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QuotesWhen reproducing these quotes, the authors must be cited as written here. Some have other titles but their comments about Penfriend should not be attributable to their employers. " Penfriend is an exceptionally valuable tool, used to enable our students to express themselves more productively when writing." -Gill Bushby, Exams Officer and Assessment Co-ordinator, Treloar School "This is a remarquably sophisticated program for a mere £120, offering a powerful screen reader, text magnification and onscreen keyboard - all this in nine major European languages... Penfriend is a comprehensive literacy aid which can boost confidence and increase reading and writing skills across the age and ability range and should be a mandatory purchase for any school and resource centre" -Chris Goddard, Training and Development Manager, Bristol's Disabled Living Centre
"I predict Penfriend XL will lead to increased fluency
and greater motivation in the MFL classroom." Sally McKeown, Freelance educational consultant, in the Guardian on the 10th January 2005. "R is finally sitting his Standard Grade English next week and has opted to use (Penfriend) XL as the lexicon is much more appropriate, .... he is impressed with the improvements you have made." Two months later. R got a grade 1! He is sitting Higher English this year, using Penfriend, but obviously needs the bigger lexicon that XL provides. One of the good things about his exam result is that the younger boys in the school who are using Penfriend can now see that their dyslexia does not need to be a barrier to achievement, and it has really motivated them to stick in and persevere with the software. - a Teacher, Scotland. 'Penfriend XL 3.0 has the added bonus of lexicons in eight languages, other than English, including French, Spanish, German, Italian and Latin. This new dimension enables users to have support when writing text for MFL in education, business or recreational environments. Students have commented on how reassuring and helpful it is when they and supporting adults, such as teaching assistants or parents, are nonspecialists or not fluent in the language themselves." - Victoria Crivelli, Special Educational Needs Advisor
" I have the most dyslexic student ever. She is using Dragon Dictate and Penfriend XL and is flying from having nothing except being wonderfully verbal and intelligent." -Naomi Forrester, Speaking Solutions, New Zealand I am an occupational therapist, (that means I help children access their occupations, one of which is to be able to record work in school). I recommend Penfriend for a lot of pupils, both those with a physical need and those with a learning need, as I find it develops the speed that they can record writing on the computer, as they have to press less keys to write. As it predicts ahead, I find it also helps with reading and spelling and more importantly self esteem. It makes them more equal to their peers in the speed that they can record. It is also great that it works with Clicker as children with even more challenging needs can record, like their peers. I think it's an excellent inclusive product! -'Kerry Arnison, Occupational therapist advisor for assistive technology, countess of Chester NHS foundation trust' "The latest edition [XL] has a screen reader which is
invaluable for very dyslexic pupils to read relevant program menus for
them. In Microsoft Word, this enables the spell checker and synonyms
facilities to be read out on a right click. - Penny Rose, Specialist Teacher and PATOSS Bulletin Editor A few quotes from users and teachers about Penfriend XP and W3"Penfriend is the best! Speech output, British
dictionaries, excellent prediction algorithms, full configurability and
the extra feature of an on screen keyboard option, all combine to make
it the best prediction solution for British users."
"Congratulations on a superb product which is
easy to use
and affordable. Every school and university should have Penfriend to
meet the varying needs of students. "Penfriend is a one-of-a-kind program. It's
very flexible and it integrates brilliantly into
Clicker 4." "Of all the literacy support programs
available, Penfriend gives the best
results for the least teacher time commitment." A brilliant word predictor with speech, ideal
for SEN and inclusion into mainstream. "I recommend it to my schools as a brilliant
cross-curricular resource." "Penfriend is a 'cracking' program with
excellent lexicons and hidden sophistication in its ease of use." "This is an amazing
program that can provide children with the ability to write down what
they can usually only talk about." "I have not stopped writing since Nick installed Penfriend this afternoon - IT IS AWESOME. With MindReader it took me a day to write half a page..... The prediction is absolutely fantastic and in such a short space of time it's predicting so many new words of mine. 1/4 of the effort and 10x the speed. Now my hands should keep up with my brain. Thank you for this
magnificent gift of freedom and for taking the frustration out of
writing for me." "I have just watched a ten year old try
Penfriend for the first time.
I wish you could have seen the smiles." "Penfriend is a small, efficient and powerful
word predictor program." A few quotes from the
book "Supportive
Writing Technology" Excellent word prediction; good combination of features; easy to use; good value. Penfriend was the most effective predictor we tested. The speech and on-screen keyboard make it good value for money. Penfriend is suitable for writers of all ages who need good word prediction to reduce keystrokes or give help with spelling. It combines a range of features including an on-screen keyboard and simple speech output into one of the cheapest packages, and so would suit a school with pupils with a range of difficulties. It is more effective and has more features than the cheaper Predictability and yet it performed better than more expensive products. .... users who need good prediction should go for Penfriend. Read the comparison pages 162-166 from the book, published by the CALL Centre.
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