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Technology and Apps
Below is a list of apps, technologies, and websites designed to make school easier. Many of these technologies have universal application, some are helpful especially to those with disabilities, and many are just useful gadgets to keep you on track.
30/30
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Create a task list and add a length of time to each task
- Start the timer and when it's time to move on to the next task it will alert you
- Customize with colors, icons and labels
Time Management
Link: 30/30
AccessNote
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Notetaking tool for those who are blind or visually impaired created by the American Foundation for the Blind
- App combines notetaking capabilities with the other accessibility features and functions of the iOS device
- Input notes with either QWERTY Keyboard, refreshable Braille Display
- Captured text can be edited and/or copied to another source
Visual Support Notetaking
Link: AccessNote
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Operating System: Windows | Mac
Price: Free
Features:
- Free PDF reader if PDF documents are readable PDFs
- Listen to readings instead of reading them yourself
- Tagged PDFs are read in order in structure tree, untagged are read in logical inferred reading order
- Tagged PDFs will read alternative text descriptions
Reading
Link: Adobe Acrobat Reader
Any.do
Operating System: Web Browser | iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Manage your life in a simple, clever, and fun way using this to-do list app
- Sync your tasks on your mobile device and computer or use the Chrome extension to sync with Gmail
- Use the reminder feature so you never forget what you need to do or where you need to be
Organization
Link: Any.do
Apache OpenOffice
Operating System: Windows | Mac
Price: Free
Features:
- Open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more
- Available in many languages and works on all common computers
- Stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages
Writing Study Skills All in One
Link: Apache OpenOffice
AudioNote
Operating System: Mac | iOS | Android | Windows
Price: Free | $4.99
Features:
- Write, type, or annotate using highlighters
- Ability to take pictures and record audio with sound linked to your notes
- Use Google Drive, Dropbox and Box to import, export and share documents such as PowerPoints and take notes directly on them
- Organize all your notes in one place
Notetaking Speech to Text
Link: AudioNote
Audiotorium
Operating System: iOS
Price: Paid
Features:
- Record, type, review, organize and share your audio and text notes all in one app
- Organize your notes by Category and Subject
- Customize your notes with paper texture and fonts
- Integrate with TextExpander app to insert common phrases and other text with minimal keystrokes
Notetaking Study Skills
Link: Audiotorium
Balabolka
Operating System: Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Text-to-Speech program using the voices installed on your computer
- Save online text as mP3, mP4, WAV, OGG or WMA file for portable or later listening
- Reads documents from the clipboard or file types such as DOC, EPUB, HTML, PDF, RTF, and more
- Customize the background color, font size, and reading options including pitch and rate
Reading Visual Support Hearing Support
Link: Balabolka
Be My Eyes
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- App that connect people who are blind with sighted volunteers around the world
- Using video chat, volunteers help people who are blind with a variety of tasks as they serve as the eyes for the person who is blind
- A networks of thousands of both blind and sighted people across the world
Visual Support Communication
Link: Be My Eyes
Be S.M.A.R.T.
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free | Paid
Features:
- Set and achieve your goals using this app that employs the S.M.A.R.T. goal setting system
- Goal categories include: Career, Family, Health and Fitness, Knowledge and Skills and more
- Track your progress with reminders and indicate achieved versus outstanding goals
Organization
Link: Be S.M.A.R.T.
Beeline Reader
Operating System: Android | iOS | Mac | Windows | Web Browser
Price: Free | $1.99
Features:
- Polychrome color text reader with Open Dyslexie Font
- Read PDF files, webpages and convert ebooks to PDF files to be read with this program
- Polychrome color text helps eyes to track lines of text for easier, faster reading by eliminating “line transition errors.”
