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This guide was written by Dominik Lukeš and is licensed under CC BY.

Information about technologies is current as of 2022.Overview

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Overview

This guide outlines strategies and technologies for more productive reading and writing. This section gives a quick overview of the key lessons.

Four things that make reading and writing easier:

1. Listen instead of reading or while reading
2. Enlarge text and reduce distractions
3. Outline and navigate documents when reading and writing
4. Dictate instead of writing

Five free technologies that can help everybody improve reading and writing:

1. Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge and Office Apps
2. Immersive reader in Microsoft Edge and Office to remove distractions
3. Outlining with Navigation Pane in Microsoft Word
4. Planning with outliners and mind mapping tools
5. Dictate in Microsoft Office, Windows and Voice Typing in Google Docs

Four strategies that make reading and writing easier

1. Listen: Read with your ears

2. Enlarge: Speed up your reading

3. Outline and navigate: See the bigger picture of your text using outlines and mindmaps

4. Dictate: Save your hands and improve spelling

Five free technologies to support reading and writing