MyStudyBar is designed to support the complete study cycle from planning and structuring thoughts and ideas to support with reading and writing.
MyStudyBar can help learners to: organise and plan their thoughts and ideas, use colour overlays to aid concentration and overcome visual stress, listen to digital content read aloud using text-to-speech,
improve typing skills.
Bionic Reading revises texts so that the most concise parts of words are highlighted. This guides the eye over the text and the brain remembers previously learned words more quickly.
Upload or drag and drop files into your playlist, ePub, html webpages, PDF and Word documents.
Adjust the background colour (includes a pale yellow).
Change font
Download the app and use on your device
There is a Premium version which has more features.
Otter.ai is an online transcription tool. You can use it to record and transcribe conversations, meetings or your ideas using Otter on your mobile phone or web browser.
A Chrome app to type with your voice. Turns Google Chrome into a speech recognition app to dictate documents, emails and essays without touching the keyboard.
Uses Chrome's Local Storage to automatically save the transcriptions.
Uses the Web Speech API of Chrome that is supported in all the newer release of Chrome browser including Google Chrome on Android.
The app is integrated with Dropbox and Google Drive to help you easily export the transcribed text to your various online accounts.
Alternatively, your can send the dictated text to any email address.
Type with your Voice in Google Docs
You need to use Google Chrome for this.
You can correct any mistakes and use voice commands to select text, format text and move around the document.
a visual-aid app provided by TUAT Inc. to enhance the accessibility of the visually impaired and low vision users and informs users who need visual aids about information perceived via the smartphone camera.
Can't stop scrolling? Have trouble focusing? Forest is the cutest focus timer to help you stay focused and boost productivity. Free on android. There is a charge for iOS.
Centered around the 5 ways to wellbeing (Be Active, Connect, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give), CityWellbeing provides you with the tools to start building healthy, positive habits into your everyday life. Creating small daily habits in each area can boost your wellbeing and help you to become a happier, healthier you. Take care and download CityWellbeing through iOS or Google Play.
If you need a safe place to share how you’re feeling and get support through courses & resources, City students have access to Togetherall using your academic email address.
The Mix offer free, confidential and anonymous support which can be accessed wherever young people are. They connect young people to experts and their peers to talk about everything from money to mental health, homelessness to jobs, break-ups to drugs and more. Shout is a confidential, 24/7 text message support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling to cope. Shout is powered by trained and skilled volunteers overseen by clinical supervisors, helping young people who feel they can’t cope reach a place of calm.
Chasing the Stigma (CTS) has launched the Hub of Hope - a national mental health database, bringing help and support together in one place, with a focus on grassroots organisations.
Mind gives advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Catch It is a joint project between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, to help users better understand their moods through use of an ongoing diary. The app was designed to illustrate some of the key principles of psychological approaches to mental health and well-being, and specifically Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
MindShift® CBT uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
SAM is a non-profit, community-backed wellbeing app to help you monitor and manage your mental health, with self-help techniques to help with anxiety, depression, loneliness and coping. SAM is informed by clinical best practice and academic research.
Office Lens is a great way to capture notes and information from whiteboards, menus, signs, handwritten memos, or anything with a lot of text. You don’t need to jot down notes, rely on blurry images, or worry about misplacing anything. It’s great for capturing sketches, drawings and equations too, and even images without text.
Free notetaking app for personal use. Capture information in notes, lists, photos, and audio. Set a location-based reminder right when you get to the store. Set a time-based reminder to make sure you never miss a thing.
