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USEFUL APPS FOR NOTE TAKING, STUDY AND REVISION
Siobhan Colclough - Disability Advisor to Students with SpLD
Audio Note Taker: Free
• Record lectures using the app downloaded from the app store for free or a digital recorder
• you will need AudioNotetaker installed on your PC
• transfer the recording to your pc to listen back, type in your own notes, add copies of handouts or presentation slides
• NB must get permission!!
How it Works:
–Johnny Appleseed
“Type a quote here”
Audio Notetaker App:http://www.sonocent.com/en/the_software/recorder/
Good Notes: €5.49
lets you take notes and annotate PDF documents
take notes
sketch
to do lists
word processor
Prizmo: €8.99
allows you to scan documents
the app will recognise text and you can listen to them
improves reading and can help with comprehension
Claro PDF: €2.69Claro PDF Lite: Free
annotate PDFs
text in PDFs read back to you in a human quality voice
listen to a PDF whilst working in another app
great for proofreading
highlight, strikeout add notes
insert images taken with iPad
internet connection not needed to speak text
change background colour
send annotated PDFs to others
OpenWeb: Free
• makes web browsing more accessible
• converts text into a more readable format
• uses a default font called OpenDyslexic, an open-source font designed for dyslexic readers.
SimpleMind+:Free
create mind maps
in class for note taking
easy place to start
planning essays
preparing exam questions
email them to store on your pc
Exam Buddy: €2.69
revision tool-get organised
all your notes in one place
notebooks for each module
make your own exam questions
prompt cards to help with memory+grey-out feature
cut and paste from documents and websites
create a personal timetable
create audio notes
PhotoMind is a notification app which uses image instead of text. Take a photo and set the time to be reminded.
VoCal Voice Reminders: a notification app that uses voice or sound instead of text. Record, set the timer and decide if you need to be reminded every minute or hour until the task is completed.
Evernote. A very easy to use web service that links notes from the computer and iPhone, iPad or Android device whether they are text, audio or images. Store them on one device and they will automatically update across others.
iWordQ UK provides support for both reading and writing through two separate modes of presentation.
