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Read Live Read Naturally Price: $19 Special Skill: language development, speech output Disability: learning, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome This web-based platform hosts four highly effective interventions; Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-Ups Live One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live- -Espanol. All programs efficiently apply the research-based Read Naturally Strategy to accelerate reading achievement. Visual and auditory prompts guide students through the motivating steps to develop fluency and phonics, support compre- hension, and improve vocabulary. Track student progress easily and use the data to differentiate instruction with Read Live. Read to Learn app Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $39.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Three life skill programs rolled into one app. Focus on Feelings, Life Skill Read- ers, and Safety Skills Reader stories are highlighted as they’re read aloud. Click on individual words to hear them. Compre- hension questions are at the end of each of the 85 stories. Read To Learn Software Bundle Attainment Company, Inc. Price: $399 Special Skill: basic living skills, cognitive redevelopment, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, large print, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac Eight books transition-age students can enjoy reading with as much assistance from the software as they need. Com- prehension questions end each Life Skill themed story. Click on individual words to hear them; stories can be read aloud. Log- in system tracks students activities and responses. Scanning built-in. ReadandWrite Texthelp Price: $145 Special Skill: communication, language development, optical character recognition, scanning, speech output, voice recognition Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision

Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome ReadandWrite is a software toolbar that makes the web, documents and files more accessible - any time, any place, and on any platform/device. It’s great for people with dyslexia and other learning difficul- ties, English Language Learners, or anyone who needs a little extra help with their studies. The easy-to-use, intuitive toolbar is available on PCs, Macs, tablets and Chromebooks. ReaderQ Quillsoft Ltd. Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, language development, Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Chrome With ReaderQ, you can actively read, select key points, paraphrase and reduce plagia- rism. Reading Avenue Tobii Dynavox A uniquely accessible and comprehensive foundational literacy curriculum for begin- ning readers. Comes with any Boardmaker 7 subscription and includes 1,000 premade activities to teach literacy skills, 120 books to build comprehension and vocabulary, printable lesson plans and easy imple- mentation supports for a year’s worth of engaging, evidence-based instruction. Reading Comprehension at the Paragraph Level LocuTour Multimedia Price: $3.99 Special Skill: language development, Disability: cognitive Skill Level: elementary, secondary Operating System: iOS (Apple) This app has 37 stories that contain facts about history, nature and human interest stories. The student is asked to determine the main idea of the story, answer some questions that rely on facts in the story and make an inference that is supported by the story. Reading Comprehension Booster Merit Software Price: $79 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, communication, language development, Disability: cognitive, learning Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac Sharpens students reading comprehen- sion and critical thinking skills. Students work with exercises to determine main idea, make inferences and draw conclu- sions. A convenient record management system tracks scores and allows teachers to view detailed reports. The full working

speech output, authoring system, diagnostic Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, This on-screen keyboard system comes with word prediction, speech augmenta- tion, windows management, dwell switch, scanning, and an assessment battery. You can modify any of its 400 plus keyboards or create your own keyboards. elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows language development, vocational, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, speech output, telecommunications Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech Skill Level: elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows This augmentative communication and writing product provides quick access to thousands of words while guiding you through sentence construction. Conversa- tional sentences will cost you only about two clicks per word. It now is included with REACH. REACH Sound-It-Out Phonetic Keyboard Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $329 REACH Smart Speech Applied Human Factors, Inc. Price: $329 Special Skill: communication, Special Skill: communication, language development, adapted keyboard/switch access, scanning, single switch, multi switch, speech output, authoring system Disability: cognitive, learning, physical Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows Use a keyboard to find the correct spelling for a word or type phonetically. Select sounds for a word and then pick it from a list. Help with homophones is provided. This now is included with REACH Interface Author. Read Aloud OT-Care Price: $45 Special Skill: language development, large print, scanning, single switch, multi switch Disability: cognitive, learning, physical, speech, vision Skill Level: infant/toddler, preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac Next button displayed once the page has been completely read aloud. All text visu- als and target areas are large. Scan in your own books or create your own, then record your voice reading the book.

sample of this program may be down- loaded from the publisher’s Web site. Reading Eggs - Reading Eggspress Edmentum Price: $8 Special Skill: cognitive redevelopment, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, diagnostic, IEP/IPP, instructional management Disability: learning Skill Level: preschool, elementary Operating System: Windows, Mac, iOS (Apple), Android, Chrome Literacy development educators and students love. Reinforce foundational literacy skills. Align learning to the five pillars of reading. Develop proficient read- ing skills by the 3rd grade. Explore 2,000+ Lexile® leveled e-books. Learn to read with Reading Eggs. Reading Eggs begins at the emergent level, helping pre-K through 2nd-grade learners develop foundational skills as they learn letters and sounds, spelling, sight words, and basic sentences. After an initial placement test to determine where students are ready to start, learners can immediately begin building skills with short, scaffolded instruction and practice to develop reading automaticity. Read to learn with Reading Eggspress. Reading Eggspress includes exciting learning tasks that encourage proficient reading for 2nd through 6th-grade students. Following a short assessment, leveled comprehension lessons immediately begin to stimulate students’ cognitive skills and to develop their reading, spelling, and vocabulary skills through engaging, age-appropriate activities and games. Reading Focus Cards App for PC and Mac Brennan Innovators, LLC Price: $5.99 Special Skill: basic living skills, communication, early childhood, eye-hand coordination, language development, vocational, large print, telecommunications, IEP/IPP, instructional management Disability: cognitive, learning, vision Skill Level: preschool, elementary, secondary, adult Operating System: Windows, Mac FOCUS and READ digital media MORE ef- fectively! Need more FOCUS when reading on your PC or Mac? The Reading Focus Cards desktop app (U.S. Patent 8,360,779) for PC and Mac provides needed focusing support to read digital media more suc- cessfully. This digital desktop app together with the handheld Reading Focus Cards </ a> (U.S. Patent 7,565,759) comprise a set of customizable solutions for readers of all ages/abilities!

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