Resources

Source: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/disability/resources/ Parent: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/disability/

Top tools for successful study

Materials to help you study effectively. Some of the resources may not be endorsed by the university, but may still be useful.

Writing

Grammarly - Checks spelling, grammar and punctuation and offers content specific suggestions
Google Docs voice typing - Allows you to speak into a microphone/headset and the words to be documented in text form

Reading

Read&Write - Have text read out to you, save text as audio, colour mask your screen or highlight and collate key information
Speak screen - Reads text from iOS devices
Speak - Have text read aloud in Microsoft Office programmes
Colour filters for Apple devices - Make text easier and softer to read by applying a coloured filter to the iOS device screens

Note taking

Google Keep - Photograph text then convert it into searchable editable text, also converts voice recordings into text
Office Lens - Transforms images taken of documents and whiteboards into PDF, Word and Powerpoint files
Microsoft OneNote - allows you to create notebooks of notes, adding pages, formatting and using various Microsoft 365 functionality

Mind mapping

MindGenius - capture and visualise ideas and information using a range of\ 'mind map' layouts

Reference management

Find out more about each in the Library's Reference management: a practical guide.

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