MacSpeech Dictate: Pogue’s Take
by Samuel Sennott
With MacSpeech Dictate set to come out next month, there is quite the excitement. New York Times Technology columnist David Pogue has a simple review that may be helpful for sending to that special educator or Apple enthusiast that could benefit from learning about the upcoming software release. Also, it could [...]
Apple Announcements
By Samuel Sennott
Were you hoping for the Apple PDA/Tablet with a 1.5 times form factor as the iPhone? I sure was and my hopes were dashed. I was also dreaming a bit, hoping for the Macbook tablet. Yet, based on the evidence described today, I think it is on the way. [...]
Macworld: What Will It Bring?
by Samuel Sennott
I am so excited about the Macworld Expo keynote tomorrow. Out of all the possible new products, I am really hoping for the release of an Apple tablet. It seems unlikely at this time, yet I think it would be so terrific for special education. The research and practice I [...]
Reporting on the Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote
by Samuel Sennott
You can use your Wii remote, a projector, freely shared software, and some led light pens to create a multi-touch interactive whiteboard. I read about Johnny Chung Lee’s project on terrific Weblogg-ed and echo Will Richardson’s sentiment about how terrific it is to see the free and open source sharing involved [...]
Color Talking Word Wall Template with Apple OS X
by Samuel Sennott
Good news! TextEdit does allow you to color the cells in a Table.
I provided directions in a section of the updated guide to using the Talking Word Walls. Here is the text from the mixed(visual and text) directions:
Part Two: Working with the Colored Template
1. The colored TextEdit template is [...]
Apple Computers Allow Talking Word Wall
by Samuel Sennott
You can utilize the OSX Voice over feature to create a personalized word wall system that has simple text to speech by clicking or arrowing into the letters or words on the word wall.
Doing a daily word wall practice as part of a systematic phonics instructional program is a terrific way to provide [...]
iJailBreak for iPod Touch
by Samuel Sennott
iJailBreak is the automated tool that unlocks and enables your iPod Touch to use installer.app., the third party application installer. It has become very clear that the iPhone and iPod touch can be used as both an AAC device component inside of a holistic AAC system and as a terrific flexible learning [...]
Using the iPhone for Digitizing Books
by Samuel Sennott
We started a E-Book project today that we are correlating with the Building Blocks kindergarten literacy framework. It is very exciting and I can’t wait to share more about it in the future.
So…have you ever come upon a flatbed scanner that seems to be a decendent of a tortoise? Well [...]
Simple Switch Scanning and Voice Output in MS Word 2004 for OSX
Download the Guide: Simple Switch Scanning in MS Word
Wow, I knew Word was cool, but this one got me.
In the Mac OS X version of Word 2004, open up the Speech toolbar by going to View: Toolbars: Speech.
Now open up a chart, like the one I have attached (This one is a reading overlay). Click on [...]
On-Screen Keyboard in OS X
Do you know how to activate the on-screen keyboard in Mac OS X? Here is a pdf of a visual guide to the process. On-Screen Keyboard in OS X
In Leopard, OS 10.5, I had a bug that made the Keyboard Viewer not availabe in the Input Menu. I looked up a fix [...]
