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Comment by Eric McCormick on March 5, 2012 at 7:48pm

Yes, I have always wondered why they can not make a spell check as good as Google Search.  Even the one in Google Docs is not as good as the one for their search.

Comment by Deborah du Plessis on March 5, 2012 at 5:11pm

I have used Natural Reader http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm on my PC for years now. I have never found anything as good for me. It can be a little tempermental at times, but on the whole pretty good. I wouldn't be where I am today with out it. I now also use the highlight and read allowed feature on my iphone 4 and the same feature on my husbands ipad. both do the job very effectively. Tried Dragon. could never get it to work properly. was most probably just me. I have found all the spell checks suck. My spelling is too bad for them, but have worked out a trick. If you copy and paste the misspelled word into the Google search bar on a new page it always says did you mean "what ever"  and is right 95% of the time. It is a god send for me.

Comment by Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide on March 5, 2012 at 4:41pm

Texthelp has new Ipad apps that include text-to-speech, web browsing, dictionary, highlighter, and speech-to-text.

Comment by Eric McCormick on October 4, 2011 at 4:16pm

Apple just annouced a Siri-ousapplication for Dyslexics (and others).

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-siri-2011-10

 

No need to type in.  Just talk to the phone, and it does what you want.  This is getting close to the fictional Star Trek Computer character, where the computer was 100% voice interactive!

 

From looking at the basic features that were outlined, voice commands and ability to read messages, this seems like a very dyslexic friendly item.