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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