<s>
WordQ®	O
is	O
an	O
assistive	O
technology	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Quillsoft	O
Ltd	O
.	O
and	O
Holland	O
Bloorview	O
Kids	O
Rehabilitation	O
Hospital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
's	O
main	O
purpose	O
is	O
helping	O
individuals	O
who	O
struggle	O
with	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
uses	O
intelligent	O
word	O
prediction	O
to	O
suggest	O
words	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
typing	O
in	O
as	O
few	O
as	O
1.3	O
keystrokes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQs	B-General_Concept
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
feature	O
,	O
SpeakQ®	O
,	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
Desktop	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
Desktop	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
iWordQ	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
iPadOS	O
,	O
and	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
Chrome	O
for	O
the	O
Chrome	O
browser	O
is	O
slated	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
by	O
a	O
research	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Fraser	O
Shein	O
at	O
the	O
Holland	O
Bloorview	O
Kids	O
Rehabilitation	O
Hospital	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shein	O
and	O
the	O
hospital	O
established	O
a	O
co-owned	O
company	O
,	O
called	O
Quillsoft	O
Ltd	O
,	O
to	O
commercialize	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
and	O
support	O
further	O
research	O
at	O
the	O
hospital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
’s	O
development	O
followed	O
previous	O
software	O
products	O
also	O
developed	O
at	O
Holland	O
Bloorview	O
,	O
KeyREP®	O
and	O
WiVox®	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
tools	O
to	O
assist	O
students	O
who	O
had	O
physical	O
writing	O
difficulties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
’s	O
application	O
and	O
functionality	O
was	O
expanded	O
to	O
help	O
those	O
who	O
struggled	O
in	O
writing	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
learning	O
disabilities	O
and	O
put	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
larger	O
context	O
in	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
use	O
then	O
widely	O
expanded	O
in	O
schools	O
in	O
Canada	O
and	O
elsewhere	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
after	O
further	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
team	O
added	O
features	O
and	O
included	O
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
and	O
ThoughtQ®	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
technology	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
Education	O
Development	O
Center	O
(	O
Newton	O
,	O
MA	O
)	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
broad	O
population	O
of	O
students	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
those	O
with	O
learning	O
difficulties	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
second-language	O
learners	O
and	O
average	O
students	O
and	O
workers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
has	O
a	O
small	O
interface	O
window	O
that	O
appears	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
whatever	O
window	O
is	O
being	O
run	O
and	O
functions	O
with	O
any	O
application	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
currently	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Spanish	O
&	O
German	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
companion	O
program	O
,	O
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
,	O
adds	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
capability	O
to	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
uses	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
Speech	I-General_Concept
Recognition	I-General_Concept
to	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
dictate	O
into	O
a	O
microphone	O
and	O
have	O
the	O
text	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
word	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
,	O
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
additional	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
has	O
several	O
unique	O
functions	O
:	O
a	O
simple	O
training	O
interface	O
where	O
training	O
words	O
are	O
spoken	O
aloud	O
;	O
speech	O
feedback	O
of	O
recognized	O
words	O
;	O
speech-enabled	O
word	O
prediction	O
;	O
and	O
no	O
verbal	O
commands	O
to	O
learn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpeakQ	B-General_Concept
was	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
people	O
who	O
struggle	O
with	O
the	O
mechanics	O
of	O
writing	O
to	O
express	O
their	O
ideas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordQ	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
schools	O
throughout	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
OSAPAC	O
,	O
the	O
organization	O
responsible	O
for	O
buying	O
software	O
for	O
schools	O
in	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
,	O
bought	O
a	O
license	O
to	O
use	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
in	O
all	O
the	O
schools	O
in	O
the	O
entire	O
province	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
research	O
suggests	O
that	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
does	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
better	O
,	O
than	O
other	O
similar	O
software	O
at	O
helping	O
these	O
struggling	O
writers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
independent	O
research	O
study	O
suggests	O
that	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
's	O
word	O
prediction	O
and	O
text-to-speech	O
capabilities	O
could	O
have	O
a	O
positive	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
writing	O
skills	O
of	O
elementary	O
school	O
students	O
with	O
specific	O
learning	O
disabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
found	O
that	O
WordQ	B-General_Concept
was	O
most	O
useful	O
for	O
students	O
and	O
struggling	O
writers	O
.	O
</s>
