Category Archives: New Technologies
iZoom, Wordle and Comparison Charts
Posted in New Technologies, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources, Web links
Anita Raftery February 26, 2010
Anita Raftery February 26, 2010
http://www.Wordle.net/. Images of Wordles are licensed . I used Wordle to create the “word cloud” above using some of the text from this blog. Wordle is a great online tool to display your text in a different way, simply copy some text from a document or website, open up the Wordle webpage and paste in your text. Wordle …
The Mac is back!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 30, 2009
Barbara Landsberg September 30, 2009
 Over the past two years, we have noticed a marked increase in the number of Apple Mac related enquiries coming in to Spectronics’ advisory, training and technical support teams. So it may be of interest to you to be aware of a couple of new text-to-speech programs now available for the Mac platform.
A one button mouse – how cool is that!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 28, 2009
Barbara Landsberg September 28, 2009
We are often asked about ways of assisting younger students learning to use the mouse – to avoid their confusion over using the right and left mouse buttons. Inadvertently clicking on the right mouse button can result in them opening up all sorts of unwanted menus – ending up with your students landing in areas of the computer …
WriteOnline: Online writing support for upper primary and secondary school students
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 25, 2009
Barbara Landsberg September 25, 2009
 WriteOnline is a new concept – offering an online writing support tool which allows students the option to access their work from school, home, anywhere! It has been developed by Crick Software as a logical progression for older students who are ready to move on from using Clicker 5 as their writing support tool.
Ginger Software – new contextual spelling and grammar checker!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 14, 2009
Barbara Landsberg September 14, 2009
Every now and then a really innovative new software concept for supporting struggling writers pops up. We think that Ginger fits into this category! It is a clever contextual spelling and grammar checker which automatically suggests corrections for even the most phonetically spelled sentences! It works with sentences written in Microsoft Word and in emails constructed within Microsoft …
Change of plan on Proloquo2Go – Communication to go on an iPod
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 8, 2009
Barbara Landsberg September 8, 2009
 As you may already know, and as we announced in our last Spectronics emailed newsletter, Proloquo2Go is an exciting new AAC concept for use on the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch! For the past few months, the Spectronics team has been working hard on configuring several flexible options for delivery of Proloquo2Go packages to users across Australia …
New Assistive Technology from DynaVox and Tobii announced this week
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall August 12, 2009
Jane Farrall August 12, 2009
Hi all, I just wanted to let you know about some new assistive technology announced this week. DynaVox Xpress – The new lightweight device from DynaVox-Mayer Johnson! The DynaVox Xpress is a lightweight hand-held custom built speech generating device with a lot of power in a small package. Weighing less than 1kg and of durable construction, this new …
Photograph text on your mobile phone and hear it read aloud!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Another VERY cool new technology is CapturaTalk! This clever program allows your Window Mobile phone to take a photo of written text and then have it read aloud for you in a clear UK English voice! It will also read aloud text in documents on the phone – including emails and SMS messages received along with web pages visited.
Driving communication devices with eye gaze
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
At the recent AGOSCI Conference in Canberra, several eye gaze systems were on display – allowing users to control computers and/or speech generating devices simply through their eye movements. One of the newer systems featured was the DynaVox EyeMax accessory for the DynaVox Vmax speech generating device. The EyeMax enables users to control a DynaVox Vmax with their …
AAC in your pocket! And how cool – it’s on an iPod!
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
Barbara Landsberg July 6, 2009
 One of the biggest buzzes in the AAC world for 2009 is the release of Proloquo2Go software for use with an iPod or iPhone. For less than $1000, users can configure their own “very cool” communication device by purchasing and downloading the software from the Apple iTunes Apps Store and installing it on their iPod or iPhone.
