Assistive technology tools
The tools you’ll learn to train
These are the assistive technology tools most often recommended for students, grouped by what they help with. Each software course teaches you to use the tool and to train others on it.
4 tools
Notetaking & Recording
Capture lectures and meetings, then turn recordings into organised, searchable notes.
- Caption.Ed Notes
- Genio Notes
- Jamworks
- Olympus
4 tools
Research & Referencing
Find, summarise and organise sources, and build references and bibliographies.
- Pro-Study
- Scholarcy
- StudyCog
- Tailo
5 tools
Mind Mapping
Plan essays, projects and revision visually, then turn ideas into structured writing.
- AYOA (course available, £19)
- Inspiration
- MindGenius
- MindManager
- MindView
6 tools
Text-to-Speech
Hear documents, web pages and PDFs read aloud, and proofread by listening.
- ClaroRead
- C-Pen Reader 2
- FindMe TTS
- Read&Write (course available, £19)
- Speechify
- TextAid
2 tools
Voice Recognition
Dictate text and control the computer by voice instead of typing.
- Dragon (course available, £19)
- TalkType
4 tools
Spelling & Grammar
Improve spelling, grammar, typing speed and word choice, including subject-specific vocabulary.
- Grammarly Premium
- KAZ (Typing Tutor)
- Lightkey
- Medincle
2 tools
Task Management
Break work into steps, plan deadlines and stay on track.
- Booost
- Global Tasks
6 tools
Specialist
Tools for maths and STEM, presentations, writing support and more.
- Equatio
- Genio Present
- Lernabl
- Luna
- Present Pal
- Writing Helper
3 tools
Captioning
Live and recorded captions for lectures, meetings and video.
- Caption.Ed Pro
- Genio Notes + Captions
- Jamworks Captions
Want to train people on these tools?
Start with the free introduction. You’ll see demos of Read&Write, Dragon and AYOA, and find out how AT trainers turn this knowledge into a career and passive income.