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Entries Tagged as 'Universal Design'

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

Assistive Media provides free audio recordings

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Assistive Media provides audio access to reading materials for anyone with a reading access barrier. Talented volunteers record magazine articles and other short works which are then available for download or in our podcast. There are hundreds of recordings of magazine articles, short stories, and selections from anthologies.

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Tags: Ages 09-12 · Audio · By Access · Language Arts · Linguistic · Reading · Stories · Teens and Adults · Universal Design

Starfall Reading

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Starfall is one of the best sites for early reading and literacy, with online stories that offer audio support as needed, a fun, enticing interface, and supportive activities and printables. Multiple levels, with numerous stories and activities at each level.
Starfall was created by the family behind Blue Mountain Cards, one of the earliest online [...]

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Tags: Active Hands-on · Ages 03-06 years · Ages 06-09 years · Animation · Audio · Best of the Catch · Clean Screen · Guided Learning · Hands-on Ideas · Illustrations · Interactive · Language Arts · Linguistic · Movies · Multicultural · Musical Rhythmic · No Ads · Online Activities · Open-ended · Parent Teacher Info · Printables · Reading · Reflective · Scoring or Feedback · Simple · Social · Social Studies · Standards-based · Stories · Text and Speech · Touch Screen or Tablet · Universal Design · Visual Spatial · Writing