Leveling the playing field with apps

> Read&Write Web – With the Read&Write Web toolbar you can access and interact with web content using Text-to-Speech with dual color highlighting. This app includes a Dictionary and Picture Dictionary to look up unfamiliar words, Translator to translate selected words into multiple languages, Study Skills to highlight and extract important pieces of information, and Fact Finder to research on the web.

> eBook Reader –  Allows a user to log into Bookshare, search for, open or save a Bookshare eBook, and read the book aloud with dual color highlighting. You can also personalize speech and reading options.

> Speech – Designed for smaller mobile devices and smartphones, Speech allows users to read aloud any typed or pasted text with color highlighting.

> Dictionary – Another App meant for smaller mobile devices, Dictionary allows users to look up  get both definitions and images and read aloud text definitions.

Blio is an ereader that can read various formats including PDF, epub and XML.  What does this mean for students with reading disabilities or dyslexia?

Blio includes:

> a text-to-speech feature that will cost $10;

>  a sync feature where it will sync audio books with test and highlight the word as it is being read;

> a notetaking feature where you can select text and add a note;

> a visual customization feature that can change the view, text size, etc.

>  a reading speed feature;

> a search text feature;

> a one-touch look up feature that can locate the definition of a word.