Digital Tools for Writing

The following technologies can aid writers in the writing process.

Text-Editors

Screenreaders and Speech Recognition

File Storage and Editors

Online File Storage

File Editors

  • Smallpdf—edit or convert PDFs (free)
  • Free OCRextract text from images or scanned PDFs (free)

Collaborative and Group Projects

Real-Time Editing for Multiple Users

Video-Meeting Software

Presentations and Videos

Presentation Software

Screen Recorders

Research

Articles and Books

Survey- and Form-Builders

Images

Images for Use

Image Editors

  • PowerPoint (free for Miami students)
  • Canva (free)
  • Gimp—advanced (free)
  • InDesign—advanced (discounted price for Miami students)
  • Photoshop—advanced (discounted price for Miami students)

Fonts

Fonts for Download

Apps