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iPodTouch, iPhone, and iPad apps for Special Education {iPhone-iPad-and-iPod-touch-Apps-for-Special-Education.pdf} ,
{iPossibilities for Those with Significant Special Needs.docx}
Apple Apps:
Educational Apps
iNtouch School
{Phone-Apps-for-Education.pdf}

Bookshare: For a powerpoint on using Bookshare, click the following link: Bookshare Info
When you use Bookshare and are a member or sponsor, Reading tools (under Getting Started Tab at bookshare.org) can be downloaded. These include Read:Outloud and the Acapela voices.
RFB&D: Links
http://www.rfbd.org/Training-and-Support/RFB-D-WMA-Downloadable-AudioAccess-Support/279/
http://www.rfbd.org/Training-and-Support/RFB-D-WMA-Downloadable-AudioAccess-Support/Downloading-Books/281/
http://www.rfbd.org/Membership/Individuals-and-Families/Application-Forms/25/
http://www.rfbd.org/Membership/Individuals-and-Families/Application-Forms/25/
http://www.rfbd.org/help/

A text to speech software program with a free version along with Personal(49.50) and Professional version($99.50). Natural Reader can read text files, MS Word files, Internet Explorer webpages, E-mails. You are able to make adjustments on speed, voice,quality, and volume. This software also has a floating mini-bar.
Read Please and a "How to use" Guide {How to use Read, Please for reading text aloud.pdf}
Quick Guide onon the WordTalk
A free text to speech plug-in for Microsoft Word. It will highlight and speak text aloud. There are settings to adjust the highlight color, voice and speed. This software will convert the text into .wav or .mp3 files.
Easy Reader by Dolphin has been purchased by MITS and distributed to school districts for free. This software will read DAISY formatted books (Bookshare, NIMAC). Each school district's Technology director has copies of Easy Reader. This program is similar to Read:Outloud (see below), but each has unique features.

Under the Resources heading to the left, find topics such as AT websites, online academic videos, ipod touch apps etc.
Occasionally check the site for additional resources - this is a work in progress. Thanks.
AT Database {ATdatabase.mdb}
Phil Booth and Esther Fintushel
Assistive Technology Consultants

Use the iTunes U tab in iTunes for finding informational videos, AND for searching MI Learning, a Michigan project for using teachers to create videos using MI standards. iTunes is a free download for either MAC or PC.
Try going to khanacademy.org and search for a specific course with its specific topics, for example: Chemistry - Periodic Table Trends: Ionization Energy , or Algebra 1 - Multiplication of Rational Numbers , or for elementary students; Arithmetic - Level 2 Addition . These videos (over 1200) are approximately 2 minutes in length and deal with very specific course topics.
{iPhone-iPad-and-iPod-touch-Apps-for-Special-Education.pdf} , {iPossibilities
{iPossibilities for Those

Use the iTunes U tab in iTunes for finding informational videos, AND for searching MI Learning, a Michigan project for using teachers to create videos using MI standards. iTunes is a free download for either MAC or PC.
Try going to khanacademy.org and search for a specific course with its specific topics, for example: Chemistry - Periodic Table Trends: Ionization Energy , or Algebra 1 - Multiplication of Rational Numbers , or for elementary students; Arithmetic - Level 2 Addition . These videos (over 1200) are approximately 2 minutes in length and deal with very specific course topics.
Education {iPhone-iPad-and-iPod-touch-Apps-for-Special-Education.pdf} , {iPossibilities for Those with Significant Special Needs.docx}