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Chrome Apps/Extensions

Read & Write by Text Help: toolbar that inserts into Google Docs and provides an array of supports for writing (extension)

Snapverter: take a picture of a document with a smartphone; converts it to an accessible PDF (app)

Speak it: highlight text and click the speak it button to provide text to speech support (extension)

Readability: streamlines the presentation of web pages for easier reading (extension)

TLDR (Too Long Didn't Read): summary of reading material; offers long, medium, or short summaries. (extension)

Evernote Clearly: reduces visual clutter on screen; save pages to Evernote (extension)

Ginger: grammar and spell check support while writing (extensions, also have an app)

Co:Writer Universal: word prediction tool by Don Johnston (extension and app)

Awesome Screenshot: capture image from screen; annotate; save to drive (available as both extension and app)

Connected Mind: brainstorming tool (app)

Dictanote: voice recognition (app)

Speech Pad: voice recognition, plus has ability to transcribe audio (app)

High Contrast: change view of webpages (extension)

Announcify: screen reader support that reads items on the screen (extension)

Bookshare Web Reader: For students with print disabilities, access to an extensive collection of digital books that can be read with text-to-speech directly in browser (extension)

My Ebook Maker: Create digital books that can be exported to other compatible mobile devices (app)

Gliffy Diagrams: create flowcharts, brainstorming tool (app)

Typing Club: educational games as typing training, takes data (app)

GeoGebra: free dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics, and calculus in one easy-to-use package (app)

Livebinders: organize, share resources (app)

Symballoo- symbol driven home page to launch favorites (available as both extension and app)

Extensity: helps manage all of your other extensions/apps (extension)

LegoBuilder: Create lego designs (app)

Skiblz Cam: Screencast application- no audio yet! (extension)

Snag It from TechSmith: Screen Capture application (Download extension & app)

EdPuzzle: allows teacher to build a UDL type assignment with video, embedded audio and quizes (available as extension or app)
 
Screencastify: Screencast tool with audio (extension)

Flubaroo: Seemless way for teachers to grade assignments (add-on in Google Sheets)

SuperQuiz: great tool for educators!  Makes grading and giving feedback to students very simple! (add-on in Google Sheets)

Choice Eliminator: will eliminate an option from a multiple choice list or check-box question after it has been submitted.  Great for sending out form to parents for meetings so people do not request the same time slots.  (add-on in Google Forms)

Snap & Read: reads accessible and inaccessible text aloud from websites (extension)

Speech Recognition: allows user to convert speech to text simply (add-on in Google Docs)

QR Code Generator:  allows user to simply and easily create QR codes (app)

*Please note: Some of the extensions will say they are free but you will need to complete outside purchases for the extensions to work.  For example, the CO:Writer Universal extension is free.  However, it will not work unless you have a CO:Writer Universal account.

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