“Use Excel to look at past exam papers and work out patterns – make Excel spreadsheets to see what has come up – list the questions under each topic and then you can see what keeps coming up and work out the different sections that need revising. This works well with any lists of things you have collected.”
Sarah Philosophy and Economics.
YouTube Video Sort Data in Excel Rows
Microsoft Excel 2007 to 2010 – How to Sort Data – Article with images.
“I use ClaroRead to read out my essays so they make sense I don’t use the Claro filter as I have glasses for colour – I have a blue filter. I don’t use my printer very much as it is too expensive – I tend to print double sided but prefer larger fonts.”
YouTube link to the ClaroRead for PC Overview Video
Sarah – Philosophy and Economics.
“Reading is big issue for me – I find it hard to concentrate on the content so I have to scan in documents so I use a program to read them back to help me focus and absorb more information. Quite often I download E-Journals and they are all set up in PDF format. But, when I come to use the software, it is quite hard so then I transfer it to a Word document. It is much more user-friendly.
Basically, I have been used to using the software for TextHelp Read and Write [Gold] (YouTube video) and in that program you can scan the document – you can scan the PDF document and transfer it to a Word document” [This is also possible with ClaroRead (YouTube video)]
Tom – Sports Science BSc Hons
Speak selection from text on an iPhone
“My workaround may be a little complicated to include.[…] It’s a million times better than VoiceOver for dyslexic users – it’s designed for dyslexics rather than VI [Visual impairment]. It’s a built in accessibility feature for iOS5, so works everywhere.
Apple say: Speak Selection
Want to select text from websites, email, messages, and more? Speak Selection lets you highlight text in any application by double tapping it. Even if you don’t have VoiceOver enabled, Speak Selection will read you the highlighted text and give you formatting options like cut, copy, and paste. Turn on Speak Selection in Settings.
A video:
Neil – Psychnology