Supporting students with dyslexia in an increasingly tough GCSE playing field
15th September 2016 -This week’s guest blog comes from Malcolm Litten, a member of the British Dyslexia Association New Technologies Committee. Malcolm continues to teach English to individuals who experience literacy difficulties, having enjoyed over 40 years as an English teacher. He spent over half of that time working with pupils affected by dyslexia. Here, Malcolm discusses the latest set of GCSE results and what the implications could be for students with dyslexia.
Continue ReadingRead&Write is Back to School with New Features
8th September 2016 -At Texthelp, we’ve been busy over the summer adding some much requested features to Read&Write for Google Chrome just in time for the new school year. We have lots of new things to share with you about this release, including new capabilities for existing tools you know and love (like the ability to work in Google Slides!), and completely new features like our new Screen Masking tool.
Continue reading for the details, along with some videos and screenshots you can use to share these great updates with your students and colleagues.
Continue ReadingRead&Write has been given a new medical boost!
1st September 2016 -This week, we have some really exciting news to share! From September 1st, Read&Write for Windows will now have the capability to spell check and conduct word prediction with an additional 98,000 medical, and 8,000 pharmaceutical words (UK spellings only at present).
Continue ReadingDoes disability disclosure and self-identification really help support your staff
21st July 2016 -I’ve attended a number of high profile, disability focused events this year such as CSUN in California and the M-Enabling Summit in Washington. One of the most commonly discussed issues centres around the provision of assistive technology.
Continue ReadingAssessing students, access arrangements and changes to JCQ requirements
14th July 2016 -This week, we have a guest blog from Caroline Read, Senior Course Tutor at Communicate-ed, who tells us about the impact for this year on the changes to JCQ qualification requirements and what measures schools can take in the interim before the new qualification requirements come fully into force in September 2017.
Continue ReadingCreate audio files, customize your toolbar, and more with Read&Write for Google Chrome
12th May 2016 -Read&Write for Google Chrome users have yet another reason to be excited about the literacy support toolbar used by over 4.5 million students and teachers in classrooms across the globe. Today we’re excited to announce several new updates available for immediate use, including:
- Speech Maker - Select text in a Google Doc or the Web and create an MP3 file with a single click.
- Customizable Toolbar - You can now add, remove and re-order individual features on the Read&Write toolbar
- Keyboard Accessibility - Improved keyboard accessibility is now available. Just activate the toolbar and use your arrow or tab keys to choose the feature you need.
- Improvements to our Icons, Dictionary, Translator, and more!
Check out the quick video below, and continue reading for more details.
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