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100 Powerful Learning Specialist and Educational Therapy Materials

This week I wanted to tell you about my online store, Good Sensory Learning. I’m Dr. Erica Warren, and I established this site so I could share all the materials that I have created over the last 20+ years as a learning specialist and educational therapist. When I first began my private practice, Learning to Learn, I had great difficulty finding fun and multisensory materials for my students that were effective and engaging. So back in 2005, I made it my mission to design and distribute high-end, remedial products as well as memorable, motivating lessons that bring delight to learning. If you would like to try a free sampling of my activities , CLICK HERE . How Are the Products Organized at Good Sensory Learning? You can download my Free Printable Catalog or you can browse the site using the grey “search all products” bar in the top right of any page with keywords such as dyslexia, working memory, and executive functioning. What’s more, drop down menus in the red banner allow you t...
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Text to Voice - A Bookshare Demonstration and Discussion

This blog shares my most recent Vlog - or video blog for Go Dyslexia! CEO of BioTeam, Stan Gloss joins me in an online demonstration of Bookshare's audiobooks. Our discussion reviews: The many benefits of Bookshare for struggling readers of all ages. How to qualify for a membership. How to sign up. How to use Bookshare once your membership is active. Our favorite app to use with Bookshare - Voice Dream Reader. Here is a copy of our vlog. Be sure to come on over to Go Dyslexia to see all the free podcasts and video blogs and subscribe to Dr. Warren's free YouTube channel . I also offer a monthly newsletter that features my current projects and publications, freebies, sales at Good Sensory Learning and my Amazon store, a summary of my most recent blogs and more. Click Here! What's more, I will be creating an online support platform and course for creating successful learning specialist and educational therapist practices. If you want to be kept abreast of ...
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Dyslexia and Voice Dream Reader: Discussion and Demonstration with Winston Chen

This blog shares my most recent video podcast featuring Winston Chen, the author of my favorite app for readers with dyslexia. This is the first of many free video podcasts for Go Dyslexia! Winston founded Voice Dream while on sabbatical on an island north of the Arctic Circle and his flagship product Voice Dream Reader is an amazing technology device that offers text-to-voice for audiobooks, PDFs, and more. This top-selling iOS app has a recent, free, comprehensive update with some new extraordinary features. Come learn about this creation and view a demonstration of this amazing tool that is changing the accessibility of text for individuals with dyslexia around the world. Mentioned Resource Links: Voice Dream Reader:  http://www.voicedream.com/reader/ Voice Dream Writer:  http://www.voicedream.com/writer/ Abbyy Fine Reader:  http://www.abbyy.com/finereader/ Cam Scanner:  https://www.camscanner.com/user/download Snap to PDF:  https://itunes.apple....
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Free Text to Speech Software Can Help Students Edit Papers

Text to speech software is a valuable tool that comes for free on all Mac computers, and now a number of free apps make this technology available at no cost for PC users too. Text to speech has been used as an accommodation for struggling readers, but did you know that it is also an advantageous device for writers too? In fact, I often teach my students how to use this technology to help them edit their written language. What is Text to Speech Software? Text to Speech software is a form of speech synthesis that converts text to a spoken computerized voice. This technology was originally created to aid those with vision impairments so that they could hear the written text. How can Text to Speech Help Students Edit Their Writing? Many students struggle to edit their own work because when they go back to refine their text, they often glide over mishaps and read it as they meant to write it. Furthermore, there are many errors that are easy to make but difficult to see. For...
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Using Free Mac Text to Speech to Edit Student Writing

For many students, it is a struggle to edit one's own writing - if it is even done at all.  We all tend to read what we have written the way we meant to write it, and it’s easy to scan over misspelled words, word omissions, improper word choices and more.   Typos like “form” instead of “from,” will never be detected by a spell check and these types of mishaps can be very difficult to notice.  However, activating text to speech on the Mac can really help with the editing process. What is Text to Speech? Text to speech is an assistive technology device that allows the writer to highlight text and with a simple command, the computer will read your writing aloud.   It uses computerized speech, but there are a couple voices that are quite realistic.     How Can I Use This Technology on My Mac? Go to system preferences. Select “Dictation and Speech” which offers a microphone icon. Select a "System Voice" (my personal favorite is Alex), ...
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