AlphaSmart Neo gets Text2Speech The AlphaSmart Neo is a simple, battery-operated keyboard for writing. This new special needs version of the keyboard will speak text aloud, useful for augmentative communication but also for students and adults who need to hear their text read back to them to better edit it.
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QuickPad Technology Corporation 465 Fairchild Drive Suite #103 Mountain View, CA 94043 800-373-8181 Makers of portable keyboards
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Perfect Solutions Makers of portable keyboards Perfect Solutions 2685 Treanor Terrace Wellington, FL 33414 800-726-7086 perfect@gate.net
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AlphaSmart Makers of portable keyboards. Customer Service and Sales 888-274-0680 (toll-free) 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM CST, Monday through Friday, excluding Holidays. info@alphasmart.com Technical Support 888-274-2720, 6:30am – 6:30pm CST support@alphasmart.com
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© 1997 Richard Wanderman Now that I’ve been using an AlphaSmart for a few years and have met hundreds of other users both in and out of the education world, I’m amazed at how limited people’s imaginations are about using this most revolutionary tool. Yes, students being able to do electronic composition instead of writing [...]
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© 1997 Richard Wanderman The AlphaSmart keyboard is a small, lightweight electronic writing tool that can give people many of the benefits of a portable computer without the complexity or expense. I like the AlphaSmart keyboard. I also like my Macintosh computers, including a PowerBook. For many of the writing tasks that I do every [...]
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© 2001 Gary Sharp Director of the North Bend Public Library North Bend, Oregon Most public libraries today offer computer access for word processing and Internet searching. This computer access usually takes the form of one or more desktop computers in a fixed place in the library. The computers can’t be taken out into the [...]
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© 2000 Barbara S. Heinisch heinisch@scsu.ctstateu.edu Barbara Heinisch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University. During the Spring 2000 semester the Connecticut AlphaSmarts in the Schools Project took place at Southern Connecticut State University and several school in the state. The purpose of this activity was to [...]
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© 1999 Gary Sharp Director of the North Bend Public Library North Bend, Oregon North Bend Public Library recently embarked on a year-long experiment, making five AlphaSmart 2000′s available for public use. The idea for this experiment came from an old friend of mine from Oregon who now lives in Connecticut, Richard Wanderman. Richard is [...]
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© 1999 Will Small wwsjr777@theworld.com “Thanks heavens!” is what I said when I learned of the existence of lightweight, inexpensive, and uncomplicated word processing technology. The AlphaSmart 2000 is essentially a full size keyboard. You simply turn it on by touching a key, you do your writing, then you turn it off when done. Text [...]
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