Computer software

Here are 10 helpful text-to-speech programs that are great assistive technology tools to have at the start of the school year.

Action Words is an application for iPhone and iPad that teaches beginner readers over 100 action words using real photographs to increase their early vocabulary and improve their writing skills.

The invention of the Intel Reader was inspired by its creator's dyslexia.

Read our June 2012 e-newsletter to learn more about artist Jacob Meders, a new app developed at U of M, and dyslexia tests our clinicians recommend.

Endless Wordplay is an application for young children that builds a spelling and word building foundation for the soon-to-be-reading students.

The application, Fry Words, uses Dr. Edward Fry’s 1000 high frequency sight words to create games and quizzes that teach young children the 1000 most frequent words they will encounter in grades 3-9

A new app for iPads, Ghotit Dyslexia Keyboard helps those with dyslexia and dysgraphia to type with ease.

Given that many dyslexics have difficulty hearing the individual sounds in our language, a skill that underlies spelling, many dyslexics have difficulty learning to spell. The English orthography is derived from many other languages – Greek, Latin, and French to name a few, and as a result, many English sounds are spelled more than one way...

Continue the Monkey Preschool adventure with Monkey Math School Sunshine, an application for smartphones and tablets that teaches fundamental math skills to children 3-6 years old.

Rainbow sentences is an interactive app that helps students break down parts of sentences to improve their grammar skills.

We have compiled a list of programs, software and board games designed specifically to target spelling in a structured, but fun way. We have used some of these at the Center and have found them to be successful tools.

Comparative Adjectives is an application for iPhone and iPad that uses sharp and colorful pictures to teach adjectives to young kids.

Praised as one of the top apps for writing readiness by professionals and parents, Dexteria is an application that provides therapeutic hand exercises designed to improve fine motor skills and handwriting readiness.

WordQuotation is an application for iPad that teaches middle and high school students how to find and use acceptable verb synonyms.

The Right Word is an application for Apple products that teaches users the difference between commonly confused English words.

Have you ever thought, “If only I had the right tools, I could do everything that I want to do?” You may have more power at your fingertips than you realized.

Unplag is a plagiarism detection software that cross checks a piece of writing against millions of online text.