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Entries Tagged as 'Keyboard'

GhostReader from ConvenienceWare

October 15th, 2007 · No Comments

GhostReader (formerly TextParrot) reads text aloud with high quality voices and optional word-by-word highlighting. FromĀ  ConvenienceWare, a part of AssistiveWare, which makes more fully featured accessibility software and utilities for people with disabilities

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Tags: Ages 03-06 years · Ages 06-09 years · Ages 09-12 · Audio · Customizable · Keyboard · Linguistic · Little or No Reading · Reading · Teens and Adults · Text and Speech · Tools · Tools & Productivity · Universal Design · Writing

Magnetic Numbers

September 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Like its companion Magnetic Letters, Magnetic Numbers is a simple, open-ended place to explore numbers. Simply click or type to place an endless supply of numbers and operators on the screen, then move them around to order them, create equations, or just explore.

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Tags: Active Hands-on · Ages 03-06 years · Clean Screen · Interactive · Keyboard · Little or No Reading · Math · Multilingual · No Ads · Online Activities · Open-ended · Simple · Touch Screen or Tablet · Visual Spatial

Magnetic Letters

September 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Magnetic Letters is just what it sounds like – a screen with an endless supply of letters you can add by clicking or typing. Once on screen, you can move the letters around.
Youngest users can simply explore. For older little ones, challenge them to make new words from old ones, find rhyming words and more.

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Tags: Active Hands-on · Ages 03-06 years · Clean Screen · Interactive · Keyboard · Language Arts · Little or No Reading · Multilingual · No Ads · Online Activities · Open-ended · Simple · Touch Screen or Tablet · Visual Spatial · Writing