Gess what I found on the wed? A phanetick dichonarey! Yes realy, there is one out there. Has any one ever hurd of it? What is it like? Do’s it work? How I wish I had found it in school.
Ok I have cut and pasted the address to make sour I got it
right…….
This new type of dictionary delivers spelling help.
… vocabulary development.
This is the perfect reference for anyone who can read but has trouble with spelling, including: • Gifted or w/ LDs ….
www.phonicspeller.com
Ok so look it up for me and tell me what u think. Hope it helps, Thanks guys….. Toni
Re: How can I look it up if I can't spell it?
Angela,
Thanck you for the program info. I’m looking for it know. I wander how it would work for everyday life. It sounds like the prog. will help with my my createve righting progecs. If you could let me know what your apenon of the dicanary is I would be aprechetev. Monny is a little tight to spinned it on somthing that is’ant practical.
Thanck you agen Toni
Phonetic spell check
Franklin’s products are great. However, to use their spell check technology that recognizes phonetic spelling, you do not need to go to their higher priced talking products if money is tight. You can buy the Franklin Spelling Ace. This is generally available at office supply stores or Best Buy type stores and can be had for under $20.
The Spelling Ace also has a thesaurus, which is very handy, and, although for some reason this is not advertised anywhere on the material packaging, a dictionary function. It also has 8 spelling games like hangman, as well as calculator and adress book functions. The Ace is relatively compact and easy to carry around—you could put in your purse without taking up too much space or weighing you down. This product delivers a lot of value for the money. (And much more value than their $30 Merriam Webster dictionary, which does not have a thesaurus function, which I consider essential.)
You can check this product out at franklin.com. It is listed there for $25, but you can buy it cheaper elsewhere. You can also see the Franklin Homework Wiz, which is aimed at kids—the nonspeaking version is also listed at $25 (speaking $50), but I think the Spelling Ace at the same price offers more—in addition to 100,000 words vs. Homework Wiz’s 46,000. Also, there is a speaking Spelling Ace just out for $60, but I am not sure it has all the functionality of the nonspeaking version (I couldn’t tell if it had a thesaurus or dictionary).
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There is also technology that my system uses. It’s called an Alphasmart. My LD kids have access to them when necessary, provided by the school system. I also recently noticed that a local newspaper reporter who came to our school was using one to take notes for an article. He said he never goes anywhere without it and wished he’d had something like it when he was in school. With an Alphasmart, the student types in what is needed, it gives them choices of words when the spelling is incorrect, then it plugs into the computer to print out their work.
It looks good to me. I would want to see the print size. Another help is the Talking Franklin Homework Helper - it will read the word choices out loud to you so you can hear which word you want. The program Co-Writer uses word prediction and with Write Out Loud you can hear your choices. I plan to look for your book at the bookstore to see what I think about the print size.