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media type="youtube" key="lXHawlHLmtI" height="344" width="425"  Rhodri is dyslexic and dyspraxic. He uses speech recognition software to help him read and write. When using it for writing, it works is by talking into a headset. The software then turns the speech into text. To use this software for proof reading, all one has to do is press a button and say, “Select all. Read aloud,” and the computer reads it back to the user. This software is not limited to the word processor; it can be used with other applications as well, such as searching on Google or reading text off of websites. There are down sides presented with speech recognition. When one gets the software, it has to be trained to the person that will be using it. This can be difficult for someone who has dyslexia, because the way the software is trained is by reading text into it. Another downside is that laptops and the software are expensive, which could discourage people from using it.