Scanning pens all the rage during the pandemic

Dyslexia: News from the web:

A Wiltshire tech company that makes scanning pens to help dyslexic people read has experienced a surge in demand during the pandemic.

Westbury-based Scanning Pens said its products had become “vital” for children with special educational needs, who had lost the support of classroom assistants this year.

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New dyslexia app in the making

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A team in the UK has proposed an app called ‘Dimming Dyslexia’ to analyze online text and other educational resources and translate them into formats that are easier for those with dyslexia to understand. The app can present written text as videos and cartoons, and change font size and colors on the page to present more dyslexia-friendly formats.

The all female team won the BT young pioneer award which means they will be supported to develop the prototype into a working app with the help of BT experts.

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About Cursive and Dyslexia

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There is a school of thought that argues children with dyslexia (reading problems) are helped by learning cursive. The argument insists the brain responds neuroplastically to the flow and rhythm of the cursive experience.

See the back and forth debate on the good and bad of cursive writing in our link for today.

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