Rachel Herron, AT Consultant SSJCSS Demonstration and Play Session January 4, 2016

Word Prediction Topic Dictionaries Built in Speech Recognition Built in Text Reader

Designed for students who are “inventive spellers” Flexible in order to let emergent spellers reduce or increase word choices Features both auditory and visual reinforcement of unknown words Allows full sentence read back to ensure that a student has typed what was intended

Type the following sentence with either no vowels or one phonetic helper vowel: Today we return from a two week heat wave. Click on the arrow and type real numbers once the number selections are gone

Word Prediction settings: Increase or decrease the number of guesses presented Change the font Personalize the color of text or back ground text in the helper box Adjust the size of text presented Activate or Deactivate Topic Dictionaries Speech Settings: Select a different language Tailor the way the words are presented when a student is typing such as directing the voice output to speak individual letters versus whole words. Change rate, volume and pitch of the speech voices. To access the options for Co:Writer right click on the purple bubble and select “Options”

Three Types of Dictionary Access Built in Dictionary Quick Topic (Web- Scraped) Quick Topic (Highlighted Topic)

Locate the purple cloud icon Right Click the Icon Select “Options” Type in the subject desired Turn the dictionary “On” Multiple dictionaries can be activated at once Toggle back to the document and start writing. Demonstrate Accessing Built In William Shakespeare

Open a website of desired information Right click on the website Select “Co:Writer” Select “Quick Topic” and the new dictionary will be activated Toggle back to original writing Demonstrate Accessing the Quick Topic Dictionary using Benjamin Franklin Wikipedia Page

Open a website of desired information Highlight a certain word or selection of information Right click on the highlighted text Select “Co:Writer” Select “Quick Topic” and the new dictionary will be activated Toggle back to original writing Demonstrate Quick Topic Highlighted Dictinary using American Enlightenment.

Right click on the purple bubble and access “options.” Under the subheading “Topic Dictionaries” turn on “Dinosaurs 1 Basic” by clicking off to on. Toggle back to the document and type: The tiranasawrus rx fot the teradactile. (The Tyrannosaurus Rex fought the Pteradactyl.) Be sure to notice how quickly the words are predicted and accessible as you type. Type as few letters as needed to get the correct content.

Co:Writer Universal includes a speech to text option. Simply click the microphone at the bottom of the text box and a student can dictate text. If a word is not captured correctly, the student can right click on the word to have words predicted. One simple click changes the erroneous word.

Co:Writer Universal includes a feature that reads highlighted text aloud. Simply highlight the desired text, right click on the text and select “Speak.”

Webinar for Co:Writer Universal: Features, videos and product demonstrations by Don Johnston: It’s Not About the Nail