Dear Andrew Friedman:
Congratulations and thank you for changing my life.
Why is RFBD still using readers to record for the Blind and Dyslexic? Synthetic voices are so much less expensive as is Optical Character Recognition tools.
In today's world we those person's with Disabilities are sitting on the edge of changing the whole education delivery system. Imagine a student reading a book and coming to a word they don't understand, or a place they don't know where it is or a person they don't know what they look like or a thing they don't know what it is, and with couple clicks of a mouse for a student with Dyslexia then has the answer. Well today it is possible, Read:Outloud and Bookshare.org has created such a solution.
Recently I was reading "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression" and I came across the mention of the "Dust Bowl", with a couple of clicks I learned it affected 100,000,000 acres and displaced 2.5 million people the largest migration ever recorded in least amount of time, less than two years. Now this was not in the book but I wanted to know. so with the book on Read:Outloud from Bookshare.org I highlighted to words "Dust Bowl" and learned about the extent of the devastation of the "Dust Bowl". How many times do us; your readers, want to look something up and don't because it requires us to put the book down and go over the computer and look up the topic of interest.
Bookshare.org and RFBD I know work together, although both organizations maybe able to be more efficient, I don't know, it is worth taking a look for future growth.
With Bookshare.org coupled with RFBD and tools like Read:Outloud, we the person's with "disabilities" can change the Education Delivery System. How? Well pair up together and show our Nation and State Education Departments the unleashed power of the "virtual Book" which RFBD and Bookshare.org have already created. Show them how both organizations have transformed the Textbooks to a digital format and paired the book up with technology like Read:Outloud. This combination has allowed the students (with a "disability" in a free country) to ask a question; who is this person, place or thing, and find the answers which in turn broaden their educational experience.
We who have the "Gift of Dyslexia" have this capability so let us share it with the Nation and enable the Nation to grow as Bookshare has done for us with the "Gift of Dyslexia".
Visit my
My travels with the "gift of dyslexia: www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx
My blogs:
www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com with Youtube videos which I have made.
Call me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Davis W. Graham
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Institute helps dyslexics make grade. (click here to view article)
Dear Felicia:
Thank you for your article on Dyslexia and the Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia. Great story.
Although in contrast to your article today, I consider dyslexia a Gift, today with Technology the hurdle of reading does not exist nor does it have to for those who struggle with the written word.
View "My travels with the Gift of Dyslexia" : www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx
Four programs which have empowered me and are available to help others are www.readplease.com, www.rfbd.org, www.bookshare.org and Balabolka.
Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
Read:OutLoud and Bookshare.org turn any book or text book into a virtual book. Bookshare therefore is excellent for the student and adult population. Newspapers from all over the country are available and Bookshare provide two text to speech software programs, Victor Soft reader and a Beta for Bookshare made by Read:OutLoud.
With Read:OutLoud if the reader comes to a person, place or thing they don't understand then all the reader has to do with a couple of clicks and connection to the internet click the dictionary and voila they have the meaning of the word, or picture of the person or a map of where the place is located.
In today's iPad world Read:OutLoud is volumes ahead as a tool for the student. The next step in education is for all textbooks to be on an iPad foundation with the ability to update the textbooks or access references or contributing resources to the textbook.
Green education, what a new idea, except it isn't, it has been brought to the system by the Learning Disabled, through BookShare.org.
Check out how the software works, by visiting my blog at: www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com
In summary those who have Dyslexia have a gift not a disability.
Sincerely Davis Graham
Thank you for your article on Dyslexia and the Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia. Great story.
Although in contrast to your article today, I consider dyslexia a Gift, today with Technology the hurdle of reading does not exist nor does it have to for those who struggle with the written word.
View "My travels with the Gift of Dyslexia" : www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx
Four programs which have empowered me and are available to help others are www.readplease.com, www.rfbd.org, www.bookshare.org and Balabolka.
Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
Read:OutLoud and Bookshare.org turn any book or text book into a virtual book. Bookshare therefore is excellent for the student and adult population. Newspapers from all over the country are available and Bookshare provide two text to speech software programs, Victor Soft reader and a Beta for Bookshare made by Read:OutLoud.
With Read:OutLoud if the reader comes to a person, place or thing they don't understand then all the reader has to do with a couple of clicks and connection to the internet click the dictionary and voila they have the meaning of the word, or picture of the person or a map of where the place is located.
