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Snapverter – A Simple App to Make Files Accessible in Google Drive

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 Jason Carroll OCR, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, PDF, Google Drive, Google Apps, higher education, ePub, K-12, Read and Write for Google, Daisy, PDF converter

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com If you are a subscriber or regular reader of this blog you know that Texthelp

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Fluency Tutor for Google Update – Includes FREE Android App

October 3, 2014October 3, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Chrome apps, K-12, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Today Texthelp announced a number of welcomed additions to Fluency Tutor for Google. These include

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Fluency Tutor for Google – Free Premium Access through Oct. 1

September 18, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Chrome apps, K-12, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Back in July Texthelp announced the availability of Fluency Tutor for Google at the California

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Speech Input, Simplify and Summarize Now Part of Read&Write for Google!

September 11, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, speech recognition, Read&Write for Google, higher education, K-12, Google Docs extension, study tools, speech input

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com The school year is now well underway for most schools in North America and what

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Twitter Quick Start Guide for Educators

August 29, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, professional learning networks, higher education, K-12, Professional Development

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Last week I shared several no and low cost professional development opportunities for educators to

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No and Low Cost Training Resources Every Educator Should Check Out Now

August 21, 2014August 21, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, Texthelp Read&Write GOLD, higher education, Professional Development, online training, webinars, conferences

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com In preparation for a new year many schools will begin with several days of on-site

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Thinking about starting a blog? Read this first…

August 14, 2014August 15, 2014 Jason Carroll blogging, online writing

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com If you subscribe to this blog, you likely receive a weekly digest email with a

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California Google Summit – Resources and Reflections

July 31, 2014August 1, 2014 Jason Carroll Learning Disabilities, Learning Difficulties, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Apps, K-12, Professional Development

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Earlier this month the EdTech Team held their third annual California Google Summit in Palo

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Keep Students Writing All Summer

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Jason Carroll Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, K-12, ESL, vacation activities, writing activities, summer slide, iReadWrite

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on 6 Resources to Help Stop

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Fluency Tutor for Google Now Available

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 Jason Carroll text-to-speech, Reading and Writing Difficulties, literacy support, Google Apps, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly two-thirds of students in the US