WRITING RESOURCES
Please note: These resources are provided as a service to the community. Their
inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by George Mason University or
the Assistive Technology Initiative. The degree of accessibility of these resource
websites may vary.
Grammar,
Spelling, Punctuation, S
tyle,
T
hesaurus,
etc.
2020Spelling
–
Remedial spelling program
http://sourceforge.net/projects/spelling/
Cost: Free
AutoTyping Pro
–
suggests
words and phrases
http://download.cnet.com/AutoTyping
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Pro/3000
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10288349.html
Cost: $30
Don Johnston
Co:Writer
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/cowriter/index.html
Cost: $325
SOLO Literacy Suite
–
includes text reader (4 products bundled
together)
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/sol
o/
Cost: $785
EduApps
–
My Study Bar
http://www.eduapps.org/
Free download
Freedom Scientific
OpenBook
–
includes text reader and scanning software
http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/openbook
-
product
-
page.asp
Cost: $995
Marketed to individuals who are blind or visually impaired
WYNN Wizard
–
includes text reader and scanning software
http://www.freedomscientific.com/LSG/products/wynn.asp
Cost: $995
WYNN Reader
–
scaled down version without scanning software
Cost: $375
Ginger
http://www.gingersoftwar
e.com/
Cost: $120
Kurzweil 3000
–
includes text reader and scanning software
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.aspx
Kurzweil 1000
–
marketed to individuals who are blind or visually
impaired
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz1000.aspx
Inspiration
–
mind mapping
http://www.inspiration.com/
Livescribe
–
note taking and recording
http://www.livescribe.com/
Pulse
and Echo
Smartpen
s
Cost: $13
0
-
$200 (dot paper and other accessories sold separately)
Nuance
–
Speak and See
http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/bundles/speak
-
and
-
see.asp
Powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the Nuance Speak & See suite
includes speech recognition, a screen reader and magnifier, a reading and
writing toolbar, and a language le
arning assistant.
Cost: $250
OpenOffice
–
Writer
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
Writer
–
has word prediction
Cost: Free
Premier Assistive Technology
Literacy Productivity Pack
–
incl
udes text reader (10 products bundled
together)
http://www.readingmadeez.com/products/lpp.html
Quill Soft
WordQ (SpeechQ
–
speech recognition plug
-
in available)
http://www.wordq.com/
Cost: $199, Free 30 download available
Spell Catcher Plus
http://www.rainmakerinc.com/products/spellcatcherplus/
Cost: $40
A “lite” version is available f
or $30
Free downloadable trial version available
Additional languages available
Talking Dictionary
–
talking dictionary
http://download.cnet.com/Talking
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Dictionary/3000
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10076070.html
Cost: $20, free demo
TextHelp
-
Read & Write Gold
–
includes text reader and scanning
software
http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=10059
TextPredictive
–
helps type i
n different languages, with word prediction
http://download.cnet.com/TextPredictive/3000
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10710552.html
Free download
Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Webspiration
–
mind mapping
http://www.mywebspiration.com/
Free web version of Inspiration
WhiteSmoke
http://ww
w.whitesmoke.com/
Word Web
http://wordweb.info/
Free version available
Note Taking
Livescribe
–
note taking and recording
http://www.livescribe.com/
Pulse
and Echo
Sm
artpen
s
Cost: $1
3
0
-
$200 (dot paper and other accessories sold separately)
MyScript: $30
–
software to convert handwritten notes to digital
Digital Voice Recorder
s
Available
from various manufacturers
Voice Recognition
Microsoft
–
Vista
and 7
(built
in)
Windows Speech Recognition
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windowsvista/speech.aspx
eMicrophones
http://www.emicrop
hones.com/
Nuance
http://www.nuance.com/
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Home (Cost: $100
)
http://www.nuance.com/fo
r
-
individuals/by
-
product/dragon
-
for
-
pc/home
-
version/index.htm
Premium (Cost: $200
)
http://www.nuance.com/for
-
individuals/by
-
product/dragon
-
for
-
pc/prem
ium
-
version/index.htm
Professional
(Cost: $
900
)
http://www.nuance.com/for
-
business/by
-
product/dragon/dragon
-
for
-
the
-
pc/dragon
-
profession
al/index.htm
Legal
(Cost: $
800
)
http://www.nuance.com/for
-
business/by
-
product/dragon/dragon
-
for
-
the
-
pc/legal
-
edition/index.htm
Medical
http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/medical.
asp
MacSpeech Dictate
–
voice recognition software
http://www.macspeech.com/
Markete
d to individuals with various disabilities
Cost: $199
-
$349
Dragon Dictation
Mobile
App
s
for
iPhone, iPod Touch and
iPad:
http://www.dragonmobileapps.com/
TextHelp
-
Read & Write Gold
–
includes
voice rec
ognition
http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=10059
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