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Snap&Read Universal text levelling now has second language support. 0

Just a few weeks ago we wrote about Snap&Read Universal’s text levelling feature. But in the world of cloud based tools, like this one, the innovations keep coming. Now Snap&Read has added a whole new way to support English Language Learners; embedded translation and second language reading in over 90 languages. (Our product pages with videos on Snap&Read…
New Chrome Extension Shifts the Accessible Text Paradigm

New Chrome Extension Shifts the Accessible Text Paradigm 0

What’s accessible text? Text that can be read out loud, format changed, notes added etc.? But what about making the text actually more understandable? New Snap&Read Universal’s chrome extension's built in dynamic text levelling shifts the definition of accessible text.

Free Symbolized Resources for 2015 Pan Am Games 0

Inspired by our recent March break camps and up coming summer camps, our training department put together some symbolized resources for the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games taking place in Toronto in July.

Accessible Text Repositories -- Canadian and International 1

Recently, a teacher in BC whose student just received Kurzweil 3000 called and said "Given that many students in BC use Kurzweil 3000, I have two questions:

1) Surely, I don’t have to turn a whole bunch of common Grade 6 novels and textbooks into .kesi files for this specific student?

2) Surely, someone else has already done this work and there is a source for it?"

I answered, “of course you don't,” and “of course there is.” (Bracketed by the phrases “reinventing the wheel” and “don’t call me Shirley...”)