Reading Outloud Stuck in traffic, on a plane, or waiting for a meeting and you’re behind reviewing work, or keeping up on favorite blogs? Are you a visually  or reading impaired  individual? Want to take along that document, but not all 20 pages? Consider using iSpeech to download text, and read with your ears.

Word Web Power Struggling for the right word, and the online thesaurus isn’t helping?  Try Visual Thesaurus by Think Map.  Type in a word and a virtual word web pops up.  On the side, a color coded bar defines each word as a noun, adjective, verb or adverb.  Some words provide voice pronunciation. 

Storytelling Power Office:Mac 2008 Home & Student Edition has a wide variety of student positive features.   Writers like to finish their documents quickly and with flare.  Each document contains the expandable tool bar.

Staring at a computer screen or blank piece of paper will not magically “morph” into a completed product.  These powerful software products can assist struggling writers to develop organized papers.