iPad Apps for Learners with Dyslexia/Reading and Writing Difficulties

The Dyslexia Wheel

This is the 6th version of iPad Apps for Learners with Dyslexia / Reading and Writing Difficulties to be produced since it was first launched in October 2013. This is the most popular poster that we have produced in recent years and has now been downloaded over 100,000 times from the CALL web site.

The ‘Wheel of Apps’ is not comprehensive, but attempts to identify relevant, useful apps and to categorise them according to difficulties faced by people with dyslexia. Note that some apps address a range of difficulties. To save space, we have not placed individual apps into multiple categories, but have listed them under a single category that is particularly relevant to the app. Links on the electronic version are ‘clickable’ and will take you to iTunes, where you can find out more about the individual apps.

What's New?

• Typing Tutors - this is a new section, with four apps: Easy Typing, Fast Typer 2, TapTyping and Typing Tutor Fun.
• Scanning - Claro ScanPen Reader and SnapType have been added.
• Text to Speech - Capti Voice and Speechify have found a place.
• Reading eBooks - EasyReader is new to this section.
• Letter Formation now includes LetterReflex.
• Word Processing - Documents by Readdle has now been included.
• Writing Support - We have added Easy Dyslexia Aid to this section.
• Reminders - Reminder with Voice Reminders has been added.
• Early Learning - Word Wizard for Kids has been added.

What have we removed?

The apps in the sections on Mathematics and Calculators have been transferred to our new iPad Apps for Learners with Dyscalculia / Numeracy Difficulties wheel. Other apps have been removed as they are no longer available, or not compatible with the latest iPad operating system, iOS 11. These include: Dragon Dictation, Fleksy, My Words, NaviDys, Side by Side and WhiteSmoke.

iPad Apps for Learners with Dyscalculia / Numeracy Difficulties

Since we first started our series of app wheel posters for dyslexia we have had regular queries about iPad apps to help learners with numeracy difficulties. Our new poster, iPad Apps for Learners with Dyscalculia / Numeracy Difficulties, is a response to these requests. Like the Dyslexia Wheel, it is by no means comprehensive, but it attempts to identify relevant, useful apps that will help to embed numerical learning and to give opportunities for repeated practice of concepts that cause difficulty. It is aimed at helping to identify apps that may be useful for learners in a Primary School setting, rather than more advanced levels of numeracy and mathematics, though some can be used at many levels.