Some students struggle with completing their work due to fine motor, learning, or other issues. Apps and programs used to support these students used to be very specialized and require lots of training. This is not the case anymore. The apps and programs used in classrooms are available to all students can be used easily without extensive training.
Below are some of the most common tools used today with simple instructions to help you get started.
Google Read&Write provides students with a toolbar of assistive features that work in any of the Google Apps.
Book Creator is so easy to use you can learn it in minutes and use it for so many things. Think beyond making books to a whole world of accessible possibilities.
The Microsoft Suite of apps features the Immersive Reader as well as the ability to dictate text into documents.
Screencastify is just one of a group of screencasting apps that allow students or teachers to create a video of what they are doing on the computer while providing a voiceover at the same time.
Tools like speech to text and text-to-speech are built right into the operating system of all iPads and iPhones. And it doesn't stop there. Apple does a great job with a long list of accessibility tools.
Grammarly is a Chrome extension that checks your spelling and grammar as you type. It makes suggestions and explains why it has suggested the changes it has.
Seeing AI is a Microsoft research project that uses the power of AI to allow users to point their phones/iPads at text, items, and people and have it described/read to them.
This great and FREE website offers so many great tools to help everyone stay on task and aid in regulation.
This app makes token systems, timers, and first/then systems as easy as the touch of a button.