TLC Learning Tools
The Right Tool Makes Any Job Easier
Click on the links below to learn about the tools TLC provides to facilitate learning:
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Dragon Naturally-Speaking lets you talk to your computer instead of
typing. As you talk, your words are transcribed onto the screen and
into your documents or e-mail messages.
Talking to a computer while it types what you say is called dictating. You can dictate into Microsoft Word, Corel, WordPerfect, e-mail programs, personal information organizers, and virtually any other program in which you normally type.
You can use Dragon Naturally-Speaking to:
- Compose letters, memos, and send e-mail messages. You can cut and paste inside your documents as well as revise and format text. Just think about what you want to say, and then say it into the microphone.
- Enter data into forms or spreadsheets. Most people can dictate numbers faster than they can type.
- Work on the Web. You search the Web, access information, and navigate Web pages by speaking URLs and links.
- Start programs and open menus.
- Voice playback correction and proofing
Plato Learning
Plato is a computerized tutorial program. It is a premiere provider of leading edge multimedia software for K-12 schools, colleges and adult education programs. Our ongoing investment is research and development ensures that PLATO educational software consistently integrates the latest teaching methodologies and strategies into its product design to maximize student achievement. Our software’s flexible, modular design incorporates a wide range of learning techniques and resources including:
- Individualized assessment
- Direct tutorial instruction and practice exercises
- Online coaching
- Interactive simulations
- Engaging graphics
- Tools and references
- Online manipulative
Plato learning is also capable of being transmitted into your home for more convenience.
Rosetta Stone for ESOL Students
The Rosetta Stone Language Library
teaches new languages naturally from the very beginning. Full immersion. Basic to advanced.
New learners name objects and build sentences without translation or memorization. Just the sound of native speech, printed text and vivid, real-life photographs.
We all learn our native language as children, before we ever attend school. The Rosetta Stone effectively recreates this experience by immersing the student in visuals and human voice to clearly convey the meaning of new words and sentences. Students draw on their natural ability to understand and retain new language, without the need for translation or memorization.
The Rosetta Stone teaches new languages through a step-by-step sequence of 312 lessons leading to advanced proficiency. New words become associated with familiar objects. Actions and ideas. Words build to phrases and sentences in a systematic progression. The meaning of over 5,000 words is clearly communicated in more than 10,000 pictures.
JAWS
Jaws (Job Access With Speech): JAWS is a screen reader that works with Windows operating system to provide access to today’s popular software applications and the Internet. JAWS uses an integrated voice synthesizer and your computer’s sound card to output the content of your computer screen to speakers.
iMAX (Magnifier)
MAX
is a digital, hand-held magnifier designed for people with low
vision.
Viewing Options:
- Soft-Contrast Positive Image: This is a soft white background and a soft black foreground for text.& Useful for viewing illustrations, photographs, or text.
- High-Contrast Positive Image: This is a high-contrast white background and a high-contrast black foreground for text. Useful for reading text.
- High-Contrast Negative Image: This is a high-contrast black background and a high-contrast white foreground for text. Useful for reading
iCOMMUNICATOR
The iCommunicator program helps persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or those with other communication challenges achieve two-way communication. It is an interactive solution to communication accessibility needs in educational, workplace, and public access venues. The iCommunicator is also a teaching tool that helps improve literacy skills.
The iCommunicator software program converts speech into multiple streams of data for simultaneous presentation of text, video-sign language, and computer-generated speech. The iCommunicator software works with Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition software allowing you to train your computer to recognize voice and speech patterns. The program stores these voice files for immediate access.
The iCommunicator software program converts human speech to digitally imaged sign language, computer-generated speech, and text printed on the computer screen. Likewise, it lets you type words and phrases that the program converts to computer-generated speech and then relays to audio speakers or peripheral hearing devices. For persons with hearing loss, the iCommunicator program generates speech and sends it to cochlear implants, FM systems, and hearing aids. It provides a clear audio stream, devoid of extraneous background noises.
The iCommunicator program lets you choose how you want to deliver your information. You can choose to activate sign language (with or without audio) and finger spelling of words. It lets you control the speed of the information and the way the computer presents that information. You can also store up to 24 preprogrammed messages and deliver them simply by pressing assigned function keys.
Kurzweil 3000
The Kurzweil 3000 is a PC-based reading system
developed specifically for ease of use by students and teachers. In
particular, it is an ideal compensatory aid for individuals with
reading difficulties.
This application allows the user to view a scanned page on the computer screen while listening to the text being read aloud. In addition, the Kurzweil 3000 provides study skills, editing, and file management tools. The system’s rich feature set assists students with reading (fluency and word attack skills), reading comprehension, vocabulary development, organization of information, writing, spelling, self-editing, and study skills (pre-reading, highlighting, note-taking, note revision, summarizing). The toolset is easily accessible through an icon-driven point and click interface, and an extensive on-line help system provides a completely integrated reference.
The Kurzweil 3000:
- Scans and reads pages from any book or document, and reads World Wide Web (WWW) pages and imported electronic documents.
- Speaks and highlights text simultaneously, providing auditory and visual representation.
- Offers clear, natural-sounding synthetic speech in a choice of reading voice personalities.
- Syllabicates, provides individual phonemes, and spells words.
- Offers a 175,000-word dictionary with synonyms.
- Provides adjustable speed (words per minute) for all auditory output.
- Highlights selected text and extracts the highlights into a new document.
- Enables users to insert typed or spoken notes anywhere within a document
- Provides text-editing options for teachers before students read.
- Reads back student-generated writing to assist in proofreading.
The Kurzweil 3000 is a word decoder. It does not provide explanation of the text. All students must be able to decipher the written and spoken word as independent learners at the college level. Tutors are available for support but comprehension is the student’s responsibility.
Anyone may access TLC service. Please come in and let us assist you. This may be just the additional support you need to enable you to achieve your goals. Top
