AssistiveTechDan

Dyer@uidaho.edu

Whatdoyouwanttolearnabout?

Iwasaskedtoprovide:•Speech‐to‐text•Text‐to‐speechFor•Chromebooks•WindowsComputers• iPads

ChromebooksandChromeinternetbrowser

• AnythingyoucandoonaChromebookcanalsobedoneonaWindowscomputer,if

• YouinstalltheChromeweb‐browserforWindows computers

SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)

Chrome/Chromebook

SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)

• “VoiceTyping”inGoogleDocs

WindowsComputer

SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)• “VoiceTyping”inGoogleDocswiththeChromeinternetbrowser•WindowshasSpeechRecognitionbuilt‐intotheOperatingSystem•DragonNaturallySpeakingsoftware

iPad

SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)•Built‐intothedeviceifitisaniPad3ornewer• IfitisanoriginaliPadoraniPad2,usetheApp,DragonDictation•UseaheadsetwithaMic(liketheheadsetthatcomeswithiPhones)forbetterspeechrecognitionaccuracy.

TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)

Chrome/Chromebook

TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)

• “ReadandWriteforGoogleDocs”willprovidetexttospeechforfree.Ifyouwantadditionalfeaturesyouhavetopay.

•YoucanalsouseReadandWriteforreadingaloudwebpages.

Chrome/Chromebook

TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)

• “SpeakIt!”Isasimpletoolforreadingaloudtext.Touse,:Highlighttext,rightclick,selectSpeakIt!

WindowsComputer

TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)• “ReadandWriteforGoogleDocs”willprovidetexttospeechforfreeifyou’reusingtheChromewebbrowserforwindows.• “FreeNaturalReader”software• “Narrator”isbuilt‐intoWindowsoperatingsystem

iPad

TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)

• “SpeakSelection”isafeaturebuiltintotheiPadsoperatingsystem

•ManyAppsexistforreadingaloudtext,likeiWordQVoiceDreamReaderRead2Go (forBookshare booksonly)

OtherUsefuliPadApps

Readaloudprintedworksheets•KNFBReader,orPrizmo,orClaroPen,TakeapictureofaworksheetandhaveitreadaloudwiththeiPad•GoWorksheet Maker,orClaroPDF”takeapictureofaworksheet,andletthestudenthavetheworksheetreadaloudtothemastheyentertheirresponsesdirectlyontothepage

OtherChrome/Chromebooktools

Word‐prediction(typealetter,itpredictsawholeword)

• “ClaroSpeak”willdoword‐predictionandincludesseveralotherassistivefeatures.

Mustbeplugandplaytowork

ChromebookwithSwitches/Keyboards/Mice

http://cs.unc.edu/~gb/Accessible‐YouTube/

http://tarheelreader.org/

ReadingPen

DanDyer@uidaho.edu

IdahoATProject

EdCoordinator