Research Guides: Assistive Technology Resources Available for Free: Communication

American Sign Language Translator

Applications to convert text or speech to ASL

Applications that enable communication with symbols and text-to-speech

AsTeRICS Grid
AsTeRICS Grid is a freely available, browser based, full featured speech generating device that uses text-to-speech
Cboard
Web/Destop: For people with speech and language impairments; aids in communication with symbols and text-to-speech
TouchChat Discover
IOS: For people with speech and language impairments; aids in communication with symbols and text-to-speech

Applications for speech-to-text and speech recognition

Dictation.io
Web/Desktop: Dictation accurately transcribes your speech to text in real time (Chrome browser)
Dictation for Gmail
Web/Desktop: Dictate messages in Gmail (Chrome extension)
GBoard
Android & IOS: Glide Typing, Voice Typing, Handwriting, and more
Lipsurf
Makes the web more productive, accessible, and convenient by letting you use your voice to dictate, click and navigate in the browser (Chrome extension)
VoiceNote II
Chrome extension & IOS: Typing with your voice and speech recognition. Simple and functional notepad
Voice Recognition
Web/Desktop: (Windows operating system)