Here is a brief list of Assistive Technology resources, for informational purposes only.

The Landmark College Institute for Research and Training does not endorse any particular software. These options are presented for examination. There are undoubtedly many more software titles available to assist people with learning disabilities. Please send the Institute any particular software recommendations at institute@landmark.edu; they would be welcome.

Software for Organizing Ideas — Helps students create visual maps to outline ideas and then turns those graphic displays into Roman-numeral outlines. Inspiration Software.

Voice Recognition Software (dictation, speech recognition) — Eliminates typing and spelling errors by recording user's voice and turning it into text. Dragon Naturally Speaking. One example is here

Text Reader (speech synthesizer, optical character recognition) — Enables user to hear text on computer screen spoken aloud. Uses a computer (synthesized) voice; scans or imports text; aids decoding; improves decoding and fluency; reads back what's been typed in, to assist in revision of writing. Kurzweil™

Word prediction is a feature found in writing software programs that helps the writer to complete words or to select the next word from a list of possibilities. Word prediction works best when it is trained to recognize words commonly used by the writer. Programs such as Kurzweil 3000 or the writing programs by Don Johnston include word prediction.