With the dictation: Kids can speak what they want to type (including punctuation). Windows Speech Recognition (Windows): Free , which can help kids organize their thoughts visually prior to writingĭictation ( Mac, iPad) and Voice Control (Mac, iPad): Free
Word banks to help kids think of topic-related words, or to help emerging writers build sentences from whole wordsĭifferent types of dictionaries and thesauri, some of which allow kids to look up words with sound or pictures or look up words in their first language Grammar checker to highlight possible mistakes such as easily confused words (its/it’s, to/too/two), wrong verb tense, and capitalization and punctuation
Spellcheck to suggest correct spelling even if students spell words phonetically , which predicts what kids are trying to type (even if it’s misspelled) and lists suggested words
Typing echo, which uses TTS to read aloud as students type, providing immediate feedback (TTS), which reads back what’s been typed to help kids listen for possible mistakes (speech-to-text), which types out what kids say so they don’t have to type or write by hand
