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Assistive Apps

  • Quizlet (Free)

    by: Quizlet, Inc.

    SubjectCommunication, Community of Practice, ILS, Leisure/Recreation, POHI/CI, Reading
    Accessibility FeatureMagnification, VoiceOver/Screen Reader
    PlatformAndroid, iOS, Website
    Age RangeSecondary, Teachers

    Quizlet is a flashcard and study tool. Teachers can creat flashcards for any topic and generate quizzes to help students learn and study. Students can share flashcards with friends or classmates.

    https://quizlet.com/
    download Quizlet (Free) on the App Store get Quizlet (Free) on google play

  • Raspberry Pi Foundation: Coding Courses (Free)

    by: Raspberry Pi Foundation

    SubjectCommunity of Practice, Computer Science
    Accessibility FeatureMagnification, VoiceOver/Screen Reader
    PlatformAndroid, iOS, Website
    Age RangeSecondary, Teachers

    Learn coding at your own pace with free online courses. Beginning with Python, teachers and students can learn text coding. Raspberry Pi offers free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things with computers. It also trains educators to guide others to learn. Includes some paid features.

    https://www.raspberrypi.org/training/online

  • Read Aloud (Free)

    by: Optimilia Studios

    SubjectCommunity of Practice, ILS, Reading, Utility
    Accessibility FeatureText to Speech
    PlatformMicrosoft
    Age RangeElementary, Preschool, Secondary

    ReadAloud is a text-to-speech app that can read aloud web pages, news, documents, e-books, or custom content. The app has a simple and intuitive interface and extracts readable content from web pages. Supports EPUB, PDF, DOC, DOCX, and TXT file formats. Also allows for direct sharing from other apps, sentence highlighting, and customizable fonts and colors. For use with Windows 10. Includes free and paid features.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/readaloud/9wzdncrdn3ms?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

  • Read&Write (Free)

    by: Texthelp Ltd.

    SubjectReading, Writing
    Accessibility FeatureMagnification, Speech to Text, VoiceOver/Screen Reader
    PlatformiOS
    Age RangeElementary, Preschool, Secondary, Teachers

    Word prediction makes typing on your iPad fast and friendly, with ‘Speak As I Type.’ The spell checker, dictionary, picture dictionary, and other study tools provide extra assistance with essays, assignments, or general reading and writing. If you’re using your Safari browser, just touch on-screen text to hear it read out loud with on-screen highlighting.

    download Read&Write (Free) on the App Store

  • Read&Write for Google Chrome (Free)

    by: Texthelp, Ltd.

    SubjectCommunity of Practice, ILS, Leisure/Recreation, Reading, Utility, Writing
    Accessibility FeatureMagnification, Speech to Text, Text to Speech
    PlatformBrowser/Software Extension
    Age RangeElementary, Secondary, Teachers

    Read&Write for Google Chrome provides personalized support to make documents, web pages, and common file types in Google Drive (including Google Docs, PDFs, and ePubs) more accessible. Use text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or entire documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting. Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained. With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading, and studying. Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research.Create and listen to voice notes directly inside Google Docs.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readwrite-for-google-chro/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon