Disabled Student Services



AT Tools and Resources for the Mac or PC

Text to Speech

• Natural Reader – - free text to speech

• iPad – Settings, General, Accessibility, Speak Selection – On

• Mac - Sys Preferences - Speech - Speak Selected Text

Reading/Accessing Text

• Kurzweil - access scanned text using preferred voice and speed, also highlight

• Read & Write Gold - reading, highlighting, online dictionaries

Pre-Writing and Note-Taking Tools

• Inspiration 9 – graphic organizer tool with charts or outlines, free 30-day trial – Freetrial

• LiveScribe Smart Pen – note-taking pen that records the audio lecture

Writing and Editing

• Dragon Naturally Speaking - voice recognition

• Google Chrome - Google Search (choose microphone)

• Read & Write Gold - word prediction and reading

• Google Docs – online documents, has free text to speech on Google store

iPad Reading and Learning Apps

Reading

• Audiobooks – listen to public domain books in real voices, no text displayed

• Read2Go - download books within seconds, find books via BookShare

Pre-Writing and Note-Taking Tools

• Inspiration Maps – organize thoughts and plan a writing assignment, free

• Audiotorium – type notes using the keyboard, audio is also recorded of lecture

• Evernote – organize ideas and notes, create to-do lists, audio reminders, etc.

Writing and Spelling

• Dragon Dictate – free voice recognition for the iPad, but cannot be trained

Misc

• CamScanner – scan text via camera, crop and edit with OCR, and email

• ACT - practice Reading and Eng ACT questions and receive feedback.

• Scrabble - play friends, Facebook community, or the computer

Terrific website from Univ of Michigan:

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Adaptive Technology Center

P.O. Box 7, Walker Library 174

Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132

Office: (615) 904-8550

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