We have received the Quick Link Pen Elite for the 30 day trial. It is
still sitting in the box on my desk. I will be seeing the client next
Thursday and I'll let you know how it goes.
Christine Jasch, OTR/L
Technology Center for the Environment, Computers and Communication
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
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Subject: Re: RE: Re: quictionary -- read aloud pen
[Moderator's note. Thanks, Katherine. Maybe age or disability has
something to do with it? It would be useful to hear others' experiences
as
a developmental/cognitive matter. (I know, it's not SR, but it IS
interesting). Bob]
A number of our students have found the Reading Pen to be very
successful
- another one of Wizcoms products - the same principle however. You are
right that you have to be precise in scanning the word or words, but
once
they have gotten used to it, they have been very successful in using it
with textbooks.
Katherine Myers
Assistant Director
Office of Disablity Services
Wright State University
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From: spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:35 pm
Subject: RE: Re: quictionary -- read aloud pen
> We've found this tool frustrating because if you don't scan exactly
> correctly, you get garbled information or no information at all.
> Has
> anyone
> had better luck?
>
> Joan Steinberg
> Institute for Learning and Development
> Lexington, MA
>
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> Subject: RE: [EDC-spk2wrt] Re: quictionary -- read aloud pen
>
> This product is one of many that Wizcom produces. This device is
> helpfulfor quick definitions of words. So if a student is reading
> and they do
> not know the definition it can find the definition and read it
> back, its
> my understanding that this is helpful for struggling readers where
> reading a dictionary is difficult. This particular client knows
> definition of words, its reading instructions that is difficult.
> Thanksfor the suggestion.
>
> Christine Jasch, OTR/L
> Technology Center for the Environment, Computers and Communication
> Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
>
>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:57 AM
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> Subject: [EDC-spk2wrt] Re: quictionary -- read aloud pen
>
>
> In case you are still looking, the is a pen call 'Quicktionary
> Pen' that
> allows you to scan small areas text in a document and reads it
> aloud.
> This sounds like it should do the trick.
>
> http://www.anu.edu.au/disabilities/atproject/pens.html the is
> information available at the above site. Do a google search to
> find a
> vendor. I beleive it is manufactured by Sony but not positive
>
> Nettie
>
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