This is post 7 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the seventh post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the Image to Text feature in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. First, why would one […]
ReadSpeaker is pleased to announce that ReadSpeaker TextAid now fully supports integration into an LMS as an ‘LTI Tool’. First of all, what is an ‘LTI’ tool? LTI stands for Learning Tools Interoperability and gives us a standard way of integrating different learning applications with learning management systems or other educational environments. LTI is important […]
ReadSpeaker TextAid LMS integration via LTI: Read the full article »
This is post 6 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the sixth post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the writing assistance feature in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. To access the writing assistance […]
TextAid Feature: Writing Assistance: Read the full article »
This is post 5 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the fifth post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the translation feature in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. ReadSpeaker TextAid allows you to translate […]
By Katarina Hjärtmyr, guest blogger. Katarina Hjärtmyr is a Learning Technology Consultant at the Centre for Academic Development (PIL) at Örebro University in Sweden. Katarina works with support and administration of Blackboard and other digital tools available at the university. Katarina is also the system administrator for Urkund. At the 2015 Blackboard Teaching and Learning […]
A few thoughts about accessibility on the web: Read the full article »
This is post 4 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the fourth post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the personalized settings in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. TextAid’s personalized settings allow you to customize […]
TextAid Feature: Personalized Settings: Read the full article »
This is post 3 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the third post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the web reading functionality available in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. Using TextAid’s web reading […]
By Jessica Schein, guest blogger. Jessica Schein is a Ph.D student at Michigan State University. This post originally appeared on her blog, DISABILITYINHIGHERED. Contact Jessica at scheinje@msu.edu. Since World War II, higher education in the United States has evolved from serving the social elite to serving students from all walks of life. One motivation behind massification […]
This is post 2 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the second post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the research tools available in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for these tools. TextAid offers two different features […]
Disability News Service is the United Kingdom’s sole news agency aimed at providing the latest disability news. Run by journalist John Pring, the website provides news on a variety of topics, from Independent Living to Activism and Campaigning, and from Politics to Crime. The website is a premier resource for those with disabilities to discover […]
