Free – Cheap and Inexpensive



Free – Cheap and Inexpensive

Resources for the Internet

Presenter: Jeannette Van Houten, M.Ed, ATP

Advancing Opportunities

jvanhouten@

Recreational

|Groby Spin Art | |

|Nick Jr. Spin Art Machine | |

|Notain Lite Brite | |

|Hasbro Lite Brite | |

|Sliding Puzzle for Helen | |

| |This software is downloadable |

|TuxPaint | |

|Drawing for Children | |

|Doodle | |

|Rub a Dub | |

Math

|MyCalculator | |

|MetaCalc | |

|Simple Calculator | |

|PBS Kids Talking Calculator | |

|Calculators for Free Visually Impaired | |

|Calculator | |

|Ableside Primary | |

|Calcutype | |

|Big Calc | |

| |Downloadable Software |

|Calculator | |

|Wide assortment of all types of | |

|calculators | |

|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives | |

|Drill games | |

|Graph Paper | |

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Reading

E-Text (Electronic Text) free books and text online - Electronic text provides access to digital materials for students with learning, sensory and physical disabilities. The Internet provides many sites for gathering e-text. Here are just a few:

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| : Requires a membership. The student must have a documented print disability. A 504 or IEP. |

Graphic Organizers

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|graphicorganizers |

Text to Speech

|Please Read 2003 English, Spanish, German, French, UK English for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Freeware. Works in word processing programs and in e-mail. |

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|Talk-To-Me for Windows. Will read your E-Mail, Instant Messages, web pages, letters and documents. Send Animated Messages to friends. Greet you daily with the date, |

|time, and a personal message and set alarms to remind you of events. |

|Mac Users try Text-Edit Plus is a styled text editor that fills the gap between Apple's bare bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor. |

| (Shareware $15) |

|Natural Voice Reader - software that converts text into voice. Reads text directly from other applications, without copying or pasting. Can also convert text files into|

|MP3 or WAV files for use on portable devices like iPod, CD players and PocketPCs. |

|CyberBuddy at has Microsoft Agents that are animated characters that can move around the screen and talk to you. Keep reminders and get your |

|attention when a reminder is due, Instant Message (like ICQ) with speech and animation, Send Voice Messages and more. |

|WordTalk .uk a free text-to-speech program for the PC that works within WORD and Outlook and highlights each word that is read. Includes a talking |

|spell checker and a talking thesaurus. WordTalk was upgraded in January 2009 and now includes the ability to save settings (Wow!) and you can convert your text file to |

|a wav or MP3 file. Makes this free download even more valuable! |

|Click,Speak - a free Firefox extension that reads the Internet and highlights phrases and sentences as it reads |

|DSpeech- scroll down for a very cool free text-to-speech AND speech-to-text tool. PC only |

|Balabolka- Free text-to-speech download, can also download a portable version that runs off a USB thumb drive. Can save as wav or MP3 file. |

|PowerTalk - free text-to-speech for PowerPoint presentations |

|Talklets - make any website talk, embed in your website, blog or wiki |

|Read The Words - Register first, upload file or choose text or website to read, a recording is generated which you can listen to online or download to an mp3 player, |

|upload to a blog, etc. Very Cool tool worth letting your students explore. |

|Spoken Text - online text-to-speech MP3 converter |

|YakIToMe! - Listen to important documents, PowerPoint presentations, emails, RSS feeds, blogs and novels. YAKiToMe! is multi-lingual (English, Spanish, French ...) and |

|brings you the world's best text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis technologies. Easily converts to podcasts. |

|iSpeech - converts web pages to audio |

|Text to Speech (offers a variety of languages) |

Spell check – Dictionary – Thesaurus

|Ginger Software | - Needs to be downloaded. |

|On-line spell check | |

|Igoogle spell check | |

|Spellex | |

| Jspell | |

|Dictionary Reference | |

|Thesaurus Reference | |

|Visual Thesaurus | |

For Students with students with multiple disabilities

|Arcess Dice | |

|Arcess Number Spinner | |

|Bullseye | |

|CBBC | |

|CBeebies | |

|Help Kidz Learn | |

|HiYah | |

|Horse Harmony | |

|Jackson Pollock Painting | |

|Mega Sparkles | |

|Moorcroft School | |

|Moving Targets | |

|News-2-You | |

|NGfL Switch Coloring | |

|Online Jukebox | |

|Papunet | |

|Pete's Stuff Adapted Stories | |

|Priory Woods Kids Only and Priory Woods Cause and Effect and | |

|Switch Activities | |

|Sarah Greenland | |

|SEN/Switcher | |

|Tripico | |

|Woodlands Jr School | |

|ZAC Browser | - ZAC is a web browser developed specifically for children with autism and |

| |autism spectrum disorders. ZAC also lets the child to interact directly with games and activities that |

| |cater specifically to kids who display the characteristics of autism spectrum disorders. |

AAC Supports

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Cursors

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Visual Supports

|Bavisoft has changed the computer gaming industry. In place of graphics, audio games are powered purely with sound imagery, opening a world of entertainment for the |

|blind and visually impaired. Bavisoft provides game players with music and sound quality, creating a gaming experience. |

|Black Light version 1.1- This utility inverts your screen colors, which return to normal when you quit from the application. This could be very useful for |

|vision-impaired users. Availability: Freeware, Contact: Michel Fortin Email: michelf@ |

| magnification for the computer, including freeware/shareware and reviews of |

|commercial products. |

|Magnifier version 1.0b2, Utility for magnifying part of your screen up to 32x; also displays coordinates and |

|RGB values. Freeware, Contact: |

|Greg Ware, E-mail: feedback@ |

|Dot to Dot version 0.8, Designed for trained Braille transcribers; this is a simple Braille editor. Freeware, |

|Contact: James Jennings, E-mail: jennings@ |

| This site offers free activities of several programs. Example: Funk in the Trunk is a free full-version download of |

|a virtual car stereo, which teens will love. |

|Perky Duck is a computer based Perkins brailler emulator. It is designed to be used for distance education |

|programs, particularly Internet based situations. It allows Windows and Macintosh users to create |

|electronic braille files on their computer through six key input. These braille files can then be printed, |

|embossed or emailed to an instructor, proctor, etc. for examination and grading. Perky Duck has no |

|translation capabilities and very little formatting -- essentially space bar, back space, and return key. |

|freeware.asp#dbf |

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