A free app has been released to help children with learning difficulties with their homework . “His occupational therapist tried many things to help him improve his penmanship, but nothing worked. SnapType allows users to take a picture of a word and then type answers instead of handwriting them . This is helpful for children with a range of conditions including autism , Down 's syndrome and dyslexia , some of whom find handwriting difficult or impossible . It was developed by an occupational therapist and her programmer husband with the support of a $ 5000 grant from the World Health Summit Foundation , and has been downloaded 1.5 million times .
A free app has been released to help children with learning difficulties with their homework . SnapType allows users to take a picture of a word and then type answers instead of handwriting them . This is helpful for children with a range of conditions including autism , Down 's syndrome and dyslexia , some of whom find handwriting difficult or impossible . It was developed by an occupational therapist and her programmer husband with the support of a $ 5000 grant from the World Health Summit Foundation , and has been downloaded 1.5 million times .