- Various monochrome color schemes for personalized use
Reading Visual Support
Link: Beeline Reader
Bookshare
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Largest online library of accessible reading materials for people with print disabilities
- Accessible books, textbooks, newspapers and magazine are available
- Individuals with Print Disabilities can sign up for a membership
- Books available for download can be read on DAISY players, with Screen Readers, Refreshable Braille Displays, and other Assistive Technology Programs
Reading Visual Support
Link: Bookshare
Buddhify
Operating System: Android | iOS
Price: $2.99
Features:
- Increase your mindfulness and wellbeing with meditation on the go
- 11 hours of custom meditation for different parts of your day including travel, work, sleeping and more
- 5-30 minute sessions and solo meditation timer
Relaxation
Link: Buddhify
CamScanner
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Use your camera phone to scan documents, notes, whiteboards, business cards or any other document
- Use the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature to convert images to readable text
- Add annotations to your scanned documents
- Sync documents across devices
Study Skills Research
Link: CamScanner
Capti Narrator
Operating System: iOS | Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Convert documents and webpages into text-to-speech
- Upload documents from Dropbox, Google Drive, Clipboard, Instapaper, or web browser
- Listen to document immediately or save it to your playlist for future listening
- Adjust speech rate along with the choice of built in voices; additional voices for purchase
Text to Speech Reading Research
Link: Capti Narrator
Cometdocs PDF Converter
Operating System: Windows | iOS | Android | Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Create and convert PDF documents to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and other formats
- Use within Google Drive with the converted documents waiting for you there
- Use the web application, desktop app or app on your iOS device to convert documents too
Notetaking Writing Study Skills Research
Link: Cometdocs PDF Converter
DanKan: Colorblind Fix
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: $2.99
Features:
- Use this app to help differentiate between colors more easily for people who are color blind or have trouble distinguishing colors
- Take a picture of the object you want to remix and use the modes to adjust the colors and hues to make it easier to differentiate color(s) the object actually is
- Helps enhance the colors individuals who are color blind see but this does not mitigate all functional limitations of color blindness
Visual Support
Link: DanKan: Colorblind Fix
Dark Room
Operating System: Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Full screen, distraction free writing environment
- Similar to WriteRoom but for Windows computers
- Get your computer distractions out of the way with just you, and the text on your computer screen
Writing Time Management
Link: Dark Room
Dropbox
Operating System: Web Browser | iOS | Android | Windows | Mac
Price: Free | $9.99/month
Features:
- A home for all your photos, docs, videos, and files
- Anything you add to Dropbox will automatically show up on all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website
- Easily share documents with others
Communication Organization
Link: Dropbox
Duolingo
Operating System: Web Browser | iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and English
- Daily reminders to practice language
- Compete with friends on the leaderboards
- Great for beginner language learners, or for proficient speakers that need more practice
Communication Study Skills
Link: Duolingo
ER Browser
Operating System: iOS
Price: $0.99
Features:
- Adapt and adjust webpages to your own reading preference settings
- Choose your font from options such as OpenDyslexic
- Customize the background color of the webpage to decrease visual stress and improve reading ability
- Adjust font size and letter spacing
- Bookmark your favorite websites or search your stored history
Reading Visual Support Hearing Support
Link: ER Browser
Evernote
Operating System: Windows | Mac | iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- A one-stop place to collect notes, files, web clippings, and images with the ability to access them on virtually any device
- Collect and find your information easily
- Great tool for researching, planning events and everyday organizational use
- Collaborate with others on projects using the sharing features
Notetaking Research
Link: Evernote
Evernote Web Clipper
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- With a single click, clip part of any webpage including images, text, or links
- Clippings get saved to your Evernote account for access later
- Collect research or items of interest in one place for easy organized information collection
- Read and access your research from any computer or device
Notetaking Research Study Skills Organization
Link: Evernote Web Clipper
Fleksy
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Increase your keyboard or text input system size to 114% the normal size increase ease of sight using this QWERTY keyboard
- State-of-the-art system powerful enough for individuals who are blind or low vision to use by not needing to look at the screen to type
- Powerful word prediction system and autocorrect system edits your text without the need to even see the keyboard
Writing Visual Support
Link: Fleksy
Fokus
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Highlight only the text you want to read while Fokus dims and darkens the rest of your Chrome or Firefox window with an overlay
- Highlights the paragraph you’re reading with the ability to change the opacity of the background overlay
- Easy to install extension with the ability to turn the feature on or off
Reading Visual Support
Link: Fokus
GhostReader
Operating System: Mac
Price: $24.99
Features:
- Text-to-Speech app for Mac computers.
