Student Accessibility Services

Writing Aids and Apps

Ginger Grammar Checker & Spell Checker

• Checks your spelling and grammar and fixes it according to the context of your text in Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
• Suggests different and better ways to express your sentences (Premium)
• Provides training to improve your mistakes (Premium)
• Reads your text out loud (Premium)
• Cost: Free, Premium $5.10-11.20/month
• Compatibility: Windows; Mac; Android, iOS: iPad, iPhone,; Chrome and Safari Extension

Voice Dream Writer

• Make fewer mistakes, use the right words and organize your writing better with this app
• Text-to-speech and voice-to-text help you to proofread to avoid awkward sentences or grammatical mistakes
• Dictionary, Phonetic Spell Checker, and Word Finder help you use the correct words when writing
• Outline of paper allows for better structure and ease when restructuring your paper
• Cost: $9.99
• Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone

Grammarly

• Eliminate writing mistakes and contextual errors, spelling errors, and poor vocabulary usage
• Find the right word you are looking for with synonym suggestions
• Learn from your mistakes to avoid them in the future
• Grammarly works anywhere your Chrome browser in including emails, essays, social media posts and more
• Cost: Free
• Compatibility: Chrome Extension

Co:Writer

• Word Prediction app that gives you suggestions of words as you type with the option of reading your word options out loud with a swipe of your finger
• Built-in text-to-speech reads back what you’ve typed
• Grammar and spelling support
• Export files to Dropbox, Google Drive, and other programs
• Create topic dictionaries from websites and Wikipedia links
• Cost: $4.99 per month
• Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone; Google Chrome and Edge extensions, Web

Typ-O HD

• Word prediction with text-to-speech capability to hear the word options before you select them
• Ability to enter text on the screen using speech recognition
• Listen to your work with the text-to-speech feature
• Spell checker built in that frequently gets misspelled words right
• Cost: $11.99
• Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone

Flesky

• Increase your keyboard or text input system size to 114% the normal size increase ease of sight using this QWERTY keyboard
• State-of-the-art system powerful enough for individuals who are blind or low vision to use by not needing to look at the screen to type
• Powerful word prediction system and autocorrect system edits your text without the need to even see the keyboard
• Cost: $0.99
• Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone; Android

TextExpander

• Type more with less effort using this custom keyboard shortcut app
• Create custom abbreviations called snippets of frequently used words and phrases for easy, quick entry into your documents
• Insert snippets by simply touching on them on your screen
• Use Dropbox to sync your snippets across devices
• Cost: $4.16 per month
• Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone