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FairfaxDigital - The Independent Weekly -- ""Thirteen-year-old Mariah Tejong usually has difficulty reading, but sitting at her computer, a software program is reading the passage aloud and it begins to make sense. Mariah has Central Auditory Processing disorder. This means she can’t hear well in noisy situations, like at school, and what she writes doesn’t always come out as she thinks... SPELD software advisor Sandy Russo said as learning disabilities were often hereditary, there was a cycle of illiteracy. “Parents trying to help their kids often lack literacy themselves and need to find help.” SPELD uses a free technology, BrowseAloud, on its website, which can be downloaded and help users navigate the site by reading content aloud..."
Published by: FairfaxDigital - The Independent Weekly By: MELISSA MACK -- 25/04/2009 Read the entire article at: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/talking-computer-spells-new-hope/1495692.aspx Browsealoud will read websites out to you and highlight words as they are read out. To learn more about BrowseAloud visit: http://www.browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80004
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