My most recent book deals with how to apply dictation technology on iOS devices to write a book.
This Guide teaches you how to use your voice to do nearly everything on your Apple iPhone or iPad. You can use you voice to write, open apps, send messages, and much more! Voice Control is an accessibility feature that can help many people in various situations, from a temporarily broken arm to being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS).
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My first book, which hit the top ten on Amazon. Here you can learn my story and how I overcame my print disability, Dyslexia, limitations.
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For my second book, I partnered with Maria Johnson, a fellow dyslexic.
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WHO WAS Dr. James Nuttall?
James R. Nuttall, Ph.D.
(1946-2023 , East Lansing, MI)
Dr. Nuttall worked at the State of Michigan, Department of Education, for 30 years. Born two months premature in Denver in 1946, he developed an eye condition associated with prematurity, retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), which left him legally blind. While in school he had difficulties learning to read. “On a sixth grade reading test I could read only 27 words per minute, (1st Grade level). Most people assumed the problem with my reading was low vision.” As a college sophomore, Dr. Nuttall visited the Reading Clinic at the University of Chicago. The result was a diagnosis of dyslexia, reading at the 3rd grade level. For the balance of his education, he continued to rely on readers or recorded texts. Dr. Nuttall received his Ph.D in psychology in 1981 from Michigan State University. As a person with low vision and dyslexia, Dr. Nuttall has used a number of assistive technologies to learn, work, and play. In 2008 Dr. Nuttall was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease, ALS. His progression in this degenerative disease of the nervous system was slower than the average rate which is ravaging. In 2013 he was further diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease, Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) which slowly leads to paralysis of your muscles. The combination explained the slower progression of ALS. Wheelchair bound since 2012, Dr. Nuttall stayed active in his writing career and his commitment to lifelong learning. He lived in East Lansing with Linda, his wife, his adult step-daughter Stephanie Goodwin, and his 16 year-old grandson Alex Joshua (AJ), and their 6 cats.
BY THE NUMBERS
Here are some unexpected statistics to remind you the positive impact technology can make on physical and print disabilities.
88%
Successful people read five books a month.
90%
High schoolers have a cellphone ready to be turned into a reading device.
20%
K-12 students are on the dyslexia continuum.
• If you read just 1 minute a day that adds up to 1 book a year. 15 minutes = 20 book in a year. A little time adds up to a big difference.
TESTIMONIALS
Jim is legally blind, has dyslexia, and suffers from a degenerative muscle disease that has left him in a wheelchair. Despite these misfortunes, instead of becoming despondent and resentful, as many people would, Jim has turned his own need to learn how to use the accessibility features of the iPhone and iPad into a way to help others with accessibility problems. He has written several books, based on his own experience, that explain how to use these modern marvels to make life fuller and more complete for people who have limitations that make them dependent upon the accessibility features of these devices.
— Elliot Wicks, Ph.D. Economist
“Jim is an inspiration to those of us who know him. He seems to have “every handicap known to humankind” which keeps him bed-ridden or tethered to a power chair. Despite this, he approaches life with a positive, cheerful attitude and productive stance. He senses a mission to help others through writing books on topics he continues to research, such as dyslexia and reading. He brings years of academic training, experience, and a knowledgeable love of technology to his task. He is supported in his work by an understanding wife and several household aides that promote his well-being.”
-Dennis Keefe, Ph.D.
“Retrolental fibroplasia, IBM, ALS, legal blindness; I’m not sure how many of these conditions
are genetic, but of one thing I am certain: Dr. James Nuttall appears to be genetically
predisposed to a cheerful disposition, and a desire to help other people. As a graduate student
at MSU, with the help of readers, he always absorbed more material than was required. As a
result, he was a top student, despite his dyslexia and legal blindness. Since then, he has served
the teachers of Michigan through his work with the Department of Education, and since
retirement, he has been the author and co-author of a number of books designed to help other
people with disabilities by showing them how to use various modern technologies that can make
it possible for them to accomplish tasks that would otherwise be impossible. He has turned
what, for most of us, would be a burden, into a source of inspiration and a tool for helping
others. His work has been well received and has been useful to a large numbers of people.
-John Paul McKinney, Ph.D.
Out now!
This user guide will help you get started and leads you to expertise on controlling your iPad with your voice. You will learn to search the web, control music playback, send text messages, keep up with email, make phone calls and much more all by voice. You will open and control your apps with a series of simple commands. You will learn how to start and log on to your iPad totally by voice, hands free.
James Nuttall, PhD 