Open source and free technologies for study skills
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The document discusses open source and free technologies that can help with study skills. It provides an overview of creative commons licensing and open educational resources. It then lists and describes various open source, portable, free, phone-based, commercial, and online tools that students can use for tasks like text-to-speech, spell checking, mind mapping, reminders, speech recognition, scanning, dictionaries, calculators, note taking, and references. The document encourages choosing tools based on skills, strategies, and needs and provides additional resources for further information.
Open source and free technologies for study skills
- 1. Open Source & Free Technologies for Study Skills Mrs E.A. Draffan
- 2. Where we are now… • Support for students taking HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent level courses - specialist software, computers but not equipment that all students on a particular course require. • Statutory Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations “where a provision, criterion or practice places a disabled person at a substantial disadvantage, and this relates to the provision of information, …it is reasonable to …ensure that the information is provided in an accessible format (p 102). Adapted thanks to Alistair McNaught (JISC) and Abi James
- 3. • Creative Commons – free content? • Open Source – free software? • Commercial options – freemium, premium and subscription ? • Provide information – social media? What can we use?
- 4. • Open Educational Resources (OERs) - consideration of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and copyright • Images • Third party resources Creative Commons
- 5. So OERs are…helpful? • “ensure that the information is provided in an accessible format” AdaptedthankstoAlistairMcNaught(JISC)andAbiJames 5 text rich resource image rich resource video rich resource audio rich resource
- 6. Supporting multiple formats • Structured Word document (using headings and styles e.g. Microsoft Accessibility Checker) • Accessible ebook checker – preferably ePub3 format • Accessible web content - testing online pages – Automated tools available from W3C WAI • Accessible PDFs – Simple guide to Creating Accessible PDFs – Try the free checker PAVE • Synote for accessible audio and video recordings
- 7. Open source software • Quality of code – can be superb? • Documentation – should be perfect? • Maintenance – always up to date? • Training – always on hand? The 2015 Future of Open Source Survey Reveals 78% of companies make use of open source, yet many lack formal policies to manage legal and security risks – In 2015 JISC also offered advice on open source software. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/how-can-my-institution- use-open-source-software
- 8. Tools for tasks • Text to speech • Spell checking • Graphical mapping • Reminders • Speech Recognition • Scanning and OCR • Dictionaries • Calculators • Note taking • References Think skill, strategy & setting first then tools
- 9. Text to Speech Open Source • ClipTalk • Good for instant speech feedback Portable • Dspeech & Balabolka • Useful when on the move if USB access available Free • NaturalReader 14 • Good for simple text to speech – free Windows Phone • Vod Lite iPhone app and Speak it! for Android Free Daisy & TTS or Built-in Commercial • Texthelp, Claro, Dolphin, Don Johnston etc. Online • Voz Me and ATbar • Copy and paste or browser based option
- 10. Spell checking Open Source • Aspell • Basic used in many apps for Windows Portable • OpenOffice.org and dictionaries • Portable Wordprocessor Free • FreeSpell • Based on Aspell but works with clipboard and hotkeys Phone • Speller iPhone app • Spell Checker for Android • Built-in Commercial • Oribi VeritySpell • specialist checker integrates with text to speech Online • Ghotit, Ginger, Google and ATbar • Web or browser based and as mobile apps
- 11. Graphical mapping Open Source • XMind • Keyboard friendly & has spellcheck Portable • Freemind • Basic compared to Xmind but less MB Free • M8! - Mind Map • Windows 10 –app store Phone • SimpleMind+ iPhone and Android app • V. easy link with Dropbox Commercial • Inspiration, MindView, iMindmap, MindGenius, Mindmanager, ClaroIdeas, Spark Learner etc Online • MindMeister, Gliffy and many others • Keyboard or mouse and as apps
