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Here is a comprehensive list of resources & reference apps thanks to the University of Michigan:
RESOURCES & REFERENCE
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Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
This iPad app is a completely customizable keyboard and adaptive notepad. Its key features include enlarging keys, word prediction, text-to-speech, audio recording, and much more.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
This app can predict the word you’re starting to type. After you type a few letters, Brevity will list all possible matches.
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Compatible with Android devices 2.3 and up.
CamScannerHD (tablets) and CamScanner (phone) turns your device into a document scanner. Scan any document and the app will convert it into a PDF.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
This app includes nearly 2 million easily accessible words. You can view definitions and synonyms with dictionary.com and thesaurus.com, with no internet connection required.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
Tell Dragon Go! what you want to find, and it delivers. Have the app look up movie showtimes on Fandango, weather reports on Accuweather, articles on Wikipedia and CNN, and much more.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
GoodReader is a highly advanced PDF reader. Aside from its robust reading and annotating capabilities, you can also sync your files with Dropbox and FTP servers. It supports PDF, TXT, Microsoft Office files, web archives, and even audio and video.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 7.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
With over 150,000 words, Howjsay is the world’s largest English pronunciation dictionary. It uses a real human voice for audio pronunciation and keeps track of your word lookup history.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
iAdvocate can help you develop and share specific strategies for working with a school to improve your children’s education. It has problem-based learning strategies, simulations, access resources, and more.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 7.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
With the iTunes U app, you can access courses from tons of universities and schools. You can even access podcasts and other educational content, and you can build your own courses.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
This app offers voice search to let you look up a word without having to spell it. It includes a thesaurus, example sentences, Word of the Day, and is a great reference tool.
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Compatible with Android devices 2.2 and up.
Mobile 112 is a great text-to-speech app that will read text messages, web pages and what you are typing for you.
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Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.
Great for students, parents, and teachers, Move & Match can be used to create projects for school or just for fun. Such projects include memory card activities, math problems, word and grammar activities, and much more.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
OpenWeb is an app that helps customize your web browser, adjusting font size and color to make reading easier. It uses OpenDyslexic, a dyslexic-friendly font.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
PDF Expert allows you to read and annotate PDF documents, highlight text, make notes, and more. It is compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat.
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Compatible with Android devices 3.0 and up.
This app is a virtual sketchbook for all of your drawings and doodles.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
SoundGecko allows you to convert text articles online into MP3s. Simply copy the website, add your email address, and download the MP3.
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Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
This app is a combination dictionary and spell checker, so you can make sure your e-mails, papers, and other important documents are error-free.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and iPad mini. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.
This app can help you read small print by magnifying and illuminating the text.
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Compatible with Android devices 2.2 and up.
With the TED app, you can access hundreds of talks from some of the world’s biggest innovators.
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Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Requires iOS 5.1 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
With TextExpander, you can set up abbreviations that expand into longer words or phrases. Create a library of abbreviated addresses, URLs, and more that you can access quickly, easily, and often.
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Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.
Toontastic allows kids to draw, animate, and share their own custom cartoons. Just hit “Record” and tell a story while making the characters and other cartoon assets move. When finished, share the cartoon on ToonTube.