Gutenberg http://promo.net/pg/index.html – a collection of digitally re-published literature from the public domain. The goal of Project Gutenberg is to provide books and other forms of information to the widest audience possible in a format that can be easily read, searched and quoted.

eReader (Palm Reader)  $  http://www.ereader.com/ – a free, award winning eBook software that is compatible with Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows and Mac. The goal of this software package is to make eBooks as convenient and portable as the traditional book format, if not more so.

Microsoft Reader  $  http://www.microsoft.com/reader/default.asp – a popular, electronic reading application that is compatible with your PC, Pocket PC and Tablet PC. Additional plug-ins allow you to publish your own Microsoft Reader eBook content from Microsoft Word and convert text to speech.

eBookMall  $  http://ebookmall.com/ – eBookMall has the world’s largest selection of quality eBooks that are compatible with the most popular eBook readers including; Microsoft Reader, Palm Reader, Adobe Reader, and Mobipocket.

Schedulers
Yahoo Calendar http://calendar.yahoo.com/– an online scheduling program that allows for you to access to your calendar from any internet terminal, at anytime. This program includes automatic reminders for upcoming events and the ability to provide others access to your schedule as you see fit. Requires Yahoo login account (free).

Voice Recognition Software
PC: Dragon Naturally Speaking  $  http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/ – easy to use speech recognition software that can be trained in as little as five minutes with accuracy increasing up to 99% as the software is used. Dragon is also compatible with virtually all Windows software and will allow you to navigate the web or your computer with simple voice commands.
Mac: ViaVoice  $  http://www.scansoft.com/viavoice/osx/features.asp – IBM’s speech recognition software which has been design to allow you to speak your text instead of typing it. Optimized for the G4 Processor, ViaVoice allows you to dictate, edit, navigate, and surf the internet with your voice.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Omnipage Pro  $  http://www.scansoft.com/omnipage/ – the world's best selling OCR software is capable of converting documents into editable, electronic files with 99% accuracy. This program is also capable of differentiating text, images, and tables in the original file and retaining them in the electronic version.

Digital Note-taking Software  (Particularly useful on a Tablet PC)
OneNote   $  a Microsoft application designed to assist you with note-taking and research by integrating multiple file formats (audio, video, text, images) into one program. OneNote is also designed to improve your computers organization capabilities by incorporating functions like note flags, timestamps, scope searches, and resizable page tabs.

Smart Pen
The smart pen   $  