- Reads your text aloud with the ability to customize voices and modify the pronunciation of words so it sounds correct when reading.
- Ability to zoom and highlight words.
- Convert text to audio files for on-the-go listening.
- Import text from a variety of formats including Text, Word, HTML, PDF and RTF.
Visual Support Hearing Support Reading
Link: GhostReader
Ginger Grammar Checker & Spell Checker
Operating System: Windows | Mac | iOS | Android | Web Browser
Price: Free | Price Varies
Features:
- Checks your spelling and grammar and fixes it according to the context of your text in Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Chrome
- Suggests different and better ways to express your sentences (Premium)
- Provides training to improve your mistakes (Premium)
- Reads your text out loud (Premium)
Writing Study Skills
Link: Ginger Grammar Checker & Spell Checker
Google Drive
Operating System: Android | iOS | Mac | Windows | Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Fully-equipped online office suite
- 15GB of storage with free version
- Includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Calendar, and more!
- Access your documents across all devices
- Share and collaborate with others in the same document - in real time
Writing Study Skills Organization Communication All in One
Link: Googe Drive
Go Read
Operating System: Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Download and listen to your Bookshare books on your Android device
- Read DAISY and EPUB books with voice navigated and text-to-speech
- Connects directly to online libraries, and Bookshare for quick download
- Optimized for visually-impaired readers but usable for anyone
Reading Text to Speech Visual Support
Link: Go Read
Grammarly
Operating System: Windows | Mac | iOS | Android | Web Browser
Price: Free | Price Varies
Features:
- Eliminate writing mistakes and contextual errors, spelling errors, and poor vocabulary usage
- Find the right word you are looking for with synonym suggestions
- Learn from your mistakes to avoid them in the future
- Grammarly works anywhere your Chrome browser in including emails, essays, social media posts and more
- Additional features in the paid version
Writing Study Skills
Link: Grammarly
Guided Mind
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Relax and get guided through meditations on a variety of topics
- Step-by-step voice guided meditation
- Short (5 mins), medium (15 mins) or long (30+ min) meditations
- Instrumental, nature soundscapes, with looping for continuous play
Relaxation
Link: Guided Mind
Hidden Curriculum for Adolescents and Adults
Operating System: iOS
Price: $1.99
Features:
- Learn how to deal with the unstated customs and rules all of us encounter on a daily basis
- Using real life examples, this app address the ever-elusive “hidden curriculum” we’re surrounded by daily
- Topics include: social relationships, community, money matters, workplace, and more
Communication
Link: Hidden Curriculum for Adolescents and Adults
iAnnotate
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free | $9.99
Features:
- Annotate PDF, Word Doc, PowerPoint, and image files with this app
- Use the typewriter, pen, highlighter, stamp, note, underline, photo, voice and other tools to annotate your document
- Import PDFs or compress and export for secured sharing with others
Notetaking Study Skills
Link: iAnnotate
Ideament
Operating System: iOS | Mac | Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Draw and create mind maps, concept maps, and flowcharts
- Convert your diagram into a text outline, or outline and turn it into a concept/mind map
- Use to brainstorm, illustrate concepts, make lists and outlines, plan presentation and create organizational charts
- Import text into Idea Sketch and automatically create diagrams and outlines
- Share your idea using email, Dropbox and other
Brainstorming Study Skills
Link: Ideament
iFlash
Operating System: iOS | Mac
Price: Free | $14.99
Features:
- Virtual flash-card program built specifically for Mac OS X with app for iOS devices
- Record audio, attach images, use categories to create custom cards
- Download decks of cards already created
- Study using your iOS device or print them out for studying on the go
Study Skills
Link: iFlash
inClass
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Keep track of all your courses and course tasks in one place
- Reminders of when tasks are due
- Take and share notes using text, videos, audio, or photo notes
- Collaborate with classmates using StudyRoom feature
Organization Study Skills
Link: inClass
Inspiration Maps
