NU Faculty Resources Guide

Useful for everybody, Dragon NaturallySpeaking follows speech commands to allow you to operate your computer. If you have trouble sitting still and focusing on a computer screen, or difficulty reading computer text, you can dictate an entire paper with this software. Moreover, you can program specific commands that allow you to navigate your computer hands-free. This is the ultimate tool for hands-free workflow.

Google Docs, Google’s free word processing software, includes a dictation function, which can be useful for writing papers. It also comes with some voice commands. Users will also need a gmail account.

Windows devices offer speech recognition functions that allow users to enable voice commands to control their desktop user interface, dictate text in documents and email, navigate websites, perform keyboard shortcuts, and control the mouse cursor.

A free, open-source, full-screen reader.

With several programs available, NaturalReader provides text-to-speech software that can handle a wide array of document formats, including OCR and web documents.

Available by monthly subscription, Audible (under Amazon's corporate umbrella) provides access to the largest selection of audiobooks anywhere, all accessible by your computer or mobile devices. If you pursue an interest in Audible, please make sure to ask about student discounts.

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