Spell Checking Apps – Supports for Students with LD  | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

"Spell checking apps reviewed in this post focus on apps for individuals with learning disabilities that will replace handheld spell checkers. Such spell checkers, such as the Franklin Kids Dictionary, provides text to speech and phonetic based spelling suggestions are frequently used in our classrooms at school as a universal design tool for all students. Phonetic based spell checkers provide support for students who have acquired conventional spelling and have difficulty using standard, alphabet spell checking tools."

 

The apps that are reviewed include:

>  American Word Speller and Phonetic Dictionary App 

>  SpellChecker 

>  Speller - Free Spell Checker App

>  iSpellChecker - free

>  Merriam Webster Dictionary app (link)

>  Dictionary.com app (link)

 

An online option is Ginger software that provides online phonetic spell checking and grammar correction.