Operating System: iOS
Price: $9.99
Features:
- Brainstorm and create mind maps using this app that’s similar to the full Inspiration Program
- Organize projects to create flow charts
- Take notes using the visual system and icons to create maps and diagrams
Brainstorming Study Skills
Link: Inspiration Maps
iReadWrite
Operating System: iOS
Price: $19.99
Features:
- Many of the popular features of Read & Write Gold available in an app
- Text-to-speech, word prediction, phonetic spell checker, homophone and confusable word checker, dictionaries, and customizable voices, fonts, background, and text colors
- No Wi-Fi or 3G access needed to run app
- Ability to import, share, or print documents
Writing Reading Text to Speech
Link: iReadWrite
iStudiez Pro
Operating System: iOS | Mac | Windows
Price: Paid
Features:
- Stay organized and on top of all your school work and your schedule with this app
- Using the built-in planner with alerts and reminders, track tasks, homework, deadlines, meetings, and your grades
- Sync on all your devices so you’re never without this tool
Organization Study Skills
Link: iStudiez Pro
iWordQ
Operating System: iOS
Price: Paid
Features:
- Context-based word prediction tool; including homonyms
- Make your own custom abbreviation to simply your writing
- Text-to-Speech function with breathing space added allows for you to listen to your writing to hear any mistakes and make changes and catch up as you proofread
Text to Speech Writing Study Skills
Link: iWordQ
gFlash+ Flashcards & Tests
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: Paid
Features:
- Use this flashcard system on-the-go to study any subject
- Create, download and manipulate flashcards while studying
- Different modes including Matching Game provide variation of learning methods
- Integrates with Google Docs – create spreadsheets of information and upload them to the app to make your study tools
Study Skills
Link: gFlash+ Flashcards & Tests
LookTel Money Reader
Operating System: iOS | Mac
Price: $9.99
Features:
- LookTel Money Reader allows users who are blind or low vision to recognize currency and will speak the denomination out loud
- Place money under the camera of your phone and the app will recognize the currency amount
- Over twenty currencies supported by this app
Visual Support
Link: LookTel Money Reader
LookTel Recognizer
Operating System: iOS
Price: $9.99
Features:
- LookTel Recognizer allows users who are blind or low vision to recognize objects
- Build a library of images of objects commonly found in your daily life
- Once the library is built, place object in front of camera of phone and instant recognition and description of the object will occur
Visual Support
Link: LookTel Recognizer
Microsoft OneNote
Operating System: Windows | Mac | iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Take all your notes in OneNote by typing, writing with a touchscreen, importing pictures, video, web links and other resources
- Divide up your classes and work by notebook, section, and pages
- Using OneDrive online, share your OneNote document for others to work on and interact with
- Search your notes for the ability to easily find what you need
Notetaking Research Organization Study Skills Brainstorming
Link: Microsoft OneNote
Mindjet Maps
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Create visual mind maps to organize brainstorm, concepts, tasks, ideas, lecture or meeting notes, or action items
- Easy to use gesture based commands
- Mapping features include text styling, relationship, and various other tools
- Integrate your maps to Dropbox for easy sharing
Brainstorming Organization
Link: Mindjet Maps
MindMeister
Operating System: iOS | Web Browser | Android
Price: Free | $6.00/month
Features:
- Mind Mapping/Brainstorming tool for use on personal devices and the web
- Collaborate in real time with other people
- Use the program to present your work
- Full use of software program and features costs a small, monthly fee
Brainstorming Study Skills
Link: MindMeister
MyHomework
Operating System: iOS | Web Browser | Android | Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Track your homework, tests, projects, and lessons
- Set and receive reminders when assignments are due or tests are coming up
- Set up your class schedule within the app
- Synch your information with any of the available devices
- Integrates and works with Teachers.io
Organization
Link: MyHomework
MyTomatoes
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Use MyTomatoes to time and track your progress using the Pomodoro technique
