User manual BETA HOME ACCESS BROCHURE

[. . . ] Assistive Technology Features and Benefits Assistive Technology Software All Home Access Computers are installed with a range of pre-loaded software. This software supports language and literacy and eases access to the internet for people with a wide range of needs including dyslexia, visual impairments and learning difficulties. Read and Write Home Access Edition MindView 3 iZoom Read and Write Home Access edition Read and Write Home Access Edition What is it? [. . . ] Great for: people with visual impairments people with learning difficulties people who cannot read English people who want to learn English by listening to it helping with learning and revision listening to a document or book whilst relaxing or travelling Study Skills Toolbar This lets you select and collect important information from web pages or documents. You can highlight the text you need and collect it in a separate document. It will even summarise lengthy documents into more manageable ones. Great for: studying, revision and summarising long documents Study Skills Toolbar MindView 3 MindView 3 ­ Home Access version What is it? An easy to use thinking skills tool to help you generate, develop, and organise ideas visually. It helps you to plan and outline written documents. Graphic organisers like MindView have been shown to improve reading comprehension, critical thinking and retention, and increase overall student achievement*. * The National Reading Panel (NRP), "Teaching Children to Read: An EvidenceBased Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and its Implications for Reading Instructions". MindView 3 ­ Key Features Thought gathering mode Templates and layouts Images Putting Ideas into action Views Calculation feature Speech read-back Multimedia Thought gathering mode This mode lets you capture ideas easily. Great for: noting ideas quickly generating ideas revision Images There's over 1500 high quality educational images you can use in your Mind Maps. Great for: learners people who like or need to see things presented visually young learners Views MindView presents concepts with a number of different views including outline and timeline. This lets you view Mind Maps according to your own preferences. You can also switch between views at any time. Great for: visual learners Templates and Layouts It comes with 100+ curriculum-based templates which can be used as they are or tailored to meet your needs. It also offers a range of Map layouts, styles and galleries for you to easily customise your mindmaps. Great for: getting started with projects Calculation Feature You can make calculations on your layouts. You can even import numbers from or export numbers to some spreadsheet applications. Great for: working out costs, profits and budgets Speech Read-back MindView works with ReadWrite enabling the Mind Maps you create to be read aloud to you. Great for: people who need support with literacy young learners help with learning languages people with dyslexia people with visual impairments Putting Ideas into action You can convert your layouts to outlines and other written documents. [. . . ] Great for: people who find it difficult to read from the screen people with colour blindness, macular degeneration, glaucoma and other visual impairments Mouse Enhancements iZoom's mouse enhancements allow you to change the size and colour of your cursor mouse to make it easy to see. Great for: people with visual impairments Speech iZoom includes speech support to explain some of the events occurring on the screen. Great for: reducing eyestrain Assistive Technology Features and Benefits Find out more: www. becta. org. uk/homeaccess engage@becta. org. uk [. . . ]