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Using AI as AT: The Basics

Posted on September 28, 2023 by In Learning, Productivity, Reading, Writing
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used more and more every day to power all sorts of technology, including assistive technology (AT). And while this technology already serves as the backbone of a variety of apps and features that you already use, such as text-to-speech, speech recognition, AI assistants such as Siri, etc., there is another…

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Essayist: Essay-Writing Made Easy

Posted on September 22, 2023 by In iOS, Productivity, Writing
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For many students, essay writing is the most difficult and demanding type of writing they will ever do. This is due to a number of factors, but most students would agree that it’s the rigid structure of the document as well as the requirements for accurately cited references that proves to be especially difficult. For…

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Flip Writer AAC – A Communication Tool with a Twist

Posted on September 15, 2023 by In A.T. Devices, Android, iOS, Reading, Vision, Writing
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We’ve briefly touched on AAC devices in the past, but due to the complicated nature of speech and language pathology, we tend to point potential AAC users towards the New Brunswick Association of Speech-Language Pathologists. That being said, while the app that we are looking at today does technically fall under the category of AAC,…

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