In today's iPad world Read:OutLoud is volumes ahead as a tool for the student. The next step in education is for all textbooks to be on an iPad foundation with the ability to update the textbooks or access references or contributing resources to the textbook.
Green education, what a new idea, except it isn't, it has been brought to the system by the Learning Disabled, through BookShare.org.
Check out how the software works, by visiting my blog at: www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com
In summary those who have Dyslexia have a gift not a disability.
Sincerely Davis Graham
Saturday, December 4, 2010
US News encourging LD students, my comment
Dear Kim:
Thank you for your article encouraging those students who have a LD to attend college. One if not the best resource which was not mentioned was www.Bookshare.org. What a gift this is for those who have the gift of Dyslexia or other qualifying disabilities.
Bookshare.org has the combination of digital textbooks and software which has the potential to change the landscape of our education system. For those who do qualify it has already changed the landscape by taking a textbook and turning the book and software combination into a vitrual book. If you come to a person, place or thing you don't know then you just highlight the word and with the internet you are able to data mine the topic and incorporate the meaning into your book.
Check out "Dyslexia and technology" on Youtube for a demostration.
Our education system is good let's make it great by incorporating the technology which is available to learning disabled students and make it available to all who seek to learn.
Thank you for your article encouraging those students who have a LD to attend college. One if not the best resource which was not mentioned was www.Bookshare.org. What a gift this is for those who have the gift of Dyslexia or other qualifying disabilities.
Bookshare.org has the combination of digital textbooks and software which has the potential to change the landscape of our education system. For those who do qualify it has already changed the landscape by taking a textbook and turning the book and software combination into a vitrual book. If you come to a person, place or thing you don't know then you just highlight the word and with the internet you are able to data mine the topic and incorporate the meaning into your book.
Check out "Dyslexia and technology" on Youtube for a demostration.
Our education system is good let's make it great by incorporating the technology which is available to learning disabled students and make it available to all who seek to learn.
Mike Cohen with Google
Dear Mike:
I have the gift of dyslexia and I am and have been using text to speech for 9 years now. Check out my Youtube videos at my blog mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com we as a nation are on the edge a good educational system (?) to a great one with efforts like yours to incorporate text to speech and other technology in to the mainstream. Think of Google coming out with an "iPad" technology for textbooks. Where a student receives their books from 9th thru college in a digital format with data mining capability. (Dyslexia and technology, Youtube). The text books would be uploaded and updated 1/4 or every semester. Bookshare.org has done some amazing things and is offering these tools to the LD population already.
I have the gift of dyslexia and I am and have been using text to speech for 9 years now. Check out my Youtube videos at my blog mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com we as a nation are on the edge a good educational system (?) to a great one with efforts like yours to incorporate text to speech and other technology in to the mainstream. Think of Google coming out with an "iPad" technology for textbooks. Where a student receives their books from 9th thru college in a digital format with data mining capability. (Dyslexia and technology, Youtube). The text books would be uploaded and updated 1/4 or every semester. Bookshare.org has done some amazing things and is offering these tools to the LD population already.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Richard Branson launches Magizine for iPad only
Virgin Digital Publishing launched Project, a new digital lifestyle magazine optimized exclusively for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad platform.
My question to him on his "Ask Richard" blog is:
With your new magazine for iPad, why not incorporate the text to speech technology and unlimited data mining like Bookshare.ord does with "Read:OutLoud” . Google Youtube video “Manatee Read:Outloud youtube “.
My question to him on his "Ask Richard" blog is:
With your new magazine for iPad, why not incorporate the text to speech technology and unlimited data mining like Bookshare.ord does with "Read:OutLoud” . Google Youtube video “Manatee Read:Outloud youtube “.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Tools of the 21st Century, post to http://lincs.ed.gov
Dear Advocates:
Our report card in Schools could be graded by the size of the juvenile detention population.
Take the software programs which were mentioned in the discussion string titled "tools in the 21st Century" which states:
We live today with text to speech software most of which is free, note taking tools like mind spring and Xmind, and then there are great programs such as Bookshare.org which is one gateway to learning.
Complex thinking is my gift, I think in pictures, we are all built differently, we all can learn differently, although our educational system does not teach efficiency.
