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"PDF Connoisseur does it all for you ✔ Save to PDF - converting other doc formats into PDFs ✔ PDF Page Editor - rearrange or truncate pages in PDF and save it as a new file ✔ PDF flatten - preserve all the edits and valuable information within a PDF ✔ Text-to-Speech - listen to your documents ✔ Image to text - turn your images into searchable text files with OCR recognition ✔ PDF form filling & contract signing ✔ Easy file transfer with all manner of cloud storage services, FTP, and WebDAV ✔ Highlight, annotate, and add built-in stamps to PDFs"

"iAnnotate is a PDF reading and annotation tool for the iPad. A completely new interface has been designed for the iPad, based on the only PDF annotation app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Features include: * Full-featured PDF reader: continuous-scrolling page display with all standard scroll/zoom gestures supported. Tap to show and hide the interface for fullscreen reading. * Tabbed PDF Reading: quickly switch between multiple documents. Tab setup and page locations are always remembered, whether switching tabs or quitting and returning to the app. * A complete annotation system: Text Notes, Highlight, Underline, Free-Form Drawing, Bookmarks, and more. Our easy-to-use interface allows you to view and edit your annotations without leaving the document reading view. Full-spectrum color selection allows you to set up your personal color system for annotations. * Fully Customizable Toolbars: reposition and resize, drag-and-drop to configure toolbar commands. Toolbars can be positioned on or outside the PDF view, and are optionally translucent. * Comprehensive document and full-library search: search your entire PDF library instantly -- results update as you type your search term. Forward and backward search result navigation. * Full PDF support: Copy-and-paste text, view existing PDF annotations, support for internal and URL links, and PDF outline/bookmarks support. * Desktop Sync: Easy synchronization with PDF documents on your computer. * Aji Support: integrated application help and tips, and top-notch email and forum support. "

"Rather than discussing one particular app in detail, this post presents the bigger picture by discussing three different user profiles whose needs are different with regards to PDF annotation and management. Once you know what type of user you are, you can check out the overview of 10 (plus 3) apps, my personal favorites, and some thoughts on using a stylus. With all this information, finding out what app you need to annotate PDF files "your style" becomes a piece of cake."

"Social stories or visual scripts are stories that describe with words and pictures different activities or events that happen in life in a step by step detailed way. The social stories or visual scripts listed are mostly in PDF format (unless otherwise noted). If you do not have a PDF reader, you can download Adobe PDF Reader."

Using our PDF-to-Word conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch to re-use PDF content in applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, OpenOffice, and WordPerfect. Best of all, it's entirely free!

"this app that allows you to mark up pdf's on your iPad. Basically this free app allows you to mark and draw on the iPad with pdf documents."

Full version $5 3 modes of UPAD ✏ Note PAD You can begin by choosing one of the many paper style templates. Select this mode for taking notes in your college classes, documenting your business meeting with clients, or simple doodling. ✏ Book PAD Download your favorite books in PDF form via iTunes file sharing or just open it through "Open in UPAD". Now you can add memo, highlight, and make sketches on your PDF files. Want to add Post it? No problem! Select any color and size for your Post it memo. ✏ Photo PAD Redesign your photo file by selecting a photo frame, add a comment or two, and then add decoration with color pencil tool. UPAD gives you an ability to archive your memories in your own way."

"MagicReader is a Touch-Free book reader. You can flip through pages just by turning your head! Turn your face sideways to move pages, just as if you were touching the screen. MagicReader is also a very FAST book reader. Depending on how fast you move your fingers, you can scroll through pages with no time-lag. Also, by pressing down the side of the screen, you can flip through pages just like a real book. Compatible Formats: * PDF, Zip, and CBZ files."

Infusing AT for Learning: Assuring Access for All Students Virginia Education Tech Plan companion document

Joy Zabala presentation from Spectronics Inclusive technologies conference, 2012, Australia

"The Free Online ePub Converter 2EPUB allows you to convert PDF, doc and other types of documents & books to ePub format, the standard format for ebooks, supported by almost every reading device including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony Reader, BeBook, Nook, Kobo (for Kindle use .mobi)."

this is an important report, because it gets right to the heart of the challenge of enhancing learning with technology in schools (and elsewhere), whilst retaining an underlying (and evidence-based) optimism.

"This page will hold PDF versions of documents you may want to have on your iPad during the institute. It will be updated on November 14 to be sure all are current as of the start of the institute"

"This list was developed to provide apps based on common learning characteristics and traits that are typical for students with ASD. It is important to remember that all students learn differently and selecting apps should be based on the unique learning needs of the student"

"Listen to PDF and Word documents, eBooks, articles, and Web pages anywhere with offline text-to-speech. Built-in integration with Dropbox, Bookshare, Pocket, Instapaper, and Gutenberg makes it easy to import read material. Sophisticated controls, silky-smooth synchronized word highlighting and autoscrolling puts you in charge of the listening experience. 60 amazing, life-like voices in 20 languages available. This app is fully accessible with VoiceOver."

"Creative Book Builder is a fantastic app that allows students to create books in epub format, which can then be exported to iBooks and shared with others. There are a variety of instructional uses for this app, from using it as a publishing tool for project-based learning to a summative assessment at the end of a unit.  Students can embed images, audio files, video files, and write text.  The advantage of an epub document over a PDF document is that all of the media will be preserved and available for readers to interact with when the final product is published.   Depending on how you use Creative Book Builder with students, this app can help students complete tasks that align with every level of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy.  Explore the different ways this app can be used at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy."