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This site is maintained by a Speech Language Pathologist who shares her experiences and reviews of apps used in working with a variety of students. The reviews are subjective, and only from her point of view, but they do seem thorough and based in her actual experience working with the apps. The site is geared toward SLPs, parents and educators.

Extensions that can help users with special needs enjoy the web. These tools convert text to speech, enhance colors, and enlarge text and other parts of pages.

link to writing support option from writer learning. Word processor w/ translation and text to speech etc. Affordable option in lieu of laptops, notebooks and/or tablets. Have found that many of my students on the Autism Spectrum LOOOVE their technology so much (ex; ipads, laptops..) & that they are so good at using it, that it turns into a power struggle. No matter how much security, blocks, etc you put on the device, they often find a way to quickly get out of their "work" and flit around on the internet etc. :) sometimes these WP systems are a good solution to get the writing tasks done legibly & timely. :)

A review of freeware assistive technology aids for Windows computers. A free add-on for Microsoft Word (Office versions '97 through 2010,) WordTalk provides text-to-speech reading services. The info on this site is great. It highlights the freeware, gives a explanation of what it is and where to get it.