1. USEFUL APPS FOR NOTE TAKING, STUDY AND REVISION Siobhan Colclough - Disability Advisor to Students with SpLD

2. 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!!

3. How it Works:

4. –Johnny Appleseed “Type a quote here”

6. Audio Notetaker App: http://www.sonocent.com/en/the_software/recorder/

7. Good Notes: €5.49 lets you take notes and annotate PDF documents take notes sketch to do lists word processor

8. 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

9. Claro PDF: €2.69 Claro 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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

13. PhotoMindPhotoMind is a notification app which uses image instead of text. Take a photo and set the time to be reminded. VoCal Voice Reminders: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. EvernoteEvernote. 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 UKiWordQ UK provides support for both reading and writing through two separate modes of presentation.

14. s.colclough@ucc.ie Siobhan Colclough