- 12. Reminders Open Source • TaskCoach to do lists and reminders • Tasks and to do lists Portable • Portable Stickies • Always with you – colour, fonts, print, languages Free • VueMinder Calendar and Rainlendar Lite with alarms Phone • AnyDo: Reminder works with Siri and Talkback • To do list, voice recording Commercial • Calendars as part of the Operating System or Office Suite Online • Remember the Milk • Task list, Google Calendar, SMS, email, IM reminders
- 13. Speech Recognition Open Source • CMU Sphinx • Carnegie Mellon speech recognition project Portable • Android CMU Sphinx demo Free • Built in to OS • Windows speech recognition & Mac dictation Phone • Built in or Dragon Mobile apps • Need to be online Commercial • Dragon Naturally Speaking / SpeakQ Online • Google Voice recognition via browser or mobile app • Based on location
- 14. Scanning and OCR Open Source • Tesseract-ocr • For techy savvy folk! Portable • SnapReader for Windows 10 ($2.99) • Keyboard accessible Free • SimpleOCR • For techy savvy folk! Phone • Office Lens OCR for Windows, iOS and Android • makes images readable Commercial • Lite versions come with the scanner • ScreenShot Reader Online • SensusAccess or Free OCR for limited amounts • Text from images and PDF
- 15. Dictionaries Open Source • Yadabyte portable dictionary • Finds highlighted words Portable • Lingoes dictionary with translation, pronunciation Free • WordWeb Dictionary and Thesaurus (Win) • Audio pronunciations Phone • Dictionary! iPhone app & English Dictionary for Android - Thesaurus Commercial • Concise Oxford English Dictionary with speech Online • Dictionary.com and HowJSay -talking • Browser buttons - ATbar
- 16. Calculators Open Source • SpeedCrunch • Helps with formulae – type expression, colours Portable • Converber Portable • Unit converter Free • FRS Talking Calculator • Simple sums, speech and large buttons Phone • Built in & Fusion Calculator Lite iPhone & Speak n Talk Calculator Lite Android Commercial • Premier Talking Calculator • See the whole sum Online • Online-calculators for many different settings
- 17. Note taking Open Source • Laverna -Windows, Mac etc • Collect & organise notes, images and links etc Portable • Evernote • Jot notes and sort, tag and organise Free • IdeaRover • Outline structure, links research papers, PhD level Phone • Evernote iPhone app • Jot notes and sort, tag and organise Commercial • Microsoft OneNote • Links with OneDrive and apps Online • Zoho Notebook • Similar to Google Docs • Google Keep – Chrome.
- 18. References Open Source • JabRef • Good for Science – LaTeX - BibTex Portable • Zotero with Portable Firefox • Easy to use bibliography Free • Zotero • Synch data with web and make notes next to citations Phone • Mendeley Lite app • Import papers and provide citation Commercial • EndNote, MSWord Online • CiteULike • Collections of papers with export features.
- 20. Thank you – Any questions? Slideshare download https://www.slideshare.net/eadraffan/open-source- and-free-technologies-for-study-skills-75506065 MOOCS for further information FutureLearn Digital Accessibility https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital- accessibility OER versions http://tinyurl.com/hexsly2 Coming soon – Inclusive Learning and Teaching Environments. Email: ead@ecs.soton.ac.uk Projects: https://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Editor's Notes
- #5: Image attribution By Creative commons (the original CC license symbols), the combined work by Shaddim and is hereby cc-by-4.0 licensed. - https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/ https://creativecommons.org/policies/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47247325
- #6: Open educational resources allow a tutor to supplement their "normal" materials with a range of other materials from different practitioners. This makes it easier to provide true differentiation and to signpost different learners with different access needs to different resources.
- #7: Points to ponder on NOT: Image PDFs (e.g. scans without conversion to text) eBooks with digital right management (DRM) Flash objects – disappearing with HTML 5
- #8: Open source – access to code and with correct licenses can be adapted. Freeware (no source code) Shareware (no source code) Commercial which costs.
