Provides literacy support to assist students with reading and writing.

• Improves reading fluency 
• Text-to-speech function will read documents back to you
• Word prediction and phonetic spell checker improves accuracy 
• Download Instructions
• Link to Video Tours

Records audio and written material.

• Record everything you write, hear or say
• Replay your lectures by tapping on your notes
• Transfer your notes and audio to your PC 

Dragon Naturally Speaking
Voice recognition software.  Allows you to:

• Train the PC to recognise your voice
• Dictate essays and documents onto your PC instead of typing
• Use your voice to manage a PC
• Dragon Naturally Speaking 15 User Guide
• Dragon Naturally Speaking 15 Quick Ref Card
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Provides high-quality digital recording.

• Replay your lectures in MP3 or WMA format
• Transfer your audio files to your PC or laptop

Grammarly Premium Account

• Proofreading tool for grammar and spelling that works with MS Word, MS Outlook and also has a Desktop app and Browser extensions
• Check out the Grammarly Premium Feature online.
• See a video demonstration.

BookShare

UK education collection opens up the world of reading for learners with print disabilities.

Books are “accessible,” which means you can read our books many different ways.

• Listen to books with high-quality text-to-speech voices
• Hear and see highlighted words on screen
• Read with digital braille or enlarged font
• Will contact publisher on your behalf if item not in catalog
• Read directly from your Internet browser
• And more!

MindGenius

Mindmapping software that supports student with course works

• Use it for taking notes in class, creating quick to do lists, and anywhere else you require a fast, intuitive method to collect ideas and information and think things through.
• The process of building a mind map and disseminating information can help build understanding on any topic
• can be used to help classify information and work out the information to be included in essays and projects
• ability to add colour and graphics aids memory recall for all students
• good motivating tool for those who do not enjoy writing
• Allows students to see all the information in context, with words, pictures, links, etc.
• Supports personalised learning to complement different learning styles
• Download instructions
• Getting Started with MindGenius

Notetaking web-app.

• Glean is a google chrome browser-based note-taking which can be used online or offline
• Getting familiar with Glean
• To understand the software better, watch the 2-minute video
• How to use Glean with online classes

Text to Speech and Proofreading tools:

Ginger

• Free proof reading tool for grammar and spelling: Download
• You can also check our Ginger software online training page website which has free to use training material to help you get the best out of this free to use software by http://help.gingersoftware.com/hc/en-us
• See a video demonstration.

Grammarly

• Free proof reading tool for grammar and spelling for MS Word and MS Outlook: Download
• Check out the Grammarly software online support page.
• See a video demonstration.

Rewordify 

• Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary software: Download
• Rewordify.com simplifies difficult English. Enter hard sentences (or whole chapters) into the yellow box at the top of the web page. Click Rewordify text, and you'll instantly see an easier version, for fast understanding. The reworded words are highlighted— click them to hear and learn the original harder words.

Atbar

• ATbar is free and allows you to change the look and feel of webpages, increase and decrease font sizes, have text read aloud, use coloured overlays, readability and a dictionary to aid reading. Spell check forms and try word prediction when writing. It is a simple tool which is available for most popular browsers.

 Endnote Web

• Automatically create website citations in the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles at the click of a button.
• Visit website. 

Screen Reader for Visual Impaired

NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access)

• NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free screen reader for computers running on the Windows operating systems which enables blind and vision impaired people to use computers.
•  Download from https://www.nvaccess.org/download/
• Visit website

Apps for Smart Phone and Tablet:

ModMath

• ModMath is an adaptive program to assist students in acquiring math skills from basic arithmetic to complex algebraic equation
• Download from https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/modmath/id821892964?mt=8

 Office Lens

• Office Lens uses the camera on your phone to scan documents and allows you to save to your cloud storage accounts e.g. Evernote or share via email. Great for grabbing stuff for your projects from the library.

Notetaking Technologies:

Evernote

• Let Evernote change the way you organise your personal and professional projects.
• Dive in: take notes, create to-do lists, record lectures and save things you find online into Evernote. We’ll sync everything between your phone, tablet, and computer automatically.
• To install Evernote on your computer, use this link: 
  Mac App https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/evernote-capture-notes-sync/id281796108?mt=8
  Android App from Google store.
• Online Videos: https://evernote.com/evernote/guide/windows/

Google Keep

• Capture what's on your mind
• Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep.

Mind Map Software

FreeMind

• FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java.
• FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. 
• Free mind - http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download

Screen Magnification, Alteration

Screen Tinter

• Screen Tinter is a free utility which allows the screen foreground and background colours to be changed at the click of a button. Please note does not work with PDF.
• Video Tutorial http://screen-tinter-lite.software.informer.com/
• Download http://software.informer.com/search/Screen%20Tinter%20LITE

T-Bar

• T-Bar is a coloured bar which you can either drag around the screen or lock to your mouse. It can have ruled lines or not, depending on your preference.
• The colour can be chosen from pre-defined options, then tweaked by altering the red, green or blue sliders to get the perfect colour, the transparency level can be adjusted, again to suit the individual.
• All the settings are saved between sessions, so there is no need to readjust the next time you use it.
• Download from http://www.fx-software.co.uk/tbar.htm (works on pdf)

ATbar

• ATbar is free and allows you to change the look and feel of webpages, increase and decrease font sizes, have the text read aloud, use coloured overlays, readability and a dictionary to aid reading.
• Spell check forms and try word prediction when writing. It is a simple tool which is available for most popular browsers.
• Website can be found at https://www.atbar.org/

Mindfulness and Relaxation

Calm App

• Meditate, relax, breathe & enjoy simple guided mindfulness stress reduction
• Calm is a free mindfulness and meditation app that guides you through short meditation exercises.
• It is available as a free app or as a website. You choose from several relaxing nature background scenes and then pick a 2, 10, or 20-minute relaxation session. A narrator guides you through the session, telling you to close your eyes, focus on your breathing, etc.
• Visit the Calm website here.

Typing Resources

• Typing Club
• Keybr
• Good Typing
• Dance Mat Typing
• TypeFaster Typing Tutor
• Typing App

Microsoft Office – Online Tuition

• The Microsoft Office suite is an essential collection of desktop applications that includes Word for documents, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for presentations, Access for databases, and much more.
• Choose your version of Microsoft Office to begin learning today!
• http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office

Bookshare

• All print-disabled students requiring material in alternative formats are recommended to register with NCBI Bookshare.  Bookshare Ireland has the largest accessible digital Library in the country and is currently funded by the Department of Education and Skills Register here