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Curriculum Access: Dictionaries


Curriculum materials, such as dictionaries, are often difficult for students with vision impairments to access. Some issues include:

Some of the links below are external.

Title and Supplier
Price
Comments
BrailleNote Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
HumanWare 
A$290 Dictionary and Thesaurus for BrailleNote mPower, Classic and PK
Features include word meanings, correct pronunciation spoken aloud, synonym and antonyn lookup, advanced search
BrailleNote Multilingual Dictionary
HumanWare 
A$445 Dictionary and Thesaurus for BrailleNote mPower, Classic and PK - English plus one other language
Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com
Free Online dictionary and thesaurus
Click icon to hear word spoken

FreeDict
FreeDict

Free Online foreign language dictionaries
Translations English to/from Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish

Language Master
Equipment Solutions 
HumanWare 
Quantum Technology 

A$590-$627 Hand held electronic organiser, mini QWERTY dictionary, thesaurus, grammar guide, spellcheck, spelling games such as Hangman into which spelling words can be typed
Clear voice speaks words, letters
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
www.m-w.com
Free Online dictionary thesaurus - enter word or phrase for definition, pronunciation etc
Can adjust print size - several choices under View menu
Click the sound button to hear word pronunciation
Oxford Large Print Dictionary
Oxford University Press
A$52.95 Large print book
N16
Paperback Oxford Large Print Thesaurus
Oxford University Press
Paperback A$46.95 Large print book
N16
TinySpell
http://tinyspell.m6.net/
Free download Spell checker for Windows documents
WorldReference
WorldReference
Free

Online English dictionary and translations English to/from French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian

WordWeb
WordWeb
WordWeb - free download
WordWeb Pro - A$29
Multi-user licences available

Free accessible dictionary/thesaurus for Windows that works well with screen readers and screen enlargement programs
It contains over 120,000 words and can be used on its own or within Microsoft Word
WordWeb Pro - added features

YourDictionary.com
YourDictionary.com
Free Links to many online dictionaries – foreign languages, art, biology, cooking, linguistics, religion, sports … there’s even a currency converter and you can translate between languages!

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