Software Recommendations for Use in Special Education

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Talking Browser
This is a software program that can be downloaded from the Internet for $12.95. Students highlight the text on a web page and the program reads it aloud to them using different fun voices.

Inspiration and Kidspiration
These programs provide graphic representation for students when organizing writing assignments.

WordQ
This software uses word prediction to suggest words and to give text to speech feedback.

Dragon Dictate
This software creates text from speech and can operate computer commands with voice activation.

Storybook Weaver Deluxe This is software for all elementary age students to use to create stories with added graphics, sounds and text to speech capabilities.

Picture It
This is a software that teachers can use to create picture-supported documents for students who have difficulty linking images and words.

PixWriter
This software promotes successful early writing experiences. Young students write by selecting pictures and word buttons while built-in speech gives them immediate feedback on their selections.

CoWriter
This is a word prediction software that also helps students make appropriate word choices to write higher-quality sentences.

Write Outloud
This is an easy-to-use word processor that gives immediate speech feedback as students type words, sentences and paragraphs.

Boardmaker
This is a graphics database containig over 3,000 PIcture Communication Symbols (from PCS Books I, II, and III) in bitmapped clip art form. (There is no networked license.)