Handwriting Development Software
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Herbi Writer

The Herbi Writer handwriting development software can be a fun way to help students who find handwriting a challenge. It shows sample letters being formed, and provides positive feedback when the student writes letters that match the samples.

When a student copies a sample letter, the Herbi Writer evaluates the student’s letter depending on how closely it matches the sample. The software is usually used at computers that have some sort of stylus to write with, but it can be run on a regular desktop computer in order to consider its potential to help the students. Based on feedback from occupational therapists and teachers from all over the U.S., Herbi Writer includes features such as modes to trace over a sample letter or to write at a distance from the sample, game mode, speech or sounds when the student’s letter has been evaluated, and three skill levels. Herbi Writer comes with sets of sample letters and a set of sample shapes for students who have yet to progress to letters. It is also possible for the OT or teacher using Herbi Writer to create custom sets of letters.

The free software is available along with demonstration videos at http://Herbi.org.

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