Inspiration is an “idea-mapping” or “mind-mapping” software that allows users to ‘map-out’ processes, essay structures or flowcharts using a library of icons, symbols and pre-existing templates. This tool helps users who are ‘visual thinkers’ build and structure their concepts and reinforce the organization of their thinking processes.
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Magnification, MAC OSiPiece is magnification software that displays a magnifier right next to the cursor. The size of the magnifier can be adjusted. In addition, hot keys can be set and used.
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Screen Reading, MAC OSiSpeech is a simple text-to-speech tool that allows you to copy and paste text and have it read aloud. Users can choose from 6 voices and each voice can be customized for speed, pitch, and modulation.
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Alternative Mice, MAC OSiTracker allows the user to control the mouse with movements of their head. Other features include dwell click, stare at the same point for a predetermined number of seconds and a mouseclick will be performed for you and a shortcut key to activate and deactivate iTracker instantly. The user can determine their preferred mouse speed and sensitivity and the delay before a mouse click is performed.
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Adapted Keyboards, MAC OSKeystrokes is an on-screen keyboard that allows users to type with a mouse, trackball, head pointer or other alternative mice. In addition, the software comes with word prediction in various languages.
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Other, MAC OSKindle is an ebook reader. Users can bookmark, take notes, research a word or a phrase, highlight, change the background colour and the font size. The app synchronizes with other devices using the same Amazon ID. Kindle supports AZW, FF8, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, BMP and Word (after conversion to AZW).
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Other, MAC OSKurzweil 3000 is multipurpose software. It allows the user to open a wide variety of files (DOC, PDF, RTF, TXT, JPG, etc). Kurzweil 3000 can also perform optical character recognition (OCR) of the scanned file. The content of the file is now editable and can read using it’s text-to-speech synthesizer. Kurzweil 3000 can also spell a word using text-to-speech or break it down into phonemes. It also includes word prediction software, mind mapping software, several dictionaries, translation tools, and other useful reading and writing tools.
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Organization/Productivity, MAC OSLightning Calendar is a free calendar developed by Mozilla that can be fully integrated with Thunderbird. It allows the user to manage multiple calendars, create a daily to-do list, invite friends to events, and subscribe to public calendar.
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Organization/Productivity, MAC OSLucidchart is an online diagramming software. Users can create a variety of diagrams including flowcharts, venn diagrams, mind maps, floor maps and more. Diagrams can be exported to Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, Google apps, PDF, PNG, JPEG, VDX and URL formats.
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Other, MAC OSMathType is software that allows the user to write mathematical formulas on the computer. This software integrates with most word processors as well as some specialized software (e.g., Maple). MathType allows the user to save formulas and reuse them.
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