How AT Supports People with Dyslexia
Spelling and Grammar
Challenges
Confuse similar words
Spell erratically
Write slowly
Difficulty organising thoughts
Relevant Assistive Technology Solutions
Text to Speech
Challenges
Confuse similar words
Hard to scan and skim
Read slowly
Need to re-read to understand
Hard to focus and concentrate
Mental overload
Speech to Text
Challenges
Spell erratically
Write slowly
Hard to focus and concentrate
Mental overload
Difficulty organising thoughts
Relevant Assistive Technology Solutions
Helpful Assistive Technology
Spell checker (with audio)
Auto correction
Word or multi-word prediction
Word banks
Homophone checker
How Assistive Technology Helps
Physical pen, software, web app, browser extension, phone app, built in
Read text aloud by hovering or selecting
Word and sentence highlighting
Proofreading (read as you type)
Images next to words
Helpful Assistive Technology
Software, built-in
Talk and the computer types
Read back dictated text