1. Assistive Technology Feature Matching
A I S D
Matching Students to Technology Using
Read and Write Gold
Student Profile Tools
Student has class work read by At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
a human reader. • Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Speech Maker
• PDF Aloud
• Screen Shot Reader
• Scan
Dyslexia At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
Characteristics of Dyslexia • Spelling Tool
• Word Prediction
• Homophone Tools
• Dictionary/Picture Dictionary
• Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Speech Maker
• PDF Aloud
• Scan
• Screen Masking
• Screen Shot Reader
• Daisy Reader
• Speech to Text
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
• Summary tool used by teacher to provide pre-reading and
post reading summaries.
Dysgraphic At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
• Spelling Tool
• Word Prediction
• Word Wizard
• Homophone Tools
• Dictionary/Picture Dictionary
• Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)r
• Speech to Text
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
1 Compiled by Michelle Nielsen, M.S. CCC-SLP

2. Student Profile Tools
Highly Visual At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Fact Finder
• Fact Folder
• Fact Mapper
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
• Screening Masking
Highly Auditory Student headphones are recommended.
At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
• Spelling Tool
• Word Prediction
• Dictionary/Picture Dictionary
• Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Speech Maker
• PDF Aloud
• Scan
• Screen Shot Reader
• Daisy Reader
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
• Summary tool used by teacher to provide pre-reading and
post reading summaries.
Disorganized At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
Difficulty organizing thoughts • Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Screen Shot Reader
• Fact Finder
• Fact Folder
• Fact Mapper
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
• Summary tool used by teacher to provide pre-reading and
post reading summaries.
2 Compiled by Michelle Nielsen, M.S. CCC-SLP

3. Student Profile Tools
Difficulty with Studying At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
• Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Screen Shot Reader
• Fact Finder
• Fact Folder
• Fact Mapper
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
• Summary tool used by teacher to provide pre-reading and
post reading summaries.
English Language Learner At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
• Spelling Tool
• Word Prediction
• Homophone Tools
• Dictionary/Picture Dictionary
• Speech Tools, This includes the ability to change the default
voice to Paulina or Isobel and back. (rewind, play, pause,
fast forward and stop)
• Web Highlighting
• Speech Maker
• PDF Aloud
• Scan
• Screen Masking
• Screen Shot Reader
• Translator
• Highlight Tools (pink, yellow, green, blue, collect highlights
and clear highlights)
Summary tool used by teacher to provide pre-reading and
post reading summaries.
Scotopic Sensitivity At a minimum the teacher should be familiar with:
Irlen Syndrome • Speech Tools (rewind, play, pause, fast forward and stop)
Visual Stress • Web Highlighting
• Speech Maker
• Screen Shot Reader
• PDFAloud
• Screening Masking
3 Compiled by Michelle Nielsen, M.S. CCC-SLP