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Today is a short, news and app round-up episode. We look at some recent assistive technology news, new apps for learning math, a low-cost text-to-speech alternative, and a whole lot of scholarship opportunities across New Brunswick and Canada.
The Math Learning Center by Bridges in Mathematics offers a suite of completely free math apps and activities for students from pre-K to grade 5.
We’ve discussed a few different text-to-speech apps in the past, and while there are plenty of great choices for iOS users (Voice Dream Reader is a perfect example) many of those apps, including the one we just named, are not available for Android. So, in an attempt to identify some suitable text-to-speech alternatives for Android, we are going to look at an app that IS available for Android users.
Our Prairie Regional Manager, Nikki Langdon, will be speaking about Mental Illness with our Solutions team in New Brunswick.
Neil Squire has created a new funding opportunity for persons with disabilities in the Fredericton area. The Neil Squire AT Fund was created to help support youth from grades one through twelve in acquiring new or refurbished assistive technology.