- Start the timer and work for 25 minutes and then take a 5 minute break
- At the end of each work sitting, write what you did to track your progress
Time Management
Link: MyTomatoes
NaturalReader
Operating System: Mac | Web Browser | Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Text-to-Speech software which converts Microsoft Word, webpages, PDFs, and email into spoken text
- Customize reading voice and speed for your readings
- Floating toolbar to read text in other applications
- Online Text-to-Speech program with options to input text from various sources on your computer
Reading Visual Support
Link: NaturalReader
NaviDys
Operating System: iOS
Price: $2.99
Features:
- Adapt and adjust webpages to your own reading preference settings
- Adjust the font to one of 10 available fonts including Dyslexie font
- Adjust font size, letter spacing and line spacing of the webpage you’re reading
Visual Support Text to Speech Reading
Link: NaviDys
Notability
Operating System: Mac | iOS
Price: $7.99
Features:
- Write, type, or annotate using highlighters
- Ability to take pictures and record audio with sound linked to your notes
- Use Google Drive, Dropbox and Box to import, export and share documents such as PowerPoints and take notes directly on them
- Organize all your notes in one place
Notetaking Speech to Text
Link: Notability
NVDA Screen Reader
Operating System: Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free, open source screen reader built for Windows based operating system computers
- Download to your computer directly or to a USB drive and run on any computer without installation
- Works with many popular applications such as web browsers, email, and Microsoft Office programs
- Ability to convert text into a Braille using Refreshable Braille Display
Visual Support Reading
Link: NVDA Screen Reader
Pages
Operating System: Mac | iOS
Price: Price Varies
Features:
- Over 60 Apple-designed templates to instantly create beautiful reports, resumes, cards, and posters
- Documents shareable between all Apple devices
- Compatible with Microsoft Word
Notetaking Writing
Link: Pages
PaperPort Notes
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Take notes digitally on your iPad using this app
- Import and combine PDFs, PowerPoints, documents, images, web content and audio into your notes documents
- Includes tools for note taking and marking up documents
- Record and replay audio recording of lectures
- Upload your notes to cloud storage services for easy access and sharing
Notetaking Study Skills
Link: PaperPort Notes
Penultimate
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Write, sketch, draw or doodle notes and information on your iPad
- Lifelike paper in app imitate writing on real paper
- Sync with your Evernote account for access anywhere, anytime using your computer or mobile devices
- Search your notes using the search feature in your Evernote Account
Notetaking
Link: Penultimate
Popplet
Operating System: iOS | Web Browser
Price: Free | $4.99
Features:
- Online and app based mind mapping tool
- Visually put your thoughts down to create mind maps easily
- Print these mind maps for yourself or share with others
- Search your notes using the search feature in your Evernote Account
Brainstorming Study Skills
Link: Popplet
Proloquo2Go
Operating System: iOS
Price: $249.99
Features:
- Augmented and alternative communication tool for people who cannot speak or have difficulty speaking for themselves
- Over 75,000 pictures to help convey any needs throughout the day
- Free Text-to-Speech to let others hear your speech out loud
Communication
Link: Proloquo2Go
Quizlet
Operating System: iOS | Web Browser | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Online resource of study tools and game of virtually any educational subject
- 7 modes including traditional flash cards allow students to study in varied ways to help master material
- Generate your own content or use content other users have created
Study Skills
Link: Quizlet
Read2Go
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Browse over 190,000 books for have access all of your Bookshare books on your mobile device
- Easy use app to read text or turn on the text-to-speech mode/li>
- Control the text layout of the page for easier visual reading including font size, color, background and reading options such as reading speed, and voice options
- Connect via Bluetooth to a braille display to read in Braille
Reading Text to Speech Visual Support
Link: Read2Go
Readability
Operating System: Android | iOS | Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Turns any webpage into a clean reading page.
- Eliminates distractions and other visual clutter.
- Read your articles now or save them for future reading.
- Adjust text size and line length for easier reading.
- Safari internet browser has built in feature that does similar features.
Reading Study Skills Time Management
Link: Readability
Readsy
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Use Readsy to focus your eyes on one word at a time without having to move them while reading
- Upload a PDF, txt or copy and paste text into the website to have it read in their Readsy interact
- Use Readsys Redicle, or interface adjusts position of word for optimum viewing in your eyes and highlights one letter of each word in red to help focus your eyes
- Increase reading speed and comprehension using Readsy
- Use Spritz to test yourself to find optimum reading speed
Reading Visual Support
Link: Readsy
Remember the Milk
Operating System: Web Browser | iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Never forget the milk, or any other task using this task/to-do-list
- Organize your tasks with priorities, due date, time estimates, tags, repeating tasks and more
- Sync tasks on multiple devices and with calendars such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal, and more!
- Get email, text or Instant Message Reminders to yourself using their website reminder feature
Organization
Link: Remember the Milk
Research Project Calculator
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Enter your assignment title, the start date, due date, the class, and pick the type of assignment
- Choose from Writing Assignment or Essay, Oral Presentation with Slides, Video Assignment or History Day Research Notes
- Website will break down your assignment and give you a timeline for your project with deadlines for each step
Study Skills Research
Link: Research Project Calculator
Rewordify
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Rewordify replaces higher-level vocabulary with words that are easier to understand
- Help build understanding within readings and builds vocabulary
- Difficult words are replaced and highlighted
- Click on the words that were replaced to see the original word in the text
Reading Study Skills
Link: Rewordify
Scrible
Operating System: Web Browser | iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Annotate, highlight and type right into your web browser
- Capture thoughts and share your comments in the web page
- Share your annotation with others via email or social media
- Bookmark and save your webpages in the cloud for access from anywhere
Research Study Skills Notetaking
Link: Scrible
Scrivener
Operating System: Windows | iOS
Price: $40 for Windows | $19.99 for iOS
Features:
- Built-in corkboard organizer to label, rearrange, stack, or group documents
- Outlining tool makes it easy to organize papers and documents
- “Scrivenings” mode easily switches views between the entire document and a single section to break down and organize ideas while writing
- Access to all typical rich text editor tools: Tables, bullet points, images, text formatting, etc.
- Plenty of tools to help writers, including a “target” tool that tracks how many words you have written for the session, a Name Generator for story writers, a Snapshot feature that brings back an old version of your document, and a Full Screen mode that blocks out other computer distractions
Brainstorming Notetaking Organization Research Writing
Link: Scrivener
Shahi Visual Dictionary
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Online picture dictionary great for anyone, or those with a visual learning preference or English Language Learners
- Dictionary finds pictures from Flickr, Google and Yahoo
- Hyperlinked words in definition are easily able to be defined with pictures
Language Study Skills
Link: Shahi Visual Dictionary
Sign 4 Me - A Signed English Translator
Operating System: iOS
Price: $9.99
Features:
- Learn sign language using this app with over 11,500 words
- 3D avatar characters can be zoomed in/out or rotated to give you the best viewing of every sign
- Type in a sentence, phrase, word or alphabet for visual playback with the Signed English translation
- May not provide correct grammatical structure of signed sentences
Hearing Support Communication
Link: Sign 4 Me - A Signed English Translator
Son of Citation Machine
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Use this tool to create citations, works cited, and bibliographies
- Formatting options for MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian
- Fill in the web form with the information from your resource and click “Make Citation”
- Citation will show up on your screen to copy into your document
Research
Link: Son of Citation Machine
Sonocent Recorder
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Record your notes on your portable device
