Providing Assistive Technology, Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) and Occupational Therapy services to Southern California. Our services include assessments, training, therapy, consultations and professional development in-service training.
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Believe Ability, Inc.
PO Box 325, Torrance, CA 90507
310-295-1024 / 888-55-ABILITY phone/fax
info@believeability.com
www.believeability.com
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Resources
11-5-07
· Read Please 2003—www.readplease.com, free download
Read Please 2003 is a program that allows you to copy and paste any text into the window and have it read to you. Example: you can copy and paste email text and it will have it read it to you.
· Microsoft Word
In the very early stages of my learning Assistive Technology I’ve used Microsoft Word to record my voice. How you go about doing that is going to: insert, object and scrolling down to wave sound.
· Kurzweil 3000— www.kurzweiledu.com
Kurzweil 3000 is a program that allows you to scan documents into your computer and have it read to a student. One of the features is if a student has low vision the program, while reading the text, will highlight the text in yellow.
· One Note—www.office2007.com
One Note is a program that allows you to record your voice and type reports to be shared with co-workers etc.
· Google Docs and Spreadsheets—free when you create an account
Google Docs and Spreadsheets allows you to type perfectly good documents and then email them. You may type up to 100 spreadsheets/documents.
· Google Calendar—free when you create an account, www.google.com
Google Calendar is an online calendar that you can keep your daily appointments on and it also has a feature where the calendar can be emailed.
· Dragon Naturally Speaking—www.nuance.com
Dragon Naturally Speaking is a program that allows you to record your voice and whatever you say comes up in text. Since Dragon Naturally Speaking is a sensitive program it takes a lot of time and patience to train it.
· Google Book Search—www.google.com, more, books
Google Book Search is a text preview of books.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Free audio books
Category: free audio books
Time posted: 2:45 p.m.
date posted: Sunday, November 4, 2007
In this in this entry I will be talking about free audio books.
Neil Blix are books that can be listened to on your computer.
I just discovered a website that provide audio books for free www.audiobooksandfree.com
I you find any more websites in free audio books please feel free to share them.
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If this does not meet with the ache that the believe content.
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Stephen Hiatt Leonard
commuter/founder, assistive technology blog
Time posted: 2:45 p.m.
date posted: Sunday, November 4, 2007
In this in this entry I will be talking about free audio books.
Neil Blix are books that can be listened to on your computer.
I just discovered a website that provide audio books for free www.audiobooksandfree.com
I you find any more websites in free audio books please feel free to share them.
Note: all entries will be checked and reviewed/ acceptable use that content.
If this does not meet with the ache that the believe content.
It will not be posted.
Stephen Hiatt Leonard
commuter/founder, assistive technology blog
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Category: e-mail newsletter Saturday, November 3, 2007
Here is the very first edition of the assistive technology blog eat newsletter.
For Saturday, November 3, 2007.
Please complete the survey on the spawn to let me know (how many times you would like this to come out).
Here is the very first edition of the assistive technology blog eat newsletter.
For Saturday, November 3, 2007.
Please complete the survey on the spawn to let me know (how many times you would like this to come out).
Below is the very first edition of the assistive technology blog.
As for Saturday to love her third 200
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In this issue of the very first assistive technology blog e-mail newsletter.You'll find programs and resources that are again towards.Assistive technology.
Company name; custom solutions Streamwood Illinois
-- Bridget Nicholson assistive technology consultant and occupational therapist.Brings a wealth of expands to the assistive technology field, she served the Northwest suburb school districts.As well as she has a wealth of products that can be useful.
The contact information for custom solutions is listed below;www.customsolutions.us www.customtyping.com E-Mail: bnicholson@customsolutions.us Phone & Fax: 888-842-2613 (Toll-free)
Company: nuanceDragon NaturallySpeaking:Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a program.That allows you to speak in no microphone and half text appear on screen/it takes what you're saying and makes it appear on the screen and text.
It also can be used for e-mail/web surfing, how it works is that if you have Dragon NaturallySpeaking open on your computer and have your Internet connection open.To the Web then you can speak your e-mail and speak the website you want to go to any address bar.
The company information for Dragon NaturallySpeaking is listed below;on the Web at; www.nuance.com
customer-service;hours:Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)phone number: 1-800-654-1187
Google docs and spreadsheets:Google docs and spreadsheets allows you to type the documents and/or spreadsheets from anywhere and then e-mail in them to people.You have the option of also collaborating with people, or just seen them from yourself.When you go to the e-mail feature and then tend to have it gave you the following options e-mail as a war document/PDF.
Google calendar;bool calendar is an online base calendar that is stored on Google.It allows you to keep appointments/scheduling, it also allows you to collaborate with people so that they can be your calendar.Or you can just do it for yourself.
Free e-books;
Microsoft has a wealth of information in terms of e-books if you go to www.Microsoft.com and search e-books in the search feature a number of e-books will come up.The selections of e-books include (ministries) (biographies) (fiction) (nonfiction).
Free-e-books.netif you have difficulty reading/writing then this might be the thing for you.This service is completely and totally free and it has a wealth of information.Www..free -- e-books.net
read please;
weekly is a program that allows you to copy and paste any text that you see on your screen.Example from e-mail spreadsheet or a Word document.For more information on this product please contact read please;www.readplease.com
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Google docs and spreadsheets information!
Tuesday November 1, 2007
category Google
topic docs and spreadsheets/calendar
in this entry I will be talking about Google ducks and spreadsheets.
Google ducks and spreadsheets allows you to type from anywhere (if you have an Internet connection).
You can share documents and spreadsheets by e-mailing than to each other/coworkers.
When you click on the e-mail button and the sand tab you can go down to choose from many options.
The options are send as a Word document/PDF format.
It also has a feature which allows you to collaborate on documents by collaborating.
You have the option of sharing the documents with coworkers.
Or you may choose to view the documents and spreadsheets for yourself
calendar
the calendar feature is just like any other calendar but it's stored.
Online similar to Google ducks and spreadsheets, you can choose to share with coworkers or just keep it for yourself
I use Google docs and spreadsheets/calendar.
For school for school work and when I report to work.
Basically I use a spreadsheet feature in Google docs to take messages and keep records.
And I use it off so to type information.
Evanston Township high school's (special education department).
The consultants uses it for informal notes on the students she serves not only at Evanston Township high school but the other schools in the northwest suburbs.
This concludes the blog entry for Thursday, November 1, 2007.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like any information on the stuff that is posted in this blog entry, or if you would like something to be posted on this blog (subject to the acceptable use and content)
category Google
topic docs and spreadsheets/calendar
in this entry I will be talking about Google ducks and spreadsheets.
Google ducks and spreadsheets allows you to type from anywhere (if you have an Internet connection).
You can share documents and spreadsheets by e-mailing than to each other/coworkers.
When you click on the e-mail button and the sand tab you can go down to choose from many options.
The options are send as a Word document/PDF format.
It also has a feature which allows you to collaborate on documents by collaborating.
You have the option of sharing the documents with coworkers.
Or you may choose to view the documents and spreadsheets for yourself
calendar
the calendar feature is just like any other calendar but it's stored.
Online similar to Google ducks and spreadsheets, you can choose to share with coworkers or just keep it for yourself
I use Google docs and spreadsheets/calendar.
For school for school work and when I report to work.
Basically I use a spreadsheet feature in Google docs to take messages and keep records.
And I use it off so to type information.
Evanston Township high school's (special education department).
The consultants uses it for informal notes on the students she serves not only at Evanston Township high school but the other schools in the northwest suburbs.
This concludes the blog entry for Thursday, November 1, 2007.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like any information on the stuff that is posted in this blog entry, or if you would like something to be posted on this blog (subject to the acceptable use and content)
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