Special Needs Curriculum Products
Complementary Curriculum Products
Powerful accessibility features built into Mac OS X offer options such as VoiceOver, QuickTime Text Track, Speech Recognition, and Text-to-Speech Synthesis. These Apple technologies enable innovative software providers to deliver products that meet the unique needs of each learner.
Listed below is a selection of educator-recommended special needs applications for Mac OS X. Many of these products are also available on the Apple Store for Education.
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| Co:Writer SOLO Edition | Don Johnston, Inc. | 4-12 | |
For students who struggle to translate ideas into writing, Co:Writer's linguistic word prediction, FlexSpell, topic dictionaries and vocabulary supports narrow the gap between thoughts and written words. |
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| Kurzweil 3000 | Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. | K-12 | |
Kurzweil 3000 is a premier reading, writing, and learning software for struggling students. |
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| iListen | MacSpeech | 8- Adult |
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iListen provides the simplest and easiest way to get text into applications. Simply dictate instead of type. |
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| Lexia Early Reading | Lexia Learning Systems, Inc. | PreK-1 | |
Lexia Early Reading provides independent practice on fundamental pre-reading skills including phonemic awareness (rhyming, blending, segmenting, beginning and ending sounds) and letter sound correspondence. |
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| Lexia Primary Reading | Lexia Learning Systems, Inc. | K-3 | |
Lexia Primary Reading is a supplemental program for the development of fundamental phonics skills including word decoding, word attack strategies, fluency, sight word reading, and comprehension. |
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| Lexia Strategies for Older Students | Lexia Learning Systems, Inc. | 4- Adult |
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Lexia Strategies for Older Students is a supplemental reading program providing independent practice in basic and advanced word decoding, word identification, and comprehension skills. |
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| Read&Write GOLD for Mac | Texthelp Systems, Inc. | 3-Adlt | |
Read&Write GOLD for Mac is designed to provide literacy support for users of all ages and abilities who need help with their reading and writing. |
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| SOLO | Don Johnston, Inc. | 4-12 | |
SOLO builds skills across the entire reading and writing continuum including reading, writing, planning, organizing, revising and editing. |
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