# 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](https://www.grammarly.com/) - Checks spelling, grammar and punctuation and offers content specific suggestions
- [Google Docs voice typing](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en) - Allows you to speak into a microphone/headset and the words to be documented in text form

Reading

- [Read&Write](https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/learning-tech/read-write-software) - Have text read out to you, save text as audio, colour mask your screen or highlight and collate key information
- [Speak screen](https://9to5mac.com/2014/10/04/ios-8-how-to-have-your-ios-device-read-text-for-you/) - Reads text from iOS devices
- [Speak](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/use-the-speak-text-to-speech-feature-to-read-text-aloud-459e7704-a76d-4fe2-ab48-189d6b83333c) - Have text read aloud in Microsoft Office programmes
- [Colour filters for Apple devices](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207025) - Make text easier and softer to read by applying a coloured filter to the iOS device screens

Note taking

- [Google Keep](https://www.google.com/keep/) - Photograph text then convert it into searchable editable text, also converts voice recordings into text
- [Office Lens](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/office-lens/9wzdncrfj3t8?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab) - Transforms images taken of documents and whiteboards into PDF, Word and Powerpoint files
- [Microsoft OneNote](https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/tools/microsoft-365/) - allows you to create notebooks of notes, adding pages, formatting and using various Microsoft 365 functionality

Mind mapping

- [MindGenius](https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/tools/mindgenius/) - capture and visualise ideas and information using a range of\
  'mind map' layouts

Reference management

- [Paperpile](https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/tools/paperpile/)
- [Zotero](https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/tools/zotero/)
- [Endnote](https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/tools/endnote/)

Find out more about each in the Library's [Reference management: a practical guide](https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/reference-management/cite).

Revision

- [Quizlet](https://quizlet.com/en-gb) - Create flashcards or choose from sets created by other students