Monday, 25 September 2017

Free PDF accessibility webinar series

Level Access is giving a free webinar series on PDF accessibility from September 28, 2017 - January 4, 2018 - go here to register.

Monday, 21 March 2016

Math Text-to-Speech

Central Access Reader (free, open source Windows software designed specifically for students with print-related disabilities) - features: opens Word documents, reads math and logic equations, flexible MP3 output, customizable speech, colour control, paste from clipboard, export to HTML, synchronized dual-highlighting

InftyReader (Runs on Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, & XP; 1 year license = $180 US/Normal License = $800 US) - OCR software to recognize scientific documents including mathematical formulae and output the recognition into various file formats such as LaTex, MathML, XHTML, HRTeX, IML and Microsoft Word documents)

Writing and Grammar Correction Tools

Ginger (Free grammar checker, sentence rephraser, translation, dictionary and text reader for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and browser extensions)

Whitesmoke (Grammar software for Windows and Mac, compatible with a variety of e-mail, word processing and browser software) - $79.99 to $99.95

Antidote (Grammar, dictionary, interactive language guide software for Windows, Mac and Linux, compatible with a variety of e-mail, word processing and browser software) - $129.95 plus tax

Hemingway App (Free browser-based writing readability app or $9.99 desktop app for Windows and Mac)