iPad Apps For School or Dyslexia

 Here is a list of apps a friend sent me that can help with dyslexia.. enjoy
Speak Selection
When this free built-in feature is turned on, it reads text or webpages to you - with very good voices.
To turn it on, press the Home button to go to your Home screen (your desktop). Then, find Settings and tap on it.
In the Settings column on the left, tap on General.
In the General column on the right, scroll all the way down to Accessibility and tap on it.
In the Accessibility column on the right, find Speak Selection and turn it on. Then, use the slider bar below it to adjust the Speaking Rate.
Then press the Home button to the Home screen.
To use that feature, open an email or a webpage. Gently press and hold on any word until a row of choices appears. Either choose Select All or drag the handles. Then choose Speak.

vBookz PDF Voice Reader
Speak Selection does not work on PDF files. But the app called vBookz PDF Voice Reader reads them to you with an excellent voice, and highlights each word as it is read.
That app is $ 4.99.

Dictation
If you have the brand new “next generation” iPad, you can dictate into any app because the dictate button (the microphone) is right next to the space bar each time the keyboard appears.
If you have the original iPad or iPad2, download the free app called Dragon Dictation. When you open that app, follow the directions to tap and dictate.
Then, with Speak Selection turned on (see prior article), the iPad can read it back to you. Just click on the tiny keyboard at the bottom of the screen (to make your keyboard appear), then gently press and hold on any word until a row of choices appears. Choose Select All, then choose Speak.
To edit that text, make the keyboard disappear, then make your changes. To insert a few words, click where they should appear, then tap the Record button at the top of the screen. To delete a word, just tap on it, then choose delete.
You can then have the iPad read it back. You can repeat that editing process as many times as you wish.
When you are happy with it, tap on the icon in the upper right corner, which allows you to copy that passage (to paste into a different app), or to email it to someone, or even post it on Facebook or Twitter.
By the way, Dragon Dictation also works on iPhones.

AudioNote
This is a great solution for students who have a difficult time taking notes in class. This app boosts the internal microphone so you can record the teacher while you are writing, drawing, or typing on its pad of paper.
Later, when you bring up that “pad of paper,” you can touch anything on the page to hear what was being said at that time.
All of that for only $ 4.99.
And you can try it out for free by downloading AudioNote Lite.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
This free app has one great feature: voice search. You just say a word, and the app finds it and displays it.
But no, Barton users, it does not do all of the neat things that the Franklin Spelling Ace does. I have searched for, but not yet found, any app that does.

Barton Tiles App
Yes, we are developing an iPad app which every Barton tutor will love. It’s now out for beta testing. If all goes well, it will be available within 2 to 3 months.
This app will let you get more done in each tutoring session because you will not have to set up and put away your tiles, and all of the words in the New Teaching sections of the lessons are programmed into it.
Barton tutors who saw its demo at the IDA Convention said they would buy an iPad just to use our Barton Tiles App. That’s how good it is.

Susan Barton will send every Barton tutor an email the day the Barton Tiles App is available.