Assistive+Technology

Online Resources
**[|OT's with Apps]:** is a resource to educational and medical occupational therapists,parents and clients on iPod, iPhone and iPad apps that can work well for students who use assistive technology on computers. Great Apps for studentsof all ages with Learning Disabilities, Autism and other needs.

**Speak it!** – Text to speech app available for iPod, iPhone and iPad (1.99), with features of high quality voices, rate of voice and volume controls. Use the app to type or paste text from another source into the app to use the text to speech tool. Options available include saving the text, create an audio file and saving the audio file.

====**[|Apps for Students with LD]** Five great entries with lots of apps to help students with writing and editing. Entries for text-to-speech, dictionary, writing, reading and spelling apps. ====

====**[|Voice Dream Reader].** It’s equipped with 51 fantastic voices, and it can read content from just about any source: Instapaper, Read It Later, Dropbox, PDF, EPUB, MS Word, Text, MS PowerPoint, etc. Available for $1.99 at iTunes. ====



**[|Speak Selection]** is a new accessibility feature that allows you to select text and then have it spoken to you. This feature is made for people who have trouble reading small text on the iPhone or iPod Touch but, also comes in hand for other users.

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====**[|SNOW, Education, Access and You]** SNOW is the branch of the [|Inclusive Design Research Centre] at [|OCAD University] that focuses on inclusive education and learning. Their goal is to provide information and training for educators, parents and students with disabilities on technologies for learning both in and out of the classroom as well as promote understanding of inclusive practices. The resources are free whenever possible and SNOW focuses on providing open source tools that can be adapted and used freely. ====

TDSB Reference Materials
Software that the Help Desk can put on any TDSB computer.

Tutorial for the Read and Write Software that is the most commonly assistive technology software used in the Board.

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/95/slide-2.html

** Speech to Text **
Dragon Dictation https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8

Reading Apps
Voice Dream Reader app (4.99) helps students and adults with reading difficulties by extracting text from most articles you want to read, and speak the text with text-to-speech technology. The voice is clear and natural. Text highlighting makes it easy to follow the text as it’s being read. Options in the settings are more limited with maximum text size up to 30 and the contrast either being black on gray background or gray on black background. The controls for reading text are offered simply, like controls for listening to music with a forward and back button and pause/play button.

Text to Speech Apps
Audible http://www.audible.com/

Speak It https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speak-it!-text-to-speech/id308629295?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Write and Say https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/write-say-lifelike-talking/id428068648?mt=8

Read & Write http://www.texthelp.com/UK/Our-products/Readwrite/features-pc/web-apps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1LPmNCqUw&feature=player_embedded

** Note taking Apps **
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notability-take-notes-annotate/id360593530?mt=8

http://www.mentalcaseapp.com/

Course Notes hthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_94TH0s4nZk

Organization Apps
Evernotes https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8

iStudiez Pro https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istudiez-pro/id310636441?mt=8

Math and Science Apps
Math Ref http://happymaau.com/projects/math-ref/

Browse over 1,400 formulas, figures, and examples to help you with math, physics, chemistry and more. Use an expanding list of helpful tools such as a unit converter, quadratic solver, and triangle solver to perform common calculations.

http://khanapp.com/ Khan Academy app

Math Science Supports

http://specialeducationsupports.wikispaces.com/Math+and+Science+Supports