Technologies and aids
writing
On this page you can find information about a wide variety of technological tools that can facilitate the academic learning process. Academic writing tools, including voice typing software, tools for managing bibliographic sources, text reading tools, mathematical writing tools, and more.
dictation
Artificial intelligence tools for writing papers
Below is a variety of software and applications that can assist with writing – dictation, typing, editing, organization, spelling, drafting, and proofreading.
They can be used either on a computer or on end devices - tablets/iPads, as well as on mobile devices.
dictation
| Scispace Redrafting | AI Chat for scientific PDFs | SciSpace (typeset.io) |
| MyBib Writing sources | My first project – MyBib |
| ChatGPT Thought organization, reframing | ChatGPT |
| Chat.il | Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Tools for Teaching – il.Chat Article Generator: https://il.chat/ai-article-generator/ |
| Robbie Bot | Ruby Bot (rubybot.co.il) |
Below is a variety of software and applications that can assist with writing – dictation, typing, editing, organization, spelling, drafting, and proofreading.
They can be used either on a computer or on end devices - tablets/iPads, as well as on mobile devices.
| Purpose/Use | Software/operating system name | Operation mode / Operation icon |
| dictation | Google Docs | Voice typing |
| Office 365 | The reporter | |
| iPhone, iOS | Setting up dictation in keyboard options | |
| Mathematical writing | Ward | Insert menu - Equation/Formula |
| Converting handwriting to print | ||
| Google Docs – Chrome Extension | Voice typing (in English) of formulas and converting from handwriting to print | |
| Academic writing | Ward | Creating a list of references in Word |
| Text prediction | Word 365 | |
| LightKey | Word and sentence completion, spelling and grammar correction |
| Purpose/Use | Software/operating system name | Free/paid | How to operate |
Text reading Online | Reading text in Google Chrome browser | Free | Read aloud
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| Reading text in Microsoft Edge browser | Free | Read aloud
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| Reading text in documents | Reading text in Word | Requires a license to use Word. | Read aloud
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| Reading documents in ACROBAT | Not in Hebrew – will be added later | ||
| Reading text in operating systems | Live text reading using iPhone
| Free | Live text. Instructions for using Live Text on iPhone PDF.pdf
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Reading on Android devices: – Play a description of what appears on the screen – Reading the selected text – You can point the camera at images or text to hear a reading or description
| Free | reading
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