To continue our support for the British Dyslexic Association’s (BDA) Dyslexia Awareness Week, we want to look at how teachers can help their students who are affected by the condition. When it comes to diagnosing dyslexia, teachers can be critical to this process as they are more likely to spot early signs of dyslexia in […]
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Today marks the start of Dyslexia Awareness Week (2nd – 6th of October) in association with the British Dyslexia Association (BDA)! At iansyst, we hope this week will encourage you to share your thoughts and experiences, whether you have the condition yourself or if you are a parent of a child with dyslexia. Dyslexia can
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“Dictating to your computer is so easy. No typing, no more spelling mistakes, it’s the dyslexic person’s dream.” Many people with dyslexia, physical difficulties and other problems with literacy may struggle with the concept of spelling. Therefore, speech recognition can really help improve the productivity and outcomes for people with these difficulties. Over the past
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Just what is dyslexia? Here we give a brief overview of dyslexia as well as more academic definitions. Dyslexia is a health condition, which affects an estimated 10% of the UK population. It is likely to be present at birth and to be life-long in its effects. Dyslexia is not affected or caused by intelligence
Introducing Win With Dyslexia! – Join us for a Free Live Webinar hosted by iansyst – Wednesday 17th May 11AM
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Assistive Technology Policy Group This week, we were invited to enjoy the sublime Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster for the celebration of The All Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology (APPGAT) launch. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology has been set up to disseminate knowledge, generate debate and facilitate engagement on assistive
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This week, Claro Software are pushing out a minor update to their text-to-speech software, ClaroRead. It is a point update with some simple improvements to make servicing the software easier, to extend speech, and make a lot of small technical improvements. What is included in the update? The update to version 7.1 includes a range of
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We’re really excited to let you know that the RNIB have added ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two’ to the RNIB Library in both Braille and Giant Print. It’s a great milestone for people with sight loss as it will allow them to read the latest Harry Potter story at that
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As we come closer to August, we here at dyslexic.com wanted to take a look at the latest assistive technology products which have been released this month. New additions for August updates to Spellex Dictation Gold and Ghotit Real Writer & Reader software. This month’s blog is a good one as we will take a
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This month, we have launched Ghotit Real Writer & Reader 5 on dyslexic.com – a brand new version of the reading and writing software which supports individuals with dyslexia, dysgraphia and other learning disabilities. If you would like to find out more about the software and how it could help you, please comment on our
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