Digital Tools for Writing

• Microsoft Office (free for Miami students)
• Google Docs (free)
• iWork Suite (free)
• Evernote (free)
• Adobe Acrobat DC PDF Reader (free)

Screenreaders and Speech Recognition

• JAWS Screenreader (free versions available)
• NonVisual Desktop Access Screenreader (free)
• Read and Write Gold (available to Miami students)
• Windows Speech Recognition (free with PCs)
• Apple Dictation (free with Macs)
• Dragon Speech Recognition Software

File Storage and Editors

Online File Storage

• Google Drive (free)
• Dropbox Basic (free)
• Box (free)
• Microsoft Onedrive (free)

File Editors

• Smallpdf edit or convert PDFs (free)
• Free OCR extract text from images or scanned PDFs (free)

Collaborative and Group Projects

Real-Time Editing for Multiple Users

• Google Docs word processor (free)
• Google Slides presentations (free)
• Microsoft Real-Time Editing

Video-Meeting Software

• Google Hangouts (free)
• Skype (free)
• Zoom (free for 40 minute meetings)
• Globphone (free) allows online phone calls and texting

Images

Images for Use

• OpenClipArt (free)
• Pexels (free)
• Pixabay (free)
• Shutterstock

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

• Font Squirrel (free)
• DaFont (free)
• Google Fonts (free)
• 1001 Free Fonts (free)

Apps

• BeeLine Reader ADHD-friendly (free)
• dyslexie Dyslexia-friendly

Research

Articles and Books

• Google Scholar
• Miami University Library Databases
• Miami University Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
• OhioLINK
• Zotero Research Assistant

Survey- and Form-Builders

• Qualtrics (free for Miami students)
• Survey Monkey (free)
• ZoHo (free)
• Google Forms (free)
• JotForm (free)
• Formstack

Presentations and Videos

Presentation Software

• PowerPoint (free for Miami students)
• Google Slides (free)

Screen Recorders

• Screencast-O-Matic (free for 15 minutes of recording)
• Quicktime Player for Mac (free)
• Camtasia