 What's New
New at LAB
Resources!
Our New 2010
Catalog is now available!
Version 2.1
Click our catalog to view a PDF version of all of our products and
training materials. Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader required. Click here if you
don't
have it and would like to download your free copy.
Click here to view our June 2010 LAB Notes!
Kurzweil
3000 Ver.
12 has been announced by Kurzweil Educational Systems! New Features
Include:
Expanded support of
electronic
content
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Internet Explorer® 7 and 8
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NIMAS
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DAISY 2 and 3
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MathML – opens up the world of mathematics
and science text translation
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Additional PDF related functions
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Bookshare.org
Additional support
for the
English Language Learners
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Picture
dictionary with more than 1300 graphics
in English and Spanish
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Human voice pronunciations from American
Heritage® Dictionary
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Language
translations "on the fly"
with Google Translate™
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Multi-language recognition option
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NeoSpeech Violeta for Spanish text to speech
[TTS]
Enhanced writing
supports
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A Start Writing button and newly re-organized
Write menu help to streamline the starting points for writing, making it
easier
to access Draft or Brainstorm templates
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New, comprehensive set of writing templates in
Brainstorm format for writers and learners who work well with graphics,
rather
than with the text-based draft writing templates
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A new Create Draft button converts the Outline
to a draft that is ready for expansion and reworking into prose
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A new Review Button brings the writing checklist
directly to the toolbar
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More spelling support comes with word
underlining and Right Mouse Button corrections
Kurzweil
products
cannot be purchased online. Please contact LAB Resources to place order
or to
upgrade.
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Phone: 800-691-3476 or 262-691-3476
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Fax: 262-695-2504
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Click here
for purchasing guidelines. Please call for our discounted pricing.
Pogo Boards
by Talk To Me Technologies. Online, easy-to-use tool to create custom
symbol-based communication boards and
other learning materials. 20,000+ unique picture symbols
(Symbolstix, AbleNet Symbols, PiCS and more). Integrated
Google image searching. Includes many different templates for
communication devices and activities. Thousands of boards, therapy
materials, activities are available within the Global Community
folders. Use Pogo Boards anywhere, anytime with no need to keep track
of discs.
Pogo Boards cannot be purchased online. Please contact LAB Resources to place
order.
Phone:
800-691-3476
Fax: 262-695-2504
Symbolstix
Online by News-2-You. New! Dynamic online symbol set will
be available this fall. Symbolstix is a collection of 4000+ symbols
organized in categories that can be used when creating materials for
students to help students understand text
and improve literacy. Activities, items and person are depicted as
lively, vibrant stick figures with “an attitude”. Symbolstix is
continually updated with current event symbols, such as symbols that
depict the people and events in the news. Actual persons incorporated
in Symbolstix are drawn as easily recognizable
characterizations. Symbolstix is not a drawing program.
 News–2-You by
News-2-You. Online current events weekly newspaper universally designed
for all readers. A subscription includes 4 levels of reading
comprehension: simplified, regular,
higher and advanced editions. Simplified and regular levels use
Symbolstix to support text. Includes Spanish versions. Standards/IEP
oriented. Includes news, activities, computer games and storybooks
Speaking versions of all 3 newspapers are available or print from your
computer.
News-2-You
cannot be purchased online. Please contact LAB Resources to place
order.
Phone:
800-691-3476
Fax: 262-695-2504
 Unique
Learning System by News-2-You. Online curriculum designed
for students with special needs. 4
special grade bands so you can teach age-appropriate material geared to
the ability level of your students: elementary, intermediate, middle
and high school. All lessons are aligned to content standards and
include
differentiated tasks and progress monitoring standards. Over 25
activities are available for you to download immediately—with access to
new materials and subjects each month.
Unique
Learning System cannot be purchased online. Please contact LAB Resources to place
order.
Phone:
800-691-3476
Fax: 262-695-2504
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