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Reading and Writing Difficulties
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Penfriend announce Penfriend XL...(continued from front page)
Penfriend can now read aloud menus, dialogue boxes, web pages and other content on screen through MS Active Accessibility. If you have suitable voices installed (several are freely available), it can speak in many European languages. You can now read French text with a French voice or German with a German voice! It even highlights words as it reads them, making it easy to follow. Word prediction in modern languages, including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Latin. It also has new and improved English lexicons, and enhanced options for better learning and prediction.
Who will benefit? It will be valuable
to dyslexic and physically disabled users, both children and adults in
the many languages it covers. But also it will help mainstream students
of languages, whichever language they know or are learning. Even native
speakers will benefit from the onscreen-keyboards.
The screen reading will provide a dyslexia-friendly alternative and at a lower cost than programs currently available. Penfriend XL is available for Windows XP, 2000 and NT4, while our other products support other platforms. How much does it cost? Penfriend XL sells for £120 for a single user, and £30 for additional users. Scottish educational establishments can get special pricing from LTS. Penfriend will be exhibiting at the
Special
Needs Fringe at BETT 12th -14th January, Stand 2.
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On-screen
keyboards for multiple languages, making it easy to type accented characters,
or to get a feel for writing in other languages. It will be valuable
for anyone learning or working with foreign languages and even for native
speakers of those languages wanting to type their language on a UK keyboard.