Today, text to speech is best to be in all schools and libraries. Note taking tools available and accepted in all class rooms, virtual textbooks which Bookshare.org creates with Read:OutLoud would make deeper learning thru data mining an ease. (At Youtube, type "2010 Manatee County School Board demo" and view "Bradenton.com and Readplease)
We live in a world which is accelerating technologically but tools are not being share or utilized to advance education as quickly as it should.
At my bio ( www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx ) you can hear what it is like to struggle, yet succeed and at my blog ( www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com ) which I contribute to there are a few of the many tools which are available to enable those who struggle to find their feet with the "Gift of Dyslexia".
Sincerely,
Davis W. Graham
Our report card in Schools could be graded by the size of the juvenile detention population.
Take the software programs which were mentioned in the discussion string titled "tools in the 21st Century" which states:
We live today with text to speech software most of which is free, note taking tools like mind spring and Xmind, and then there are great programs such as Bookshare.org which is one gateway to learning.
Complex thinking is my gift, I think in pictures, we are all built differently, we all can learn differently, although our educational system does not teach efficiency.
Today, text to speech is best to be in all schools and libraries. Note taking tools available and accepted in all class rooms, virtual textbooks which Bookshare.org creates with Read:OutLoud would make deeper learning thru data mining an ease. (At Youtube, type "2010 Manatee County School Board demo" and view "Bradenton.com and Readplease)
We live in a world which is accelerating technologically but tools are not being share or utilized to advance education as quickly as it should.
At my bio ( www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx ) you can hear what it is like to struggle, yet succeed and at my blog ( www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com ) which I contribute to there are a few of the many tools which are available to enable those who struggle to find their feet with the "Gift of Dyslexia".
Sincerely,
Davis W. Graham
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Roberts Academy opens in Lakeland, Florida (see link)
Dear Cary:
Thank you for your article on Dyslexia and the Roberts Academy. Great story. Dyslexia today with Technology the hurdle of reading does not have to exist.
View "My travels with the Gift of Dyslexia" : www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx
Have any of us ever thought of bringing the technologies which we use on a day to day basis and bringing it to the class room.
Three programs which have enabled me and are available to help others are www.readplease.com, www.rfbd.org and www.bookshare.org . Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities.
Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Read:OutLoud and Bookshare.org turn any book or text book into a virtual book. Bookshare therefore is excellent for the student and adult population. Newspapers from all over the country are available and Bookshare provide two text to speech software programs, Victor Soft reader and a Beta for Bookshare made by Read:OutLoud.
In today's iPad world Read:OutLoud is volumes ahead as a tool for the student. The next step in education is for all textbooks to be on an iPad foundation with the ability to update the textbooks or access references or contributing resources to the textbook.
Check out how the software works, by visiting Youtube videos and typing in the search window at the Youtube site: "Dyslexia and technology" and "Dyslexia and text to speech" , "2010 Manatee County School Board demo" or visit www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com
Green education, what a new idea, except it isn’t, it has been brought to the system by the Learning Disabled, through BookShare.org.
Sincerely,
Thank you for your article on Dyslexia and the Roberts Academy. Great story. Dyslexia today with Technology the hurdle of reading does not have to exist.
View "My travels with the Gift of Dyslexia" : www.manateediagnostic.com/davisgraham.aspx
Have any of us ever thought of bringing the technologies which we use on a day to day basis and bringing it to the class room.
Three programs which have enabled me and are available to help others are www.readplease.com, www.rfbd.org and www.bookshare.org . Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities.
Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Read:OutLoud and Bookshare.org turn any book or text book into a virtual book. Bookshare therefore is excellent for the student and adult population. Newspapers from all over the country are available and Bookshare provide two text to speech software programs, Victor Soft reader and a Beta for Bookshare made by Read:OutLoud.
In today's iPad world Read:OutLoud is volumes ahead as a tool for the student. The next step in education is for all textbooks to be on an iPad foundation with the ability to update the textbooks or access references or contributing resources to the textbook.
Check out how the software works, by visiting Youtube videos and typing in the search window at the Youtube site: "Dyslexia and technology" and "Dyslexia and text to speech" , "2010 Manatee County School Board demo" or visit www.mygiftofdyslexia.blogspot.com
Green education, what a new idea, except it isn’t, it has been brought to the system by the Learning Disabled, through BookShare.org.
Sincerely,
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