'm pretty

> sure

> we can find a solution that will work for your student.

>

> Blessings,

>

> Wink

>

>

> >-- Original Message --

> >From: Shelley Haven <shelley at techpotential.net>

> >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen at athenpro.org>

> >Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:59:52 -0700

> >Subject: Re: [Athen] talking dictionary for low vision,

> >       mobility impaired individual

> >Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen at athenpro.org>

> >

> >

> >Hi, Howard!

> >

> >I'm trying to envision this -- Is her biggest need looking up words as

>

> >she's writing in order to get the correct word (e.g., differentiating

> >between homonyms); identifying words which have been misspelled and

> >correcting them; or checking her words after they're written?

> >

> >Given the limited range of motion, I'm guessing that something which

> >also increases typing rate would probably help, too, right?  I wonder

> >if something like WordQ would help., as it provides both the text-to-

> >speech and word completion as well as spoken examples to help

> >differentiate confusable words and homonyms.  However, I may not be

> >envisioning this user's problems correctly.  It sounds like she would

> >benefit from a dictionary where she can run through a list of words

> >"which start with" certain letters, then choose the desired word for a

>

> >definition.

> >

> >- Shelley

> >

> >

> >

> >On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Howard Kramer wrote:

> >

> >> Hello All:

> >>

> >> I'm working with someone who is both legally blind (uses Magic &

> >> JAWS) and has limited use of her upper extremities. She can only

> >> use one hand with limited range of motion (uses an Intellikeys

> >> keyboard). She needs help with spelling. Does anyone have any

> >> ideas for a talking dictionary (needs to be computer-based). I

> >> was going to try TextHelp but I wanted to see if anyone else had

> >> any ideas for this challenging situation.

> >>

> >> Thanks in advance,

> >> Howard

> >>

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Howard Kramer
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