Assistive+Technology

__**Dragon Naturally Speaking**__
Dragon is a network speech to text program. Students need to have keyboard skills, reading skills,and patience before they even attempt to use Dragon. Students create a voice file so their voice becomes more recognized by "The Dragon". Dragon Dictation is also a free app on iPod/iPads that is quick and easy for student use. media type="youtube" key="iVn0igmP53s" width="425" height="350"

__**Kurzweil**__
Kurzweil is a text to speech program that students and teachers can use to access all kinds of text. Find out about **Kesi Virtual Printer** at Minds On Media and make Kurzweil easier to access for everyone!

**__The "S" Drive__**
There are tons of resources here for you to check out. It is a great spot to find those books on Kurzweil, as well as lots of other resourses! SMART Ideas is a great graphic organizer program on our network. This network software is also available for **teacher**take home use. [] (you can get the key to make it a permanent install at the Minds On Media station media type="youtube" key="437PmTo-63A" width="425" height="350"
 * __SMART Ideas__**

__WordQ__
An easy to use word prediction program. Use it in the writing process at any stage including the edit stage. Have WordQ read your text back to you. Download trial version of Word Q (you can get the key to make it a permanent install at the Minds On Media station): @https://www.goqsoftware.com/try/download-30-day-trial/download-30-day-trial-page/