Life beyond the iPad and Kindle: Check out this talking portable word processor
When you're trying to match a device to a student, sometimes we get blindsided by the "hotness" factor. If I have a student who needs to type, hear what she's typing, and get word prediction and spelling support, I might check out the new Forte (http://www.writerlearning.com/special-needs/forte.php) or older Fusion (http://www.writerlearning.com/special-needs/fusion.php) or possibly an indestructible Neo (http://www.neo-direct.com/) with the new text-to-speech feature (http://www.neo-direct.com/NEO2/keyfeatures/text2speech.aspx). Sound good to you?