Reading Written by Jewel Turner, Missouri Technology Center for Special Education. This site is devoted to sharing information that is important to people with disabilities and professionals who work with them. Discover Technology features a list of links to other assistive technology sites, a catalogue of adaptive software and hardware, demonstration packets of products offered in the catalogue and a pen pal program. If you are new to assistive technology and are looking for literacy software and hardware to preview, this site is a great place to begin your search. The Literacy Center provides information about effective ideas to teach reading and writing, literacy intervention services, and an online store.
Users can select links to various literacy web sites and informative personal homepages.
The online store also contains pictures and prices of several microphones that can be used with voice recognition software. Speaking to Write is a federally-funded project that investigates the use of voice recognition technology. This site discusses the pros and cons of speech technology and provides links to voice recognition device vendors. LD Online is dedicated to providing information to parents, educators and people with learning disabilities. This web site also has a portion of its site dedicated to assistive technology and its relationship with literacy and learning disabilities.