Assistive Technology
A new page we are developing to provide advice and guidance on using Assistive Technology with dyslexic students – focusing on free or open source software. Please send your suggestions to Jamie Crabb or John Conway
Balabolka
Balabolka is screen reading software that uses the computer’s existing voices. This Balabolka guide was created by Henri Court at Bucks University.
X-Mind
X-mind is an excellent piece of free software that would benefit non DSA funded students. This X-mind guide was created by Henri Court at Bucks University.
My Study Bar
X-mind is part of my Study Bar, a free toolbar of Assistive Technology for PC: My Study Bar. You’ll find download links and ‘How-To’ guides here.
Eduapps
a whole package of free technology http://eduapps.org/ developed by Craig Mill & colleagues from the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East (sadly disbanded in July 2011)
Dropbox acts as a file management system that seamlessly provides backup to your files syncing between computers/mobile devices on the web for easy retrieval from anywhere with Internet access
Mozilla Firefox is a free open source Internet browser built with security and accessibility in mind. Delicious is a website bookmarking tool add-on for Firefox that makes saving and archiving Internet research for projects and assignments simple and accessible wherever you are. Read this Guide to using both
The University of Hull has produced 2 podcasts demonstrating AT. http://www.youtube.com/user/UoHDS/videos
ADSHE has its own Delicious site
iGoogle, Google Calendar and Google Tasks are free open source Internet based calendar and task management tools. You can never lose your calendar-diary as it is stored online! Read this guide to using these tools