This month's tool is a quick assessment you can have your students complete to determine if auditory text increases their reading comprehension and allows them access to higher-level text.
The uPAR (universal protocol for accommodations in reading) is a one-time protocol that gives data on appropriate reading accommodations.
How to use uPAR:
Results come out in a colored chart. Here is an example:
If the student benefits from digital text read out loud there are many universal options available including:
Spoken Content—Enable text-to-speech (text read out loud). This is a terrific tool for reading text on the iPad out loud. You can select the text to be read out loud and press speak once this feature is turned on in settings (i.e., reading a book, website, editing your writing draft).Settings > Accessibility > Spoken content > Speak selection > On
Choose your voice (Alex is the most sophisticated).
Highlight Content—Highlights the words and sentences as it reads out loud. You can also choose your type of highlight (underline or colored, and choose your color)
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken content > Highlight Content > On and choose words, sentences, or both.
Speak Screen—Swipe down with 2 fingers from the top of the screen to hear the content of the screen. When in iBooks it also will automatically turn the page
Live Text (new!)—Newer iPads (Generation 8 and above, including our Generation 9 iPads) have the ability to take a picture of text (typed or handwritten) and have it read out loud. (It will also translate it to another language!)
Open camera app—Take a picture of the text or open a photo, press the Live Text icon. Tap the screen and select the text you would like spoken and press Speak (press the translate button to translate it).
Reader View in Safari—When it Safari, you get the option to clean up a website for easier viewing. Features include: adjusting the font type, font size, and background color; remove ads and extras on the page.
Reader View in Safari—When it Safari, you get the option to clean up a website for easier viewing. Features include: adjusting the font type, font size, and background color; remove ads and extras on the page.
Safari—Go to a website with content to read. Press the AA in the search bar. Choose your options: you can set it to default on this site or all sites in website settings
Snap & Read App—Download Snap and Read from self-service and sign in with your district Google account. This app reads accessible and inaccessible text. You can take a picture of a book or worksheet and it will read it out loud or send a doc from another app (i.e., Schoology, Drive) and have it read out loud. Additional features include: translation (in over 100 languages), text leveler (changes words for easier comprehension), and annotation. Full Presentation Here
Learning Ally App—Download digital books read out loud by a human reader. Student can follow along with the words on the screen while it is read out loud. Students can adjust the background, text, and highlight color. Students must have an IEP or a 504 plan and have digital books and/or text reader written as an accommodation on their plan. Full Student Lesson
uPAR Slides with more information
Please email Kelly Key with questions kkey@barrington220.org
Snap & Read App—Download Snap and Read from self-service and sign in with your district Google account. This app reads accessible and inaccessible text. You can take a picture of a book or worksheet and it will read it out loud or send a doc from another app (i.e., Schoology, Drive) and have it read out loud. Additional features include: translation (in over 100 languages), text leveler (changes words for easier comprehension), and annotation. Full Presentation Here
Learning Ally App—Download digital books read out loud by a human reader. Student can follow along with the words on the screen while it is read out loud. Students can adjust the background, text, and highlight color. Students must have an IEP or a 504 plan and have digital books and/or text reader written as an accommodation on their plan. Full Student Lesson
uPAR Slides with more information
Please email Kelly Key with questions kkey@barrington220.org
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