Disability Support: Assistive Software & Productivity tools

Productivity Tools and Assistive Software

The following pages give advice about freely available productivity tools for Windows, Macs, Android and iPhone, designed to help:

• save you time
• make it easier to access study material
• increase your productivity.

Some of the tools are built into devices; others are free to download.

• Tools to set up your computer to look and work the way that suits you

• Text to speech tools for when you'd rather listen and not read

• Voice recognition tools to enable your computer to write out what you say

• Mind mapping tools for planning and idea generating

• Note making tools for writing and organising your thoughts

• Writing tools to check grammar and look up the meaning of words