Tag: Dyslexia

Is There a “Best” College for Students with a Certain Learning Disability, Dyslexia, or ADHD?

The learning disabilities consultant, Elizabeth C. Hamblet tackles the question,  “Is there a “Best” college for students with a certain disability, dyslexia, or ADHD?”  Questions Hamblet tackles include:

  • What Makes a College a Good Fit for Each Student?
  •  What to Know About “Best Colleges” Lists?
  • Researching Accommodations and;
  • When to Consider a Fee-Based Program or Specialized College

The full post is at https://ldadvisory.com/best-college-for-students-with-learning-disability-dyslexia-or-adhd/

Note:  In the post, Hamblet does briefly promote her book,”Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities.”

Keeble Keyboard for iPad: Flexible Text Input for Users with Special Needs

Once again, Brian Meersma of the Assistive Technology Blog, has featured a remarkable and very useful app, the Keeble Accessible Keyboard.

The Keeble, App, which costs $15 and is available at the App Store,  is a virtual keyboard for iPad made by AssistiveWare. The app is only available in English for iPads running iOS 8 and above.

As a result of new features available in iOS 8 the Keeble keyboard can be used in almost every app on the iPad including mail, Safari, and messages. Keeble gives users a number of customization options to make text input easier for users with special needs such as motor challenges, dyslexia, and other disabilities.

Brian speaks highly of this app although he does have a specific suggestion for an improvement to the App. To read his full review, including his suggested improvement,  visit, Keeble Keyboard for iPad: Flexible Text Input for Users with Special Needs.

Claro Accessible PDF Reader

Looking for  an accessible PDF reader?

According to  Carol Leynse Harpold, at OT With Apps,  ClaroPDF is a great app that provides text to speech capabilities and annotation tools. If you work with students or adults, this is worth the small price.  Developed by Claro Software, this  innovative software company based in the UK develops and licenses Assistive Software, including speech technology, image technology and touch technology.  The app is available from the iTunes store for iPhone and iPad.

ClaroPDF app features allow:

Annotation features:
-Highlight
-Underscore
-Strikeout
-Notes
-Free Text (type straight into the PDF)
-Free line draw (with many colors, opacity and thickness control)
-Shapes (Circle, Square, Line – with many colors, opacity and thickness control)
-Images (you can even insert Photos from your iPad Camera or Photo Library into the PDF file)

Easily manages PDF Files
– Open PDF files ClaroPDF from other apps

– PDF files can be Saved into the Gallery, sent by e-mail, or opened in other apps supporting the PDF file format

Smart Zoom

Full-Text Search & Navigation

ClaroRead compatibility – ClaroRead Pro and Plus for Windows can scan paper into accessible PDF files, retaining the original page image. Can be opened and spoken in ClaroPDF.