- Highlight important parts of your recording and add notes
- Break up your recording and tag it to make it easier to find later
- Upload to the Sonocent Audio Notetaker Program on your computer
- Additional features in the paid version
Study Skills Hearing Support Notetaking
Link: Sonocent Recorder
soundAMP R
Operating System: iOS
Price: Paid
Features:
- Amplify sounds and the world around you with this app built for anyone with hearing loss
- Sounds comes in through your iDevice microphone and is played back in real time through earbuds connected to your device
- Ability to customize and control sound for each ear individually along with the ability to adjust the volume, background sound level and tone
- Record lectures, meetings and appointments with the ability to listen back later on the device or by exporting to your computer
Hearing Support
Link: soundAMP R
SoundNote
Operating System: Mac | iOS
Price: $4.99
Features:
- Type or write out your notes while the audio recording is synced to each word or pen stroke
- Tap on the word and then the play button to playback what was being said at that moment in the audio recording
- Share your audio recording and notes via email, Dropbox, or transfer directly to your computer
Notetaking Speech to Text
Link: SoundNote
Spreed
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Train yourself to increase your reading speed
- Import online articles and have them read at double or triple the speed
- Can train to read between 200 and 400 words per minute
Reading
Link: Spreed
Spritz
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Test your reading speed using Spritz to find your optimum reading speed to use in partnership with Readsy
- Increase or decrease the test reading speed to find your balance of speed and comprehension
- Spritz custom interface (called Spritzlet) adjusts word position and red letter placement for increased focus, attention and comprehension
- Various website and apps have the Spritz Spritzlet embedded in it
Reading
Link: Spritz
StayFocusd
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Increase your productivity by limiting the amount of time you spend on websites that waste your time
- Pre-program distracting and time wasting websites
- When your time limit is up, these sites will be inaccessible for the rest of the day
Time Management
Link: StayFocusd
Study Blue
Operating System: Web Browser | iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Study virtually any topic with this on-the-go flashcard study aid
- Create your own flashcards or use one of the over 150 million notes and cards already created by other uses
- Test yourself and get your score of how many right and wrong, with the option to focus more on the items you don’t know
- Study on the go using your mobile device
Study Skills
Link: Study Blue
TalkingBrowser
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Browse the web while this app reads entire articles or select portions out loud to you using text-to-speech
- Select one of five voices for text-to-speech with the additional options of adjustable sound pitch, variance and speed
- Ability to zoom in, zoom out, or auto zoom the page for easier visual reading
Text to Speech Visual Support
Link: TalkingBrowser
TapTapSee
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: Free
Features:
- Use this app to help identify everyday objects for anyone with a visual impairment or who is blind
- Double tap the screen, take a picture of the object, and hear what the object is spoken out loud
- Turn VoiceOver on to have the object description read out loud
Reading Text to Speech Visual Support
Link: TapTapSee
TextExpander
Operating System: iOS
Price: Paid
Features:
- Type more with less effort using this custom keyboard shortcut app
- Create custom abbreviations called snippets of frequently used words and phrases for easy, quick entry into your documents
- Insert snippets by simply touching on them on your screen
- Use Dropbox to sync your snippets across devices
Writing
Link: TextExpander
Thunder Screen Reader
Operating System: Windows
Price: Free
Features:
- Free screen reader for Windows based computers that provides access for individuals who are blind or low vision
- Download to your Windows computer or download to a USB drive to run from any computer without the need to download
- Use this program to access internet browsers, word processing and common applications on your computer in multiple languages
Visual Support
Link: Thunder Screen Reader
Time Timer
Operating System: iOS
Price: Paid
Features:
- Visual timer great for people of any age
- Visually structure your time or break time up into segments using this timer program
- Easy to use app interface with up to four visual timers
