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50 Special Needs Tools

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So much available to differentiate for every student’s special need. Here are 50 apps and websites (check here for updated links):

Dyslexia

  1. Beeline Reader– helps guide your eyes from the end of one line of text to the beginning of the next using a colored gradient.
  2. BrowsAloud–software that adds speech, reading, and translation to websites for people with dyslexia, low literacy, ESL, and mild visual impairments.
  3. Go Nessy–learning resources for students, including special needs like Dyslexia
  4. HumanWare–various writing/reading tools for the blind
  5. JAWS
  6. Learning Ally–for struggling readers
  7. Natural reader–paste text into the dialogue box and the site reads it to you
  8. Open Dyslexic–(extension) open source font that improves readability for students with Dyslexia; changes font on pages (no download)
  9. Read & Write–(extension) reads passages aloud; text-to-speech; include a dictionary; create voice notes; simplify and summarize text; free for teachers (maybe students)
  10. Snap n Read–select text and click speaker icon on the toolbar
  11. Sonocent Audio Notetaker
  12. Symbaloo of dyslexia tools

Navigation

  1. Click-free Browsing – Chrome extension link
  2. CraftyCursor – Chrome extension link
  3. Caret Browsing – Chrome extension link
  4. CrxMouse – Chrome extension link\
  5. LipSurf – Chrome extension link
  6. Vimium – Chrome extension link

Reading

  1. ABC Phonics Word Families
  2. abc PocketPhonics
  3. BeeLine Reader – Chrome extension link
  4. Color Enhancer – Chrome extension link
  5. Dyslexia Friendly – Chrome extension link
  6. Find the Letters HD
  7. Helperbird – Chrome extension link
  8. High Contrast – Chrome extension link
  9. HumanWare–various writing/reading tools for the blind
  10. JAWS
  11. MagicScroll Web Reader – Chrome extension link
  12. National Library Service for the Blind–free, from the Library of Congress
  13. Natural reader–paste text into the dialogue box and the site reads it to you
  14. Odiogo—read blog posts to students
  15. OpenDyslexic – Chrome extension link
  16. Panopreter–text-to-speech
  17. Read & Write
  18. Read 2 Me
  19. Reading Trainer
  20. Reading with Daisy
  21. See Read Say
  22. Snap n Read–select text and click speaker icon on the toolbar.
  23. Visor – Chrome extension link

Speaking

  1. Dragon Dictation
  2. Sound Literacy
  3. Soundnote
  4. Speak It!
  5. Tap to Talk
  6. Text 2 Speech
  7. Text to audio

Speech-to-text

  1. Google Docs Voice Typing (built into Google Docs and Google Slides)
  2. Google Recorder – Android app link
  3. Google “Search by voice”
  4. Google Slides and Google Meet live closed captioning
  5. Live Transcribe – Android app link
  6. Mote – Chrome extension link
  7. Sound Amplifier – Android app link
  8. VoiceIn Voice Typing extension – Chrome extension link – Test with  a Sample Google Form
  9. VoiceNote – Chrome extension link
  10. Voice Recognition – Chrome extension link

Text-to-speech

  1. Announcify – Chrome extension link
  2. Google Assistant – Read web pages aloud – Blog post link
  3. Google Go – Android app
  4. Google Lens – Android app link (also available in Google Photos and Google app)
  5. Immersive Reader (unofficial) – Chrome extension link
  6. Natural Reader Text to Speech – Chrome extension link
  7. Pink Trombone – https://experiments.withgoogle.com/pink-trombone
  8. Read Aloud – Chrome extension link
  9. Read&Write for Google: Chrome extension link
  10. Optional PDF Reader – Chrome extension link
  11. Voicebooking–free voice over generator

Miscellaneous

  1. Blio
  2. Flashcards for iPad
  3. Free OCR
  4. Idea Sketch
  5. IPad Apps for Special Needs
  6. Jumbline
  7. Merriam-Webster Dictionary
  8. News2You—symbol-supported news
  9. Open OCR
  10. Prizmo
  11. Special needs lesson plans
  12. Special Needs websites—long list
  13. Spelling Bee Challenge
  14. Yakitome

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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, an Amazon Vine Voice, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
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