Free software for home users

to help your son/daughter

Sheldon Conference 24th November 2012

AccessAbility Solutions

AccessAbility Solutions

Contact Detailsmyles.pilling@wiltshire.gov.uk

Twitter: @mylespilling

http://senitnuggets.wordpress.comhttp://senapps.wordpress.comhttp://www.facebook.com/Senappshttp://aas123.wordpress.com

#sheldenbda

AccessAbility Solutions

AccessAbility Solutions

Referrals for Dyslexia

• SENCO makes a Single Agency Referral (SARF)• Decision made by the Specialist SEN Service (SSENS)• Specialist SEN Service does an assessment• This includes ICT provision if needed.

….and now a story!

What shall we cover?

• Free stuff to use on a PC• Free stuff to use on an Apple• Free stuff from the Internet• Changes to your PC making it Dyslexia friendly

Changes to your PC• Style sheets• Backgrounds• Templates • Line Spacing• Speech recognition in Windows 7• Ease of Access Center – Key repeat

Free Stuff for your PC

http://www.gingersoftware.com/

Free stuff for your PC

Turbo Typehttp://www.easytousetools.com/turbo_type/

Free apps for your iPad/iTouch

Free apps for your iPad/iTouch

Cloud On Dragon Art Studio Lite Notes Evernote Dropbox

Not free apps

• iWriter - £2.49

• Voice Dictation - £0.69

Free Stuff from the InternetMind- mapping software

•Mind42http://mind42.com/about•Exploratreehttp://www.exploratree.org.uk

http://www.exploratree.org.uk/movie.php

Click and speak( for firefox web browser)

http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/downloads.html

Contact Detailsmyles.pilling@wiltshire.gov.uk

Twitter: @mylespilling

http://senitnuggets.wordpress.comhttp://senapps.wordpress.comhttp://www.facebook.com/Senappshttp://aas123.wordpress.com

#sheldenbda

AccessAbility Solutions

AccessAbility Solutions