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Special Needs

NEO Assistive Technology Enhances Access to the General Curriculum
NEO 2’s built-in technology helps students with special needs keep pace with their peers. Whether challenged with learning disabilities such as dyslexia or dysgraphia, or faced with physical hurdles such as a lack of fine motor skills, NEO 2 will help these students succeed in the general curriculum.

  • Sticky Keys allows students to type combination keystrokes without pressing the keys simultaneously.
  • Slow Keys helps children with unsteady hands or difficulty in key targeting.
  • Auto-repeat can be disabled to support students with reflex control challenges.
  • High-contrast LCD screen and multiple font sizes help children with vision challenges.
  • Linked Files make it easy to provide customized assignments, instruction, and support materials.

Optional Add-ons:
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Co:Writer By Don Johnston Inc. Co:Writer’s grammar-smart word prediction helps students with special needs quickly find the word they want, so they can focus on content and improve the quality of their writing.

NEO Text2Speech NEO Text2Speech hardware and software helps you expand students’ learning experiences by allowing them to listen to text as they type. The software can be customized to read-back by letter, word, sentence, or paragraph.

“My special needs students have had a major transformation in their ability to succeed within general education. They have simply blossomed.”
 Jennifer Claxton Taylor Independent School District Taylor, Texas

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