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Spelling problems and new technology

So often students with poor spelling skills struggle severely in regular classroom. It is hard to accommodate for the students when they are working two or more grade levels below the regular curriculum. Their spelling is often so poor that they themselves cannot read it. Other people struggle to read it else, including parents and teachers. To top it all off a new students are poor readers along with having trouble with writing and spelling. Some students all some have problems with language skills makes it difficult for them to organize grammar and sentence structure.what are these students to use to keep up in the regular classroom? There are starting to be assistive technology to help the students. Programs like Dragon speak can help them by converting their speech to text. There are also websites out there that help check spelling online. Technology is improving at a drastically faster rate than it has been.The technology for speech to text is even becoming available on cell

Requall

Recall is a very interesting program that can be used on your cell phone that can turn voice into text. At $24.99 it is a very inexpensive service. That is almost like having an ace secretary at your fingertips wherever you have cell coverage. You have 20 seconds to record your message and it will be e-mailed or text to you. It can be used with a variety of voices, and does not require training. You can record your message as an appointment, note or meeting. It has a free trial. With the Pro version, and then it reverts to a free version with limited services, but you can you still use the voice to text service. You can recall record recorded voice messages and appointments for on the go convenience. If service is similar to the service that Jott is providing. It can turn a cheap prepaid cell phone into a much handier device.