Recommended Gen AI Tools for SEN

The following Generative AI (Gen AI) tools have been curated by the SUSS AI Taskforce using Gartner’s Gen AI Use-Case Prism for Education and evaluation criteria like usefulness for the intended purpose, ease of use, accuracy of the results or outcomes, availability of help resources and its value for money for our SUSS users. (Source: https://www.gartner.com/document/4545299?ref=solrAll&refval=399022927)

It is important to highlight that Gen AI is fast evolving and new tools are being developed and added quickly. The Learning Technology & Services (LTS) team from the Learning Services Cluster will update this list on a semestral basis (before the start of every semester in Jan and July) to keep the published information up-to-date. This list has made provisions specific for SEN students with the tools grouped under relevant categories to facilitate ease of user access.

 

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Natural reader browser extension (Free & paid)
(https://www.naturalreaders.com/)

Speechify (Read to you text) (Paid)
(https://speechify.com/)

An AI-powered text-to-speech (TTS) software that converts written text into natural-sounding spoken audio, accessible via a web application, mobile apps, and a Chrome extension.

AI-powered text-to-speech platform that transforms written content into natural, lifelike audio in over 60 languages.

Read&Write Tool
(https://www.texthelp.com/products/read-and-write-education/accessibility-tools/)

Read Aloud (Chrome Extension) (Free)
(https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp?hl=en)

A tool that assist students with disabilities such as dyslexia, to simplify or declutter their screens and presented page to be comprehensible.

Read Aloud is a browser extension that converts webpage text to speech using text-to-speech (TTS) technology. It supports over 40 languages and works on various websites and formats, including PDFs, Google Docs, Kindle, and EPUB (via a separate extension). It’s especially helpful for users who prefer listening to content or have reading difficulties like dyslexia.

Dictanote/Voice In
(https://dictanote.co/)

Free and premium options. 50+ languages and 80+ dialects are supported. Chrome extension for completing text fields on almost all websites, as well as browser-based application for generating note files (which can be shared via shortlink).

Maestra
(https://maestra.ai)

AVA
(https://www.ava.me)

Maestra is an AI-powered platform offering services to automatically transcribe, translate, subtitle, and voiceover audio and video files.

It has a free live web captioner which is perfect for live presentations.

Ava offers free live captions or transcriptions for videoconferencing (including Zoom and Meet) and in-person meetings. In one click, Ava accurately.

Aircaption (Free & paid)
(https://www.aircaption.com/)

Balabolka (Windows compatible)
(https://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm)

Aircaption is an AI powered tool for converting audio and video into captions, subtitles, and transcripts.

Text can be saved as an audio file, extracted from documents, and have appearance customized (font and color). Variety of voices to choose from and compatible with voice plug-ins from other companies that offer voices in multiple languages.

Project Relate (Android only)
(https://sites.research.google/relate/)

Google app that records irregular speech patterns in users with speech-related disabilities and translates the speech into clearer, fluent speech. As of April 2024, Google is seeking beta test users.

Last updated on: 15/10/2025