We provide a range of free productivity tools, apps and software to assist with your learning, support your studies, ensure accessibility and enable you to reach your full potential.

Whether it’s text to speech software, or time management programs, there’s something to help everyone do the best that they can.

You can access productivity software for free on University PCs and at home via the CCCU App Store.

We are proud that at Christ Church we have a very diverse mix of students and with a commitment to equality and diversity, we want to help build a more inclusive learning environment for you.

As part of this we are offering the following:

ClaroRead Plus

Claro Software develops Assistive Technology, software for people with disabilities such as print and reading difficulties like dyslexia, to help them achieve all they can. Claro software can help with speech synthesis, word prediction, spellchecking and switch access, and combine them to make innovative, easy-to-use products on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac, Google Chromebook, iPad and iPhone, Android, and on the Web.

All CCCU Students and Staff have access to Claro Cloud Web and Mobile Apps and Full ClaroRead Plus download for Windows and Mac.

JAWS

JAWS is a screen reader developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with the mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC.

JAWS is available on PCs located in a dedicated room in Augustine House.

Dolphin Supernova

Dolphin Supernova is a screen-reader and screen magnification package designed for people with vision loss.

Dolphin Supernova is available on PCs located in a dedicated room in Augustine House.

My Computer My Way

Do you need help in making your computer easier to use? Let's look at the many ways you can make your keyboard and mouse, Windows, the internet and your favourite applications suit you and your needs...

Windows Guides to the accessibility tools on your Windows devices.

Google Chrome Guides to the accessibility tools for Google products.

Apple OS X Guides to the accessibility tools for Apple products.

Adobe Guides to creating accessible files with the Adobe software.

Blackboard

Blackboard provides a web page with a detailed description on accessibility.

Portable Apps

PortableApps.com lets you carry all your favourite apps on a portable device or cloud drive and use them on any PC. Your browser with your bookmarks and extensions, your office suite, your photo editor, your music collection, your games, your development tools and more.

ProductDescription
Office 365Microsoft Office provides text to speech functionality in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Mac OS XApple provides text to speech functionality in in their Mac OS X (for versions Maverick and upwards).
AndroidGoogle provides text to speech functionality via their Google text-to-speech app.
NaturalreaderNaturalreader is a free text to speech reader website.
ZabawareZabaware is a free text to speech software package.
ProductDescription
EvernoteEvernote is a cross-platform free note taking, organising and archiving application.
Microsoft OneNoteMicrosoft OneNote computer program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It gathers users' notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries.
Google KeepGoogle Keep is a note taking application developed by Google.
Apple NotesApple Notes is a note taking application developed by Apple.
SimplenoteSimplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas and more. Your notes stay in sync with all your devices for free. Share notes with other users to collaborate on a project together or to access the same list.
ProductDescription
My Computer My WayDo you need help in making your computer easier to use? Let's look at the many ways you can make your keyboard and mouse, Windows, the internet and your favourite applications suit you and your needs.
Windows 10 and 11You can use your voice to dictate text to your Windows PC. For example, you can dictate text to fill out online forms; or you can dictate text to a word-processing program, such as Microsoft Word, to type a letter.
Apple OS XThe dictation feature of OS X converts your spoken words into text.
Google (Google Docs)

You can type and edit a document by speaking in Google Docs.

Note: This feature is only available in Chrome browsers.

ProductDescription
ClaroRead Plus

Claro Software develops Assistive Technology, software for people with disabilities such as print and reading difficulties like dyslexia, to help them achieve all they can.

Claro software can help with speech synthesis, word prediction, spellchecking and switch access, and combine them to make innovative, easy-to-use products on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac, Google Chromebook, iPad and iPhone, Android, and on the Web.

All CCCU Students and Staff have access to Claro Cloud Web and Mobile Apps and Full ClaroRead Plus download for Windows and Mac.

ProductDescription
Timer Tab

Timer Tab is a website as well as a free extension for Google Chrome that combines the functions of a countdown timer, alarm clock, and stopwatch, and has the ability to notify the user when an alarm goes off.

Task Timer (Google Chrome extension)Task Timer is a tool that allows you to create a list of tasks with time goals in hours, and keep track of the amount of time that you spend on each task.
ProductDescription
AudacityAudacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder.
YouTubeGoogle provides a help page dedicated to accessibility settings in YouTube.
Box of BroadcastsBox of Broadcasts (BoB) is an incredibly useful shared online off-air TV and radio recording service that is free to all staff and students at the University.
VimeoVimeo provides a help page dedicated to accessibility settings.
RoboBrailleFollow the four easy steps below to have your document converted into an alternative, accessible format. The result is delivered in your email inbox. You may upload one or more files, enter a URL to a file or simply type in the text you wish to have converted. The form expands as you make your selections.

OneNote is a cloud-based ‘book’ that helps to store all of your information without the need to continually write or type new pages! It can also be used to collaborate with multiple users. This software is useful for me as I have a hearing impairment and it allows me to record the lectures or seminars I am in (with permission of course!), and the dictation function means that OneNote can take notes for me. The best thing about OneNote is that you could either type up notes or hand write them and organise your pages into different categories. For me, I usually organise my folders into the different modules that I study.

JakeBA Primary Education student

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