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Assistive technology software provides an
opportunity for students with learning differences
at any age to capitalize on strengths and bypass
areas of difficulty.
AudioPlus® Digitally Recorded
Textbooks
The Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)
company provides books on tape specifically designed
for learning disabled students, many of whom are
also dyslexic. In the past this meant navigating a
complex of tape-recorded beeps to track a marked
place within a recorded book. The resulting
frustration on the part of our LD students turned
the assumed support of an auditory aid into a
quagmire of frustration and anxiety. Struggling
through required textbooks required mental
gymnastics by both teacher and students.
However, RFB&D has now introduced digital audio
recorded data. Textbooks are available on CDs that
can be used either on the current classroom
computers with the aid of the company’s software or
on specialized handheld players. Currently, this
technology is being used in the classrooms in the
form of ten portable players from VisuAide Products.
Embedded in the CD is a digital Table of Contents,
eliminating the “counting the beeps” frustration.
Students can also insert their own digital bookmarks
in order to continue from the exact place they
stopped. “We strongly feel that many of our students
who have visual perceptual deficits will greatly
benefit from this improved specialized classroom
technology,” added Cindy Hamilton, Chatham Academy’s
assistant principal. RFB&D's AudioPlus® digitally
recorded textbooks on CD are a new innovation in
digital recording technology. Offering great
portability and the ability to navigate a book by
page, chapter or section at the press of a button,
they can be accessed with specialized CD-ROM players
or with software that installs on standard
multimedia PCs.
The Victor Reader Classic+
The Victor Reader Classic+ is a user-friendly
digital CD player offering direct page navigation in
a compact, sturdy desktop model that also is
portable, thanks to a built-in, durable molded
plastic handle and long-life rechargeable batteries.
The Victor Reader Classic+ is perfect for either
classroom or home use.
- Button navigation by page, chapter or section
- Key describer function
- CD slot drive
- Built-in handle
- Voice speed-up/slow down
- Large, tactile buttons
- Bookmarking capability: up to 2,000 bookmarks
- Printed and recorded instructions
- Plays commercial and MP3 CDs
- Compatible with RFB&D's headsets and adapters
- Daisy 2.02/Daisy 2.0 playback supported |
