This document provides an overview of various assistive technology tools that can be used in general education classrooms to support differentiated instruction and universal design for learning. It lists both free and commercial text-to-speech, word prediction, spelling, note-taking, study skills, and math support tools that are available for Windows, Apple, Chrome, and mobile devices. Contact information is provided for more information about assistive technology tools in the classroom.

1. AT Tools in the General Ed
Classroom
Assistive Technology: Catch the
Wave
July 9, 2013
Hindie Becker Dershowitz

5. Differentiated Instruction
Universal Design for Learning

8. Text To
Speech
Tools
Windows
Apple
Mobile
$$$$$
Free

12. Commercial Tools
Kurzweil
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/default.html

13. Commercial Tools
Read Write Gold
http://www.texthelp.com/North-America

14. Commercial Tools
WYNN
http://www.freedomscientific.com/lsg/product
s/wynn.asp

15. Commercial Tools
Snap and Read
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/snap-
read/index.html

16. Free Computer Tools
• Edu Apps, My Study Bar
• Balabolka

17. Free Computer Tools
Natural Reader
Word Talk

18. Chrome Tools
• Chrome Vox
• Read and Write for Google Docs
• AppWriter
• Natural Reader Text To Speech
• iSpeech
• Announcify
• Clearly and Readability

19. Chrome voice recognition

20. Apple Computers
• Voice Over

22. Mobile Devices
Voice Dream
iRead Write Firefly K3000
Natural Reader

24. Word Prediction/Spelling
CoWriter
Word Q

25. Word Prediction/Spelling
Ginger
Penfriend

26. Chrome Tools
Google Dictionary
Google Image Dictionary
Voice Comment
Video Not.es

27. Mobile Devices
Brevity
ZenTap
iWordQ
iSwipe
Predictable

28. Mobile Devices
Clicker Sentences and Clicker Docs
Panther Writer
Type-O HD
Verbally

29. Study Tools
Video Not.es

30. Evernote
vJournal
Peek
Clip to Evernote
Memogram
Punultimate
Evernote Clearly
Evernote Live binder

31. Evernote

32. Notetaking/Study Tools
• Chegg Flashcards
• Chisel
• Notability
• Recordium app
• AudioNote
• FlipBoard

33. Math Supports
• Chrome
• FastFig
• Mobile Devices
• My Script Calculator
• Panther Math Paper
• Notability
• Quick Graph
• MathScribe

36. Resources
Learnist
http://learni.st/users/5997/boards/26092-at-
tools-in-the-general-ed-classroom
Hindie Dershowitz Consulting
hindiebdershowitz@gmail.com