Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards

Figure 5-4 Discover:Board Mouse control overlay

Reading Difficulties

Early readers/writers or users with specific learning difficulties can use overlay keyboards to produce whole or part words and phrases, with a single keypress. This allows a student to practice sentence formation without having to worry about the spelling of individual words. Different overlays can be created to suit the current curricular topic. The Concept Universal overlay below is for use with the Wellington Square reading scheme.

Figure 5-5 Wellington Square overlay

Overlays are not limited to letters and words – anything can be drawn, printed or glued on the overlay. Non-readers can select photographs, pictures or symbols as well as, or instead of, text.

Figure 5-6 Concept Plus overlay

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