Reading | AT HelpDesk / Centre de dépannage TA

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For students with dyslexia or other print disabilities, reading books and textbooks in the classroom can present a big barrier to their progress. However, audiobooks and other audio-based tools are a good way to mitigate these issues. Enter Learning Ally. This app/service was designed to offset print-based barriers by providing struggling readers with an alternative…

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Dictionaries are a great tool for you to have at your disposal, whether you are a student or a professional. But it’s not always practical to carry around a physical copy of one at all times. And, even if you use a word processor such as Word, you don’t always get the best (or the…

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Today we are going to look at a resource that evolved from a previously shuttered early reading app called Tar Heel Reader. This app was around for sixteen years, and by the end of its life saw over seventeen million books read. But in 2024 when Tar Heel closed its doors, those books were not…

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We’ve talked about AI a few times in the past, especially in the context of how it can be used as assistive technology (AT). We’ve also explored quite a few chatbots, which are ai-based apps that are designed to simulate human conversations. Typically those apps are fairly general in nature, but recently we have learned…

For persons with print disabilities, using a traditional library could be a difficult if not impossible task. And, depending on the degree of your disability, a library might not offer enough content that you can meaningfully access. Thankfully, with the advent of the internet, there are services available online to help fill that gap, and…

Category: Reading

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