Assistive Technology Resources
Assistive technology can make completing work easier and accessible. Below is a list of assistive technology that can help you in several categories, such as notetaking, reading, and studying. Many of these websites and apps are free! Refer to each category for a selection of websites and apps that provide support for accomplishing goals and tasks.
Notetaking
- Otterai : Allows you to record, transcribe, and share audio recordings and voice transcriptions.
- Price: Paid and Free Options
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, and Chrome Extension
- Microsoft OneNote : Take all of your notes in OneNote by typing, writing with a touch screen, importing pictures, video, links, and other resources. It also includes an option to record audio.
- Price: Free as an add-on with Microsoft
- Compatibility: Windows, Mac, IOS, and Android
- Evernote : Collaborative and interactive notetaking app with the ability to import, organize, and share notes, images, and files.
- Price: Paid and Free Options
- Compatibility: Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
- Access Note : AccessNote is the official iOS notetaker from the American Foundation for the Blind. Creates notes in .txt files and is compatible with both QWERTY and refreshable braille display keyboards.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS
- Chegg Prep: Find, create, and study flashcards for your classes.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, and Online
- Khan Academy : Offers instructional videos and practice exercises on a variety of academic topics.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, and Online
- Quizlet : Create personalized sets of flashcards to quiz yourself and receive reminders to review material.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, and Online
- Google Calendar : Record your classes, meetings, and other events in an online calendar with the option to set reminders before they begin.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, and Online
- Remember the Milk : Create and manage task lists in order of priorities, subtasks, due date, time estimates, tags, and repeating tasks. Then, receive reminders through Gmail, Google Calendar, Evernote, Outlook, and more.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, Windows, and Online
- Todoist : Create task lists, delegate tasks, set daily and weekly goals, and view visual progress on completed tasks.
- Price: Free and Paid
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows
- Freedom : App and website blocker with the option to either block websites immediately or schedule reoccurring sessions.
- Price: Free and Paid
- Compatibility: IOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Chromebook, and Linux
- StayFocusd : A Chrome extension that limits the amount of time that may be spent on designated websites to increase productivity.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: Chrome extension
- Immersive Reader : Provides reading support through enhanced dictation, focus mode, immersive reading, font spacing, short lines, parts of speech supports, syllabification, and comprehension mode
- Price: Free add on through Microsoft Office
- Compatibility: Windows, iOS, and Edge Browser
- Natural Reader : A free screen reader for you to upload text and documents or convert to mp3 to listen to anywhere anytime.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, and Online
- Speechify : Text-to-speech reading assistant for online content and PDF uploads.
- Price: Free trial, afterwards plans start at 11.59/month for an annual subscription
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, Online
- InnoCaption+ : A free captioning service for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, funded by the FCC (Federal Communication Commission). The app provides free, real-time captioning to users who register and certify their disability.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS and Android
- CaptionMate : A free service for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, funded by the FCC that transcribes phone calls on smartphones, landlines, tablets, and computers in real-time. The app is free to users who register and certify their disability.
- Price: Free
- Compatibility: iOS and Android
- Ava : Provides live-captioning for in-person meetings and virtual calls on computers and smartphones.
- Price: Free trial, then paid
- Compatibility: iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac
Downloadable Study Resources
Try these templates and graphic organizers for assistance with studying, time management, and project management. PDF resources taken from LDadvisory.com (Elizabeth Hamblet).
Time management and Studying Tools:- Long-term Assignment Planning Tool: an editable PDF to help you break down your work into chunks and set interim deadlines.
- College Time Management and Study Scheduling Tool : an editable PDF to help you manage the overwhelming amount of free time that presents such a challenge at college.
- Test Preparation Strategy Sheet : a printable sheet to help you evaluate how you prepared for and performed on your last exams so you can take a thoughtful approach to studying for your next exams.