The Reading
£ = less than £10, ££ = £10 to £50, £££ = over £50 - We only include a price guide for apps [due to the complexity of software pricing]. Please click on individual icons to go to the supplier for more detail.
Active Reading 
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Software for practise reading longer passages Learn topic based vocabulary Practise listening to topic based vocabulary |
£££ | Android Phone, Android Tablet, Internet Required, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | American English |
Claro ScanPen 
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Text photo to speech |
£, ££ | Android Phone, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | UK English |
| Claro ScanPen
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Text photo to speech |
£, ££ | Android Phone, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | UK English |
ClaroSpeak 
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Text to speech. Reads text aloud as you type |
Android Phone, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | UK English | |
| ClaroSpeak
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Text to speech. Reads text aloud as you type |
Android Phone, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | UK English | |
Envision AI 
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This app describes the world around you . Point the camera at objects, people, text (typed or hand written) & it will speak aloud the writing or the scene it can see |
Free trial, £ | Android Phone, iPhone | UK English |
Lexico cognition 
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Exercises for listen & remember or read and remember Listen to or read describing words |
Free trial, £ | iPad, iPhone | American English |
Memory Lane Games 
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Create quiz style games/ word finding activities, based around personal memories. |
Android Phone, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone | UK English, American English, Australian English | |
NaturalReader 10 
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Free text to speech program |
Free trial, Free | PC | UK English, American English |
Read&Write 
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Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like:
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Android Tablet, Internet Required, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | UK English, American English, Australian English, Other Languages Available | |
Seeing AI 
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This free app describes the world around you . Point the camera at objects, people, text (typed or hand written) & it will speak aloud the writing or the scene it can see |
Free trial, Free | iPhone | UK English |
Sentence Maker 
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Anagram sentences to put in the correct order |
Free trial, Free, £ | iPad, iPhone | American English |
Speechify 
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Speechify is a text to speech tool.
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Free trial, ££ | Android Tablet, Internet Required, iPad, iPhone, MAC, PC | UK English, American English |
TouchChat HD 
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An AAC app with vocabulary specifically for people with aphasia & keyboard with word prediction Click on a symbol/photo to speak out your message Use your own photos, phrases & voice recordings |
£££ | iPad, iPhone | American English |
Visual Attention Therapy 
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Therapy exercises for visual neglect (i.e. when you can only see one side of the screen) Encourages you to look at the whole screen and develop a normal 'looking' pattern |
££ | iPad | UK English, American English, Australian English |
Voice dream reader 
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Reads text aloud, word & line highlighting. Option to reduce text area to improve focus. Option to use large font size. Supports PDF documents, ebooks, web pages. Free trial available. |
Free trial, £ | iPad, iPhone | American English |
Vu Bar 
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A reading bar |
PC |