Co:Writer

• Product Names: Co:Writer
• Manufacturer/Publisher: Don Johnston Special Needs Ltd

Co:Writer 6 is a word prediction program designed to help struggling writers translate their thoughts into text and add richness and detail to their work

Those with illegible handwriting, very poor phonetic or inventive spelling, a physical disability or have difficulty translating thoughts into writing could benefit from Co:Writer 6.

Co:Writer 6 is able to team with any application, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Firefox and Internet Explorer and supports many Web-based writing activities such as e-mail, blogging, Facebook and instant messaging.

For learners who struggle with translating thoughts into writing, Co:Writer's Linguistic Word Prediction intelligence accurately interprets what they intend to say. Co:Writer's ability to improve writing coherence, richness and detail goes far beyond any other word prediction program.

For those with very poor spelling, FlexSpell spelling helper predicts words to use even when the user doesn't know how to spell them correctly. This assistance allows struggling writers to write more quickly and focus on ideas without worrying about their spelling or grammar.

Co:Writer 6 can highlight any text on-screen, including any text found on the Web, and will read it back to you using natural sounding voices provided by the Acapela speech engine. The program is also able to work with installed SAPI (Speech Application Programming Interface) voices.

Features of Co:Writer 6

• Linguistic Word Predicition: Co:Writer is the only word prediction program to use this intelligence, which improves writing coherence, richness and detail of work.
• Over 100 Topic Dictionaries included: Ability to add topic-specific words.
• Easily create your own topic dictionaries: This only takes three simple steps when using any curriculum-based text or website.
• eWordBank: A powerful vocabulary expanding tool which automatically displays topic-specific words whenever a Topic Dictionary is selected.
• Linguistic Revision: Co:Writer is the only program to have a revision feature of this kind. It helps to enrich vocabularly in the revision and editing processes.
• Use with many applications: Co:Writer works in conjunction with any application you write in like Microsoft Word, online, blogs, e-mail, etc.
• Train-in-30 tutorial: Co:Writer 6 is so simple to use that you can train teachers in 30 minutes with its built-in tutorial.
• Network ready: You can now save Co:Writer files anywhere on a network, WebDisk or a USB drive for instant access anywhere.
• Personal Dictionaries: this new feature of Co:Writer allows you to quickly add words and phrases that are relevant to you, such as names and places.
• Speech anywhere: Highlight text on-screen and cowriter will read it back to you. This works in many applications.

You will need:

• Processor: Pentium 4/ G5/ 1.6Ghz
• Windows: XP or above, Windows 7 32bit, Windows 7 64bit (Dual-Core processor required.)
• Mac OS: 10.4 - 10.6
• RAM: 512MB
• HDD: 400MB
• Sound card / speakers:Sound blaster or compatible

Due out early March 2010