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DOHA: In line with its efforts to increase the use of Assistive Technology in Qatar and the Arabic speaking world, Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) yesterday launched the Mada Reader Writer, an important and easy to use educational tool for learners with special needs.

"Free Online Collections Available for Use by All Students The following on-line resources may be able to provide free online books in Audio format. Assistive Media AudioBooksforFree.com Curriki Free Classic Audio Books LearnOutLoud.com Free Directory LibriVox Lit2Go LoudLit.org MIT OpenCourseWare OER Commons Online Audio Stories Podcasts at the iTunes Store Signed Stories (audiobooks that are also signed) TeachOutLoud"

"Wireless service provider Sprint has released a new iOS app that captions conversations in real time. The app uses computerized speech recognition service to caption the caller on the other end. The user can hear the other caller if they are able to and use the captions if they are unable to hear the person on the other end of the line. Then they can respond by voice. It is unclear how accurate the automated captioning will be with people with heavy accents or in loud environments. Sprint says the following about the app: "Wireless CapTel(R) by Sprint(R) is a free app available for individuals with hearing loss and understandable speech to place calls CapTel services on iOS. Using state of the art voice recognition technology, CapTel delivers captions of everything your caller says, while you listen (with your residual hearing) and speak directly to your caller.""

lower cost ($1149-$2995) line of integrated (PC-based) AAC devices

A great website for classic books in electronic format. It will change color, spacing between words and lines etc. and redraw the book. It will bookmark a page for the reader and save their settings privately.

Thank you for sharing Patrick- just what I was looking for to do my AT homework! Am interested in gamification in education. Shoot me a line if you have any more apps like this please.