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Monday Tech Tip: Scanning Pens Reader 2

During the 2023 ATIA Conference, David Flaherty, US Director of Sales, Scanning Pens, Inc. shows us one of their scanning pen devices that uses AI-based text recognition to scan text and read to a user. The device has many other helpful features for individuals with reading difficulties such as access to dictionary for word comprehension […]

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Monday Tech Tip: Read Aloud

Brian Norton, Director of Assistive Technology, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us Read Aloud, which is a Google Chrome extension that allows a user to use text-to-speech technology that will convert webpages to audio. Users can also use Read Aloud to read PDFs, Google Docs, Google Play books, Amazon, Kindle, and EPUB out loud. This free […]

Monday Tech Tip: Hidden Reader mode

Brian Norton, Director of Assistive Technology, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us the Hidden Reader mode in Google Chrome, which takes out the ads and pictures from the webpage and pulls just the text to simplify the page to create less distractions when reading the web page. Check it out here: