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Students with noise sensitivity, including those with conditions such as autism, migraines, or misophonia, may find social or learning environments overwhelming. Excessive noise can cause anxiety, hinder concentration, and impact participation in group activities.

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dBud volume-adjusting earplugs provide effective noise reduction (-12 dB or -24 dB) to help students manage sensory overload in noisy environments. Their lightweight, reusable design ensures comfort for daily use while reducing distractions, lowering anxiety, and fostering confidence in social and academic settings.

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Students with physical disabilities, cognitive conditions, or visual impairments may face difficulties typing, spelling, or navigating a computer. These barriers can hinder productivity, creativity, and the ability to manage written academic tasks efficiently.

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Dragon Professional 16 enables students to create written work using voice commands, reducing reliance on typing. It enhances creativity and productivity, allowing students to dictate text up to three times faster than typing, switch between input modes seamlessly, and control their computer with ease. This tool helps overcome physical and cognitive challenges, empowering students to focus on their academic work.

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Students with disabilities often face challenges in efficiently using technology and assistive tools across multiple platforms. They may experience stress when trying to manage academic work with diverse software, limiting their productivity and overall learning experience.

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iView Learning offers over 2,500 quick tutorials on Assistive Technology, and application support for Microsoft Office, and Google Workspace. The platform provides accessible, interactive lessons and PDF guides that cater to various learning styles. With support across multiple devices and languages, students can master essential skills quickly, reduce stress, and enhance productivity in a user-friendly environment.

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Students with neurodiverse conditions, such as dyslexia and ADHD, often struggle to keep up with note-taking in lectures and seminars. Challenges include difficulty organising thoughts, transcribing audio, and maintaining focus during fast-paced discussions, leading to missed information and increased stress.

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ivvi Notes offers a multi-sensory note-taking solution that addresses these challenges. By recording audio and transcribing it into a real-time, editable mind map, ivvi Notes helps students with dyslexia, ADHD, and auditory processing disorders stay engaged. The platform’s visual and linear formats, along with live mind mapping, enhance retention and understanding, reducing anxiety and supporting effective study and collaboration.

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Students with learning differences, anxiety, or time management challenges may struggle with the pressure and format of timed exams. Traditional study methods may not suit all learners, leading to difficulty retaining information, staying focused, or managing time effectively during assessments.

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Lernabl offers more than just flashcards by giving students a personalised, multi-modal approach to revision, catering to diverse learning styles. The platform creates a tailored study plan based on the student’s learning style, helping them stay organised and productive. By providing interactive study aids and fostering a deeper understanding of personal learning preferences, Lernabl empowers students to prepare confidently for exams and manage timed assessments effectively.

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Students with ADHD, autism, or other learning differences often struggle with organisation, task prioritisation, and managing workloads, which can lead to stress, missed deadlines, and a sense of being overwhelmed. Managing projects and staying on top of assignments can be especially challenging for students dealing with anxiety or depression.

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MeisterTask provides an intuitive, web-based Kanban-style task management system that helps students organise and prioritise their tasks visually. With features like task reminders, customisation, and real-time collaboration, students can break down projects into manageable steps. MeisterTask supports students with neurodiverse conditions by offering a structured yet flexible way to track progress and collaborate with others, helping to reduce stress and improve focus. The integration with MindMeister further enhances workflow by allowing students to brainstorm and organise tasks efficiently.

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Students with disabilities, particularly those with ADHD, dyslexia, or cognitive processing challenges, may struggle to organise and connect information during lectures. This can hinder their ability to effectively absorb and retain key concepts, making note-taking and reviewing difficult.

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MindMeister, an online mind-mapping tool, helps students organise lecture content visually by creating connections between ideas. The user-friendly interface allows for collaborative real-time note-taking, which can be especially beneficial for group work. With features like attaching files, images, and videos, students can enhance their notes and turn them into interactive presentations. This tool supports efficient information retrieval and retention, benefiting students who need structured, visual aids to process and connect academic material.

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Students with neurodiverse conditions may face challenges in organising and referencing research, leading to stress and inefficiency when working on assignments. Struggling with reading comprehension, managing multiple sources, and processing information can disrupt academic progress and focus.

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Pro-Study helps students streamline the research process by capturing and organising information from a wide variety of resources such as web pages, textbooks, PDFs, and Word documents. With powerful search functionality, seamless integration with Microsoft Word and mind mapping software, and OCR for extracting data from multiple sources, Pro-Study enables efficient research management. The software also offers customisable accessibility features, allowing students to tailor the interface to suit their needs, making the process of research and reading accessible.

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Students with visual impairments, neurodiverse conditions like dyslexia, or those who struggle with reading comprehension may find it difficult to process and organise information efficiently. These challenges can slow down research, reading, and note-taking, making studying more stressful and time-consuming.

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Scanmarker is a powerful literacy support tool that enhances reading and research by offering multilingual OCR text scanning, text-to-speech, and real-time editing features. With customisable settings for reading speed, line spacing, and fonts (including OpenDyslexic), Scanmarker supports diverse learning needs. Its ability to scan and read aloud text from books, documents, and other materials, combined with offline exam mode, makes it an ideal solution for students with learning difficulties, visual impairments, or multilingual needs, helping them process information with greater ease and confidence.

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Students with learning difficulties, time management challenges, or anxiety may struggle with organising their tasks, tracking progress, and staying focused on daily goals. These difficulties can result in procrastination, missed deadlines, and a lack of clarity around course requirements.

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Study Key, a DSA-approved tool, helps students stay organised and focused by offering a customisable repository of tips, tools, and strategies tailored to their course-specific challenges. The platform enables students to set daily goals, track their progress, and reflect on achievements, fostering a sense of accomplishment and motivation. The ability to share progress with mentors ensures ongoing support, making Study Key an invaluable resource for students managing coursework, placements, and academic development.

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Students who have dyslexia, ADHD, chronic fatigue or any reading disability with difficulties including reading fluency, comprehension, phonological processing, proofreading and maintaining concentration. Individuals find it difficult to process large amounts of text, feel overwhelmed when trying to keep pace with course reading demands and lose motivation. 

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TextAid reads any text aloud, enabling students to process and retain information more easily while also offering features like text highlighting, customising the background colour, spacing and font style in all documents, making the text easier to follow. It enables users to listen to course material on any device, helping with reading accuracy, processing and concentration. When writing in TextAid, students can use word prediction, the spell checker and automatic proofreading to help identify errors. It helps to maintain focus and increases comprehension by enabling students to make notes and annotations while listening as well as highlighting to identify key information.