The Dyslexia Association of Ireland “delighted” winners of Read&Write 10 GOLD Mobile device

July 27, 2011 - PRLog -- The Dyslexia Association of Ireland (DAI), a charitable organisation, founded in 1972, are delighted to have won a Read&Write 10 GOLD Mobile device, at the recent BDA International Conference in Harrogate.  

The prize was aptly awarded as the DAI aims to promote awareness of specific Learning Disabilities (including dyslexia) and to serve the needs of people with these difficulties.  Services offered to the public include: psycho-educational assessment of children and adults, group and individual specialised tuition, teachers' courses, summer schools, speakers for schools and parents groups.  

Rosie Bissett, Director/CEO, at DAI states “The Dyslexia Association of Ireland was delighted to win a Read&Write 10 GOLD Mobile device at the recent British Dyslexia Association Conference.  We already use Read&Write GOLD software on our Career Paths Course for adults, a full-time course for unemployed adults with dyslexia. The text-to-speech functionality and speaking spellchecker features are some of our trainee’s favourite features.  We also offer a Technology Advice Service where we demonstrate various technologies, including Texthelp’s Read&Write GOLD, to help people establish which IT solutions may suit their individual needs.”

Read&Write GOLD is Texthelp’s award-winning literacy support software designed to assist those with literacy difficulties.   The software works discreetly with all mainstream Windows applications (including MS Vista), allowing users the opportunity to work in an inclusive manner alongside others.

Read&Write GOLD is easy to use and features include: Screen Masking (to tint or mask sections of the window), Texthelp text-to-speech voices, a Translator (which translates selected words into French, Spanish, German or Italian), Spelling, Dictionary & Homophone support, and the software also echoes back Dragon text.

For further information on Read&Write GOLD, please contact Elaine on Tel: 028 9442 8105, email elaine@texthelp.com or visit our website www.texthelp.com

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About Texthelp Systems Ltd

Texthelp Systems Ltd is the worldwide leader of literacy software solutions provided through three core business divisions: Education, Speech Services and Publishing. Texthelp has been developing assistive technology software for the learning disabled community since 1996. The aim has always been to provide the most comprehensive cutting-edge technology available to provide inclusive education.

Based in Antrim, N. Ireland and with offices in the US, Texthelp is currently experiencing a period of sustained year on year growth. The company has a reseller network covering over 20 countries.

Texthelp has been a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award winning company for eleven years and won numerous product, innovation and marketing awards.