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Products for Learning Disability

Learning disability is a term that is used to describe the specific types of learning difficulties. A learning disability causes an individual to have difficulty in learning and using certain skills. The skills that are usually affected are reading, writing, speaking, listening, reasoning and doing math. The children with the learning disabilities are not "stupid" or "lazy." In fact, such children often have above average intelligence. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, the brains of children with learning disabilities such as dyslexia simply process the information in a different manner. The education system employed for educating such children is known as special education. Many products are available that can help in special education.

  1. WYNN Literacy Software

    • WYNN is the innovative literacy software designed to help individuals with reading and writing difficulties. It was developed with the help of people who have learning difficulties like dyslexia and the instructors of special education. There are two versions of this software: WYNN Wizard and WYNN Reader. The WYNN Wizard is scanning and reading software. It includes the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) that can scan printed pages and and convert them into the electronic text that can be read by the software using its Speech Synthesis. The WYNN Reader includes all the features present in the WYNN Wizard excluding the OCR. However, the files that were previously scanned and saved with WYNN Wizard can be read using the WYNN Reader.

    Test Talker Software

    • The students who have reading difficulties are not able to perform in the tests up to their true potential. The Test Talker is a software program that shows an exact copy of a test and, at the same time, verbalizes it through the headphones as if the teacher were reading the questions. This software allows the students with reading difficulties to make optimum use of their knowledge. The Test Talker uses the original test paper without any modifications so a student with reading difficulties can take the test in the same room as other students. It has two editions: The teacher edition and the student edition. The teacher edition is the test-creating edition. while the student edition is the test-taking edition.

    Dolphin Publisher

    • The Dolphin Publisher is a tool used to create the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Digital Talking Books. These books allow the visually impaired and print disabled people to hear and navigate through the written material of a book in an audible form. You can use either a synthetic voice or human voice (including your own voice) while creating the digital talking books through the dolphin publisher. The dolphin publisher also supports other alternative formats apart from the DAISY. The digital talking books produced using the Dolphin Publisher have fully synchronized text and voice. The software also offers copyrighting tools to protect your digital talking books from being copied without your permission.

    Olympus DM-5

    • The Olympus DM-5 is a voice recorder as well as an audio player that supports audio book formats like DAISY books and audible.com, as well as usual audio formats like MP3 and WMA. It is an ideal product for students who have difficulty with print. It offers a Text to Speech feature that reads the text files for you. Using Olympus DM-5, you can hear the audio books anywhere without using a computer. You can transfer the files from a computer to the Olympus DM-5 via USB port.

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