Mendeley is free bibliographic database software. With it, the user can build a database holding all the pertinent and useful bibliographic references. It is possible to import references from the Internet via websites such as PubMed or OvidSP. Mendeley can then export the references directly into Microsoft Word choosing the appropriate style (i.e. APA)
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Organization/Productivity, MAC OSMind42 is a browser-based mind mapping tool that has many features. Users can use keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, and insert attachments, images, and hyperlinks in their mind maps. The mind maps can be saved, exported, and imported. The tool supports collaboration so that two people can edit the same map simultaneously.
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Organization/Productivity, MAC OSMindMeister is mind mapping software that allows the user to create and share mind maps.
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Organization/Productivity, MAC OSMindMup is an online mind mapping program. Users can create mind maps that can be saved online, on Google drive or exported as PDF. A desktop version of MindMup is also available which can be used offline however, the desktop version does not export or save any map larger than 5 MB.
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Other, MAC OSMini Writer is a word processing app. Users can type in text, insert images and tables, create lists, and export the documents to PDF, TXT, RTF, DOCX and more.
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Other, MAC OSMouse Locator helps pinpoint the position of your mouse using a highly visible locator, which can be automatically triggered after a predetermined period of time (from 1 second to 30 minutes).
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Screen Reading, MAC OSNarrator is a text-to-speech utility. Narrator reads text that is pasted into a window or imported as an .rtf, .txt or .doc. You can choose different voices, rates, pitches, inflections and volume of speech for each character. Additional voices can be obtained from Cepstral in several different languages. Speech can also be exported directly to iTunes, where it can be listened to repeatedly and synched to an iPad, iPod or iPhone.
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Screen Reading, MAC OSNaturalReader is a text-to-speech sofware. NaturalReader reads text from Word documents, .txt, eBooks, web pages, images (.jpeg) and text pasted in the Miniboard. Users can choose from over 20 different voices and rates for each character. Additional voices can be purchased from naturalreaders.com in English (USA and UK), French, German, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. The Free version does not include natural sounding voices, text editing, synchronization with phone or tablet, or conversion to audio file.
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Screen Reading, MAC OSNaturalReader Mac is text-to-speech software. It can work from its own window, but also integrates with Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. NaturalReader Mac can also save text in audio format (MP3 or WAV).
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Other, MAC OSNotability allows users to type or take handwritten notes and draw with a mouse or trackpad. Users can also highlight typed or handwritten text. The program also allows users to record audio which can be linked to specific areas of the typed text. Users can also import audio files, PDF, Word or PowerPoint documents, modify PDF documents, and export files as PDF, ZIP or RTF.
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