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Supportive technology to share

For a general list of supportive software see:

http://www.mostlyfreeat.co.uk/

Extensions & Apps:

  • SpeakIT / Select and Speak – Chrome extension – select text you want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt converts text into speech so you no longer need to read.
  • VoxDox – app – combines natural sounding voices with the ability to read aloud and translate any form of text in more than 10 languages; by using Voxdox you can listen to your eBooks or convert files (pdf, docx, txt), papers, articles, contracts and web pages to quality speech.
  • Grammarly – Grammarly® Lite is a free spelling and grammar checker to help you write without mistakes on Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Linkedin, and anywhere else on the Web. Grammarly® Lite integrates contextual spelling and grammar check, thesaurus, and dictionary into your Web applications.
  • Clearly, from the producers of Evernote, strips the sidebar content of a webpage. You can send the cleaned-up version directly to your Evernote account for easy reading whenever you open your Evernote account. You can print the cleaned-up article from your Evernote account.
  • Readability – turns any web page into a clean view for reading now or later on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.
  • Ginger – Write without spelling mistakes and grammar errors in popular websites such as Facebook, Gmail and Twitter. Install Ginger on your Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari browser and see your texts being proofread and corrected with a single click.
  • StayFocused – increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites.
  • SpokenText – online text to audio convertor –
  • Dictation –  – dictate directly into a ‘word-processor’ in the Google Chrome browser and save or export.

Apps to support Math

iOS

  • PhotoMath- Free
  • Talking Calculator- $0.99
  • Talking Scientific Calculator- $4.99
  • MyScript Calculator- Free
  • MyScript MathPad- Free

Android via Google Play

  • MyScript Calculator- Free
  • Talking Calculator- Free

Supporting Note-taking

  • Audio-notetaker (check out from ARS)
  • Audio Class Notes – http://www.blackmusesoftware.com/audio-class-notes.html – free app which allows you to record your lecture notes, and tag and describe important points so you can listen to them again quickly at a later time. Audio Class Notes makes it easy to record on iPhone and iPod Touch.
  • Notability – http://www.gingerlabs.com/ – combine handwriting / drawing, photos and typing to capture ideas and lectures.
  • Recordbox: http://l.myrecordbox.com/ – turn your iPhone into a recording device for use in lectures.
  • HTRecorder: http://www.appliedvoices.com/HappyTalk_Product_Site/HT_Professional_Recorder.html – Conversation recorder.
  • OneNote – http://www.onenote.com/ for any of your devices or use it on the web.
  • Pear Note – http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/
  • Note Taker HD: http://www.notetakerhd.com/ – an app for writing and organizing handwritten notes, diagrams, etc., on the iPad, and for annotating PDF files.
  • SoundNote: http://soundnote.com/. App available through app store for iPad and iPhone.
  • Evernote: http://www.evernote.com/. App available through app store for MacBook
  • PaperPortNotes: http://www.paperportnotes.com/

Supporting planning / organization of assignments / projects / papers

  • Northwest Missouri State (IE) – http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/assignmentcalc/
  • SJSU Library Assignment Calculator – http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/calculator/
  • Tufts University Research Paper Navigator – http://www.library.tufts.edu/researchpaper/
  • University of Toronto – The Assignment Calculator – https://ctl.utsc.utoronto.ca/assignmentcal/

For Windows

  • In-built Accessibility features – includes text to speech, zoom – from http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
  • My Study Bar – a free suite of applications to aid productivity from http://eduapps.org/

Text to speech

  • TextHelp Read & Write Gold (check out from ARS)
  • WordTalk – http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/About/
  • Balabolka – is a multi-lingual text-to-speech (TTS) freeware program for Windows PCs. The software reads on-screen text and returns its corresponding audio/speech. Download from http://balabolka.en.softonic.com/
  • Natural Reader – reads any text that is pasted or typed into the reading window. The basic version is free of charge, but has a limited feature set. Download from http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.php
  • TypeIt ReadIt – text to speech – download from www.schoolfreeware.com/TypeIt_ReadIt.html

Mind mapping / Planning

  • X-Mind – download from http://www.xmind.net/download/win/
  • Coggle – http://coggle.it/
  • Freemind – http://freemind.en.softonic.com/

Speech to Text

  • Dragon Naturally Speaking (check out from ARS)

For MACs

  • In-built Accessibility features – includes text to speech, zoom, etc. from www.apple.com/education/special-education/

Text to Speech

  • Texthelp Read & Write Gold- http://software.sites.unc.edu/software/read-write-gold/
  • Natural Reader – reads any text that is pasted or typed into the reading window. The basic version is free of charge, but has a limited feature set. Download from www.naturalreaders.com/download.php
  • TypeIt ReadIt – text to speech – download from www.schoolfreeware.com/TypeIt_ReadIt.html

Mind mapping / Planning

  • X-Mind – download from http://www.xmind.net/download/mac/
  • Coggle – http://coggle.it/
  • Freemind – http://freemind.en.softonic.com/

Speech to Text

  • Dragon Naturally Speaking (check out from ARS)
  • Voice Typing in Google Docs