If you have a literacy difficulty such as dyslexia then Penfriend can help with spelling and grammar. As well as predicting words when you type, Penfriend will read text aloud from websites, documents, in fact any Windows text-based program.

1. Welcome to Penfriend Penfriend XL is built on the well established Penfriend XP. As well as multiple languages it adds screen reading and multiple onscreen keyboards. It helps anyone learning foreign languages. It provides speech feedback and screen reading of virtually any text from web or word processor in native voices, highlighting words as they are spoken.

2. European Lexicons Penfriend comes with several lexicons for each language which currently include French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Swedish as well as UK English and Scottish Gaelic. It even has Latin lexicons. It will also help those with dyslexia and physical disabilities in English and any of the other languages it covers, providing the highest quality word prediction available.

3. High Quality Voices Penfriend XL comes with high quality CereProc voices, currently Scottish Heather, Sarah (Southern English), Katherine (US East Coast) and William (Southern English). Suzanne (French) is also now available in version 4. Listen to an example of one of the voices on Penfriend XL

4. Create Custom Lexicons Topic and customised vocabulary can easily be added. If you are working on a specific textbook and the text is available in electronic form, you can teach Penfriend the new words in that book. You can also produce your own lexicons if you have text in that language in electronic form.

5. Prediction Styles Penfriend can predict words in alphabetical sorting of predictions… …and horizontal layout of predictions, as an option.

6. Abbreviation Expansion Penfriend can predict multiple sentences with one abbreviation. By typing one abbreviation ‘tv’ up to 12 related expansions can be shown and either entered into a document or spoken.

7. Penfriend Supporting Literacy If you have a literacy difficulty such as dyslexia then Penfriend can help with spelling and grammar. As well as predicting words when you type, Penfriend will read text aloud from websites, documents, in fact any Windows text-based program.

8. Penfriend and your favourite Apps Penfriend even works alongside online apps such as Google Docs, Microsoft SkyDrive and all your favourite social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter. See Penfriend in action!

9. Clicker Integration Penfriend integrates fully with Clicker from Crick Software. Open Clicker, choose prediction, and it opens Penfriend and the Penfriend predictions come up in the Clicker grids.

10. Penfriend Resources Penfriend is supported with online help, tutorials and more. Visit the Penfriend blog.

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12. Penfriend Website And don’t forget to visit the Penfriend website. Why not download a trial version of Penfriend? It’s free!!!! Or contact us: Penfriend Ltd,30 South Oswald Road, EdinburghEH9 2HG, Tel. 0131 668 2000, Fax. 0131 668 2121 www.penfriend.biz