[access-uk] Re: Word finding difficulties
- From: "ari" <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:53:57 +0200
Hi Chris,
Wordweb is more a dictionary, I don't think that's the answer. I think what
would help more is a thesaurus, where she can type in the word she is
thinking of writing and get back words that mean the same so she can see if
that's the best word to put in, but really don't know where she can get one.
There is also a program which, when you're reading a Word document, if you
come across a word you don't understand, you press a key and it brings up a
definition. I don't know who distributes it in the UK, or if it's a program
sold by an adaptive technology company, or just a commercial program he got,
but you can ask Dirk at
www.screenspeak.co.za
But, on the whole, I think finding a free online thesaurus would help.
If she's struggles, like me, to express her ideas using propper wording, she
should maybe also take a few creative writing courses on how to structure
essays, that really helped me a lot.
Ari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:21 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Word finding difficulties
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any accessible software, preferably free or fairly
cheap
at least, that can aid people with this problem? My friend had to do
something in class today, and, although she had an idea of what to put,
she
finds it difficult to put her ideas into writing. Would something like
WordWeb help with this? Thanks in advance for the help. P.S. She uses JAWS
8, and has Windows XP Home SP2, if that helps.
Chris Hallsworth
BrailleNote mPower user
Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr
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