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From: Ilana.Stern@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Ilana Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: WANTED: educational (talking?) sw for dyslexic kid
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Date: 28 Dec 90 08:04:16 GMT
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Reply-To: ilana@bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu

I gave my old Mac Plus to my sister-in-law for Christmas.  She has a
15-year old son with a form of dyslexia which makes reading very
difficult for him -- he can read individual words but not sentences.

I am looking for two things:

Does anybody know of any Mac software that can be used to teach reading?
I am preferentially looking for something specifically aimed at 
people with learning disabilities.

Also:  does anybody know of any Mac software which teaches use of
the Mac using Macintalk or other voice synthesis?  Or a set-up for
the finder that (for example) speaks the functions that the button
passes over?

Any help or ideas would be appreciated.  Please email replies only.


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