Just like with anything, they're WONDERFUL if they actually use them.  I have tried it with a lot of students, but only a few that will really use it.  But those few love them and use them all of the time.  My instructional assistant got her GED a couple years ago,and she used it while studying for all subjects--She has a reading and writing disability--and she said it was her "lifesaver".  I only buy the talking ones--a lot of times the student doesn't know the meaning of the word when they read it, but when they hear it they do.
 
Lora Allen
WorkFirst ABE/GED Instructor
LDQI-Point of Contact
CASAS Training
Big Bend Community College
7662 Chanute St.
Moses Lake, WA 98837
509-793-2312

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From: learningdisabilities-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Jamie Phillips
Sent: Fri 7/25/2008 9:44 AM
To: Learningdisabilities at nifl.gov
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 2123] Hand held dictionary



Hello all:

 

Has anyone had positive experience with a 'talking' hand held electronic dictionary?  I have a student who would like to use one when he reads at home and stumbles upon a word he can't 'get.'  The web has on-line dictionaries with an audible option, but he does not have a computer.

 

Thanks in advance!
Jamie Phillips

 

 

 

Jamie Phillips, M.Ed.

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Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council

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