An accessible model for your school?

The project's accessible model:

All textbooks, worksheets and other curriculum materials were given to pupils in electronic Word format. Each pupil had their own laptop and assistive technology to suit them.

Flowchart showing the use of textbooks in word document format for blind and dyslexic students, teachers can also take this format and convert to braille, daisy, mp3 and large print for their students using Dolphin EasyConverter

Accessible Learning Materials:

  • Over 130 textbooks were provided as electronic Word files.
  • Students could access these directly, listening with their SuperNova or EasyTutor software.
  • Teaching professionals at the schools also used the same Word files to create Braille, large print, DAISY and MP3 edition of the 130 textbooks.
  • The same teaching professionals made and adapted other classroom materials, such as handouts and worksheets.

IT & Assistive Technology:

  • Each student received a laptop
  • Visually impaired pupils used SuperNova to listen and/or magnify to read their electronic textbooks.
  • Dyslexic students used EasyTutor to listen to their electronic textbooks.

Here, Marie Scott discusses the impact that using laptops in lessons had on her students:

  Using laptops in lessons gives student a boost

If you are experiencing problems, please use this link to watch this video on youtube.com (suited to mobile devices without Flash support).

A banner picture showing 4 different people and the Dolphin Computer Access web address, www.YourDolphin.com