Solutions for Reading and Writing Difficulties

Some of us will remember the 2009 Apple commercials with the tagline, "There's an app for that." Nearly 15 years later, this still rings true. We have apps for everything, from ordering groceries to logging water intake to playing music - there's an app for it.

It will come as no surprise, therefore, that there are many apps to ameliorate reading and writing difficulties. There's a long list in the graphic, but please look at our shorter list below:

Speechify: a text-to-speech app; this is a great app so your learners can listen to content as they follow along (all Office apps also have this feature embedded into them).
Sentence Builder: an app that supports children in building complex, grammatically-correct sentences. This is an excellent app for any students that may support with small, connecting words
Notes: an app that comes on all iPhones - this is a great tool that students can use to make voice recordings to organise their thoughts or use the speech-to-text function.

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