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"Introducing Speak it! 2.0, the most advanced text to speech solution in the App Store! Speak it! has been the number one selling TTS app, and now its even better than ever. " Costs $1.99

"Save as DAISY" add-in for Microsoft Office Word now incorporates a "Lite" version of the DAISY Pipeline. You can select to generate the DAISY XML for further processing, or you can generate a fully conforming DAISY file set with full navigation and full text synchronized with audio. The audio is generated by the default text-to-speech (TTS) engine on your Windows computer.

View current and archived issues in the exact same layout as the print edition of the newspaper printed in Washington. User controls include quick options for text magnification, bookmarking, and text-to-speech

Shahnaz Khan believes in working in an inclusive classroom, with activities appropriately differentiated. In this programme, we see how she works with her KS1 class at Bangabandhu Primary School, in Bethnal Green to recognise speech in text. Shahnaz adapts her teaching style to encourage all the children to participate, and uses differentiated questioning to ensure every pupil benefits from the lesson.

One of the videos featured this week on Teachers.TV-15 minutes. There are some good links on the resources page for special education.

It's Special Educational Needs Week on Teachers TV and we are showing your favourite SEN programmes. Differentiation in Action shows how you can differentiate tasks in the classroom to aid inclusion. The primary (Wednesday 4pm) episode looks at how puppets and text can be used to recognise speech in a KS1 class. The secondary (Tuesday 7.30pm) episode follows a history lesson where differentiation is used to great success and the pupils assess their own achievement as well as discussing which teaching styles they prefer and their preference for mixed achievement groupings. Also on this week is Being Different May be Cool, (Friday 7pm) an honest look at the challenges of dealing with children on the autistic spectrum through the lives of three autistic brothers and their mother.

Looks like some great shows on the Special Educational Needs Week programming this week-Teachers TV in the UK. This is an excellent site to bookmark and join their email list to be notified of new programs. Great videos for teachers.

Two new iPhone /iTouch apps for AAC/deaf iConverse 9.99 6 basic buttons Speak It! 1.99 text to speech with applications for deaf

Fluency Tutor Interactive Demo

This is a fantastic resource for exploring Web 2.0 technology for special needs students. Take some time to browser through the archives and her links to other sites. Peggy

Excellent blog by Karen Janowski, Assistive & Educational Technology Consultant. Outstanding links, videos and resources on her site.

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