Bridges News

Kurzweil web subscription/firefly adds Google Drive supports and more
Kurzweil web subscription/firefly adds Google Drive supports and more
  • cloud
June 16, 2015

Kurzweil web subscription/firefly adds Google Drive supports and more

Kurzweil 3000 firefly, the reading tool that comes with the web licence subscription version of...
New Chrome Extension Shifts the Accessible Text Paradigm
New Chrome Extension Shifts the Accessible Text Paradigm
  • accessible text
May 29, 2015

New Chrome Extension Shifts the Accessible Text Paradigm

What’s accessible text? Text that can be read out loud, format changed, notes added etc.?...
Free Symbolized Resources for 2015 Pan Am Games
  • AAC
May 28, 2015

Free Symbolized Resources for 2015 Pan Am Games

Inspired by our recent March break camps and up coming summer camps, our training department...
Bridges LIVE! Coming to a City Near You
  • Curriculum
February 20, 2015

Bridges LIVE! Coming to a City Near You

We’ve just had our first Bridges LIVE! event in Mississauga and it was a great...
2015 TRENDS -- WEB 2.0 – ENDANGERED SPECIES?
2015 TRENDS -- WEB 2.0 – ENDANGERED SPECIES?
  • assessment
February 12, 2015

2015 TRENDS -- WEB 2.0 – ENDANGERED SPECIES?

Whatever happened to web 2.0? Is Web 2.0 like the dodo -- extinct?
e-Campus News reports how Kurzweil 3000 web, firefly makes a big difference in college
  • Colleges/ Universities
January 27, 2015

e-Campus News reports how Kurzweil 3000 web, firefly makes a big difference in college

e-Campus News, the journal of technology news for higher-education, recently published a feature story on...
Accessible Text Repositories -- Canadian and International
  • accessible text
December 10, 2014

Accessible Text Repositories -- Canadian and International

Recently, a teacher in BC whose student just received Kurzweil 3000 called and said "Given...
2014 AT trends -- AT and the mainstream tech
  • Access
February 26, 2014

2014 AT trends -- AT and the mainstream tech

This is the third of three posts about trends we see effecting AT in the...
Kim's Favourite iPad Apps and stuff from 2013
  • Access
February 4, 2014

Kim's Favourite iPad Apps and stuff from 2013

Kim Mitchell's been doing a lot of training on iPads for Special Education these days.  Kim,...
Alberta Education LRC Adds Co:Writer, Read:Outloud
  • Literacy
October 10, 2013

Alberta Education LRC Adds Co:Writer, Read:Outloud

Bridges is pleased to announce that two assistive technology tools: Read:OutLoud, an accessible text reader with reading...
First Author Special Offer
  • Access
October 4, 2013

First Author Special Offer

Don Johnston has a special pricing for First Author software starting October 1st until Dec....
Co: Writer 7 and Co:Writer iPad App now here!
  • iPad/ iOS
October 1, 2013

Co: Writer 7 and Co:Writer iPad App now here!

Co:Writer has a 20-year history of helping students write even after nothing else worked.    Now,...