- #10: Open source ClipTalk http://fullmeasure.co.uk/cliptalk/ Portable Dspeech http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/ Balabolka http://portableapps.com/apps/accessibility/balabolka-portable Free NaturalReader 12 http://www.naturalreaders.com/ Mobile phone Vod Lite Daisy and Speak it! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vod-lite/id398997553?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dhristov.si Built in text to speech such as VoiceOver or TalkBack Commercial Texthelp, Claro, Dolphin, Don Johnston etc http://www.emptech.info/products_by_subcategory.php?ID=211 Online VozMe copy and paste and ATbar http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en https://www.atbar.org/
- #11: Spell checking Open source Aspell http://aspell.net/ ATbar https://www.atbar.org/ Portable OpenOffice http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable Dictionaries http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries Free FreeSpell http://hcidesign.com/freespell/ Mobile phone Speller http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speller-free-spell-checker/id305997247?mt=8 Spell Checker (+voice input) for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidsx.checkspelling&hl=en Commercial Oribi VeritySpell https://oribisoftware.com/en/verityspell/ Online Ghotit http://www.ghotit.com/ Ginger http://www.gingersoftware.com/ Google Toolbar https://support.google.com/toolbar/?hl=en&rd=1
- #12: Graphical mapping Open source XMind http://www.xmind.net/download/win/ Portable Freemnd http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Free M8! - Mind Map https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/m8-mind-map/9wzdncrfj9nr Mobile phone SimpleMind+ for iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/simplemind+-mind-mapping/id305727658?mt=8 And on Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.modelmakertools.simplemindfree Commercial Inspiration, MindView, iMindmap, Mindmanager, MindGenius, ClaroIdeas, Spark Learner etc Online MindMeister, Gliffy and many others Http://www.mindmeister.com https://www.gliffy.com/products/online/
- #13: Reminders Open source TaskCoach to do lists and reminders http://www.taskcoach.org/ Portable Stickies portable http://portableapps.com/apps/office/stickies_portable Free VueMinder Calendar http://www.vueminder.com/ Rainlendar Lite with alarms http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php Mobile phone AnyDo: Reminder that works with Siri and Talkback https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/any.do-task-to-do-list/id497328576?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anydo&hl=en_GB Commercial Calendars as part of the Operating System or Office Suite Online Remember the Milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
- #14: Speech Recognition Open source CMU Sphinx http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/ Portable Possibly CMU Sphinx in the future! https://github.com/cmusphinx/pocketsphinx-android-demo Free Built in Windows Cortana and speech recognition https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17214/windows-10-what-is Mac Dictation https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202584 Mobile phone Dragon Mobile apps http://www.nuance.co.uk/for-business/by-solution/mobile-application/index.htm Commercial Dragon NaturallySpeaking http://www.nuance.co.uk Dragon Naturally Speaking / SpeakQ http://www.nuance.co.uk/dragon/index.htm and https://www.quillsoft.ca/ Mac Dictation http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5449 Online Google voice recognition add on. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/voice-recognition/ikjmfindklfaonkodbnidahohdfbdhkn?hl=en
- #15: Scanning and OCR Open source Tesseract-ocr https://github.com/tesseract-ocr Portable SnapReader for Windows ($2.99) http://www.topocr.com/snapreader.html Free SimpleOCR http://www.simpleocr.com/ Mobile phone Office Lens for Windows, iOS and Android https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/office-lens/9wzdncrfj3t8 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/office-lens/id975925059?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens&hl=en_GB Commercial Lite versions come with the scanner Online Sensus Access or Free OCR for limited amounts http://www.sensusaccess.com/convert-a-file or http://www.free-ocr.com/
- #16: Dictionaries Open source Yadabyte portable dictionary http://www.yadabyte.com/Yadabyte_Portables.php Portable Lingoes Translation and Speech http://www.pendriveapps.com/lingoes-portable-dictionary/ Free WordWeb Dictionary and Thesaurus http://wordweb.info/ Mobile phone Dictionary! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dictionary!/id293283136?mt=8 English Dictionary https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US&hl=en Commercial Concise Oxford English Dictionary with speech http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/nav/i/category/academic/language/reference/dictionaries/9780199601097/R/narrow+by+format/cd-rom/n/4294926595.do#.UehYdo21GCk Online Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/ HowJSay http://www.howjsay.com/
- #17: Calculators Open source SpeedCrunch http://speedcrunch.org/en_US/download.html Portable Converber Portable http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/converber_portable Free FRS Talking Calculator ($1.99 after trial) http://fastrabbitsoftware.com/talking_calculator.htm Mobile phone Fusion Calculator Lite app http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fusion-calculator-lite/id383549067?mt=8 Speak n Talk Calculator Lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.speakingcalculator&hl=en Commercial Premier Talking Calculator http://www.premierathome.com/products/TalkingCalculator.php Online Online Calculators http://www.online-calculators.co.uk/
- #18: Note taking Open source Laverna https://laverna.cc/#download Portable Evernote http://www.evernote.com/ Free Trial IdeaRover http://www.idearover.com/ Mobile phone Evernote http://www.evernote.com/ Commercial Microsoft OneNote http://www.onenote.com/ Online Zoho Notebook https://www.zoho.eu/notebook/notebook-for-mac.html Google Keep plus Chrome extension https://keep.google.com/
- #19: Open source JabRef http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ Portable Zotero with Portable Firefox http://www.zotero.org/ Free Zotero with Firefox http://www.zotero.org/ Mobile phone Mendeley Lite http://www.mendeley.com/ Commercial EndNote http://endnote.com/ Online CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/