News & Info
A selection of recorded webinars, articles, news items and information about Sensory Readable, Scribe, Writeable and more
A Universal Assistive Technology Offer: Why Every Student Should Have Access
How Sensory Readable Suite lets schools make reading and writing support a standard part of school life, not a last resort Often assistive technology (AT) in schools still arrives the same way: a student is formally identified as...
ADHD Awareness Month 2026, Part Two: University Study, Without Holding It All in Your Head
In Part One: Reading and Writing in School, Without Losing the Thread we looked at how ADHD can affect reading and writing in school. At university, the demands change shape. School often provides more external structure: timetables, regular check-ins and homework...
ADHD Awareness Month 2026, Part One: Reading and Writing in School, Without Losing the Thread
October is ADHD Awareness Month, and it’s a good moment to look again at how ADHD can affect reading and writing in the classroom. It isn’t always what we expect. Some pupils with ADHD can decode text accurately but find it much harder to stay with it long enough to...
Dyslexia Awareness Week 2026, Part Two: Reading, Without Redesigning Anything
As set out in the previous article, Dyslexia Awareness Week runs from 5th to 11th October 2026, and the British Dyslexia Association has set this year's theme as "Dyslexia in real life: at work." As we already know, dyslexia is lifelong, and an adult who found reading...
Dyslexia Awareness Week 2026, Part One: Meetings, Without Choosing Between Listening and Writing It Down
Dyslexia Awareness Week runs from 5th to 11th October 2026, and the British Dyslexia Association has set this year's theme as "Dyslexia in real life: at work." It's a welcome shift. Dyslexia often gets talked about almost entirely as a school issue: reading ages,...
Welsh and Scottish text-to-speech voices for Sensory Readable
Hearing text read aloud in your own accent or language makes a real difference, whether you’re a pupil in Powys, a student in Perth, or anyone who would rather listen to a voice that sounds like home than a generic English one. Sensory Readable works with any SAPI 5...
Symbols Aren’t Just for Specialist Support: What Sensory Symboliser Can Do Across Your School
Symbol software tends to get filed under "AAC" and handed straight to the SENCo or the specialist teacher. That's understandable: augmentative and alternative communication is exactly what many symbol tools are built for, and Sensory Symboliser does that job well. But...
Deploying Assistive Technology Safely: Network Installs, OCR and GDPR for School IT Teams
What IT Managers, Business Managers and DPOs need to know before signing off assistive technology across a school network Assistive technology is usually championed by a SENCO or Inclusion Lead, but it is IT managers, Data Protection Officers and School Business...
From Classroom to Exam Hall: Building the Evidence for JCQ Access Arrangements
Why the strongest case for a computer reader is built term by term, not the week before study leave Many exam officers and SENCos know the pattern: a student's need for a reader or computer reader only becomes urgent in Year 11, when the exam board's requirements...
Assistive Technology Across the Learner Journey: Building Consistency from School to Work
Assistive Technology Across the Learner Journey: Building Consistency from School to Work During the last 20-30 years in UK education there have been countless initiatives which have been introduced, reshaped, and then replaced. One principle however has remained...