- Time seconds, minutes or hours with this timer
Time Management
Link: Time Timer
TimeTracker
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Track how long you’ve been off task in a website
- A running time clock appears at the top of the tab you have opened counting how many minutes and seconds you’ve been in that website
Time Management
Link: TimeTracker
Todist
Operating System: iOS | Android | Web Browser | Windows | Mac
Price: Free | $29/year
Features:
- Sub tasks, notifications, prioritization, reminders, notes, and filters in this all-in-one to-do list
- Access tasks from anywhere and collaborate on shared tasks
- Streamlined, intuitive design
Organization
Link: Todist
Turn Off the Lights
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Click the light bulb button to get your screen to fade to a dark opacity overlay
- Everything but the key area you are working in, such as a YouTube Video, a Google Doc, or an HTML 5 website will fade
- Ability to adjust opacity and darkness
- Shortcut keys to command program
Visual Support
Link: Turn Off the Lights
Typ-O HD
Operating System: iOS
Price: $14.99
Features:
- Word prediction with text-to-speech capability to hear the word options before you select them
- Ability to enter text on the screen using speech recognition
- Listen to your work with the text-to-speech feature
- Spell checker built in that frequently gets misspelled words right
Writing Text to Speech Speech to Text
Link: Typ-O HD
vBookz
Operating System: iOS
Price: $4.99
Features:
- Reads PDF files aloud
- Supports 16 languages
- Adjustable words-per-minute
- Magnifying glass highlights words, also contains dyslexic font
Text to Speech Reading
Link: vBookz
Verbally
Operating System: iOS
Price: Free
Features:
- Augmented communication app for individuals of different ages and abilities
- Simplistically designed interface for ease of use
- With over 50 essentials words, a Core Phrases Grid for common phrases and Text Prediction to increase speed of communication
- Option to upgrade to Verbally Premium for ability to customize phrases
Communication
Link: Verbally
Vision Assist
Operating System: iOS
Price: $3.99
Features:
- Use your iDevice to become an instant handheld magnifier or CCTV
- Zoom images up to 20x
- Change display mode to match your best vision including black and white, color, highlights, contrasting colors, and smart text to enhance text
- Magnify documents, books, whiteboard or anything you see
- Compatible with VoiceOver
Visual Support
Link: Vision Assist
Voice Dream Reader
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: Pricing Varies
Features:
- Text-to-speech app to read books with the ability to customize your screen for preferred reading options
- Read by listening to the text, visually or both at the same time
- Supports PDF, Word Docs, EPUB, DAISY, eBooks, Web pages and more with the ability to integrate your Bookshare books or books in Dropbox, Evernote, Pocket, Gutenberg and more
- Offers multiple language options, various fonts including Open Dyslexic font, and many voices with the option to purchase additional voices
- Highlight information in the reading and export it to other programs and apps
Reading Visual Support Hearing Support Study Skills Text to Speech
Link: Voice Dream Reader
Voice Typing in Google Chrome
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Go into your Tools menu in the Google Chrome Browser and select Voice Typing
- Click on the microphone that pops up and start talking
- Your text will be entered into the typing field
- Correct mistakes without moving your cursor
Notetaking Speech to Text Writing
Link: Voice Typing in Google Chrome
VoiceNote
Operating System: Web Browser
Price: Free
Features:
- Extension for Google Chrome that allows you to type by simply speaking out loud
- Create a shortcut for easy use with other applications
- Speak your punctuation or click the buttons to add it to the text
Notetaking Speech to Text Writing
Link: VoiceNote
WritePad
Operating System: iOS | Android
Price: $7.99
Features:
- Take notes with your stylus or finger while handwriting recognition turns these notes into typed text
- Recognition adapts, adjusts, and learns your style of writing over time
- Built in spell check with custom dictionary, context analyzer, autocorrect, and Shorthand feature
- Synchronize documents with Evernote, Dropbox, iTunes, Google Docs, Email and more!
Notetaking Writing
Link: WritePad
WriteRoom
Operating System: Mac
Price: $9.99
Features:
- Full screen, distraction free writing environment
- Get your computer distractions out of the way with just you, and the text on your computer screen
- Limits layout ability, including limiting the ability to add graphs, and tables
- Auto save and word count are available features
Writing Time Management
Link: WriteRoom