Assistive Technology

Helpful Apps:

Natural Reader : https://www.naturalreaders.com/appdownload.html

  • Text-to-speech support
  • Multiple voice choices
  • can load text from a file/document, pictures, type in text, use camera or webpage

Scannable: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/evernote-scannable/id883338188

  • takes any picture and turns it into a PDF
  • easily allows you to multi-page documents, so an assignment can be in one document
  • save PDF to your phone so you can open it up in Natural Reader

Microsoft Office Apps:

  • Microsoft 365 – home, files and links to actions
  • OneDrive – easy access to your files
  • Teams – access classroom teams
  • Word
  • OneNotes – if you teacher uses
  • Translator
  • Microsoft Lenshttps://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/office-lens/9WZDNCRFJ3T8?hl=en-ca&gl=ca&rtc=1
    • take picture (selecting what type of document i.e. text, table) you can also select the suface i.e. whiteboard etc.
    • all document/pictures can opened in immersive reader (text-to-speech) in the app
  • Microsoft Math Solverhttps://math.microsoft.com/en
    • you can type in problems, scan/take a picture, or draw with your finger
    • ask to solve, itwill show you the solutions, options to show detailed steps
    • it will show you similar problems to look at, and includes a quiz function
    • it will give you video’s from Khanacademy.org that are related to the type of question if you need further support