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Over 20% of the population are “functionally illiterate”.

An estimated:

7.5 million people have a reading age of an 11 year old
6 million people are dyslexic
2 million people have a vision impairment
1.5 million have cognitive difficulties
3.4 million have a disability which prevents them from using a standard keyboard, screen and mouse set-up with ease

More than 10% of the population has English as a second language.

There is a legal obligation in this country under the Disability Discrimination Act to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate people with a disability. Grave dyslexia is considered a disability.

Under the Disability Equality Duty public sector bodies have a duty to actively promote equality.

PAS 78:2006 recognises the benefits of “speech-enablement” for people with cognitive impairments (e.g. dyslexia). This guidance document, Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78, was developed by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and sponsored by the Disability Rights Commission.

Adding audio to your website with Dixerit will make it accessible to all – including people who do not have access to assistive technology.

Education

There is no denying that many children don’t enjoy reading, especially if there is an alternative. First of all audio books were produced that made it possible to get easier access to material that children didn’t like reading.

Now Dixerit make it possible to make the entire internet available in audio.

Benefits

Using audio to teach gives children and students a variety instead of just listening to teachers.
Dixerit’s choice of life-like voices in a variety of languages offers great opportunities for learning and teaching.
Using audio in teaching will give the teachers more time to prepare for the future lessons.
Children and students with reading difficulties can follow text being read at their own pace until it feels comfortable to read.
Audio helps with the pronunciation of certain words. By hearing the pronunciation and seeing it printed, pupils are better able to grasp pronunciation.
Audio can save money and is more environmental friendly than printing content for reading.
Listening at the same time as looking at the text can significantly increase learning skills.

Podcasting (to be launched soon)

Dixerit can also convert RSS feeds and XML files to mp3 format for use with iPods and other mp3 players:

Adds novelty and excitement to teaching
Enables students to study on the move
Gives teachers the facility to issue new content regularly via podcast

Why Dixerit

Dixerit is perfect for schools as there are no downloads or plug-ins required for its operation. All the network administrator has to do is to allow access to our servers.

Dixerit’s selection of life-like voices offers great learning and teaching opportunities.

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