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Paper agendas are a great way to stay organized, but for a lot of students, working with paper is not always ideal. App-based agendas are much more accessible, and they give students with learning disabilities the ability to take advantage of built in features such as speech-to-text, text-to-speech, etc. And, going virtual over paper means…

Connect your iPad to a Wi-Fi network. Open Microsoft Office Lens and sign in to a Microsoft account. If you do not have the app it can be downloaded for free through the app store. When you open the app, the first thing you’ll see is the capture screen. Select “Document”. Place your document on…

A teacher and student using symbols to communicate

Today, we’re going talk about an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app for Android, but first, let’s talk a bit about AAC, because it’s not the most commonly used piece of assistive technology out there, and there’s lots of people who have never seen these devices before. AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and…

A woman using a smartphone to scan a document

To Scan Prepare your document for scanning by placing it flat on a well-lit surface. Open ClaroPDF and tap on “Create Document”. Select “From Camera”. Hold the camera up to the document, ensuring all corners are in frame, and when your satisfied with the position of the document, hit the capture button (the circle) to…

When it comes to note-taking apps for smartphones, there are lots of decent, functional options to choose from. A lot of these apps do more or less the same thing in terms of performing basic notetaking functions, but there’s a few apps that offer some especially unique features that deserve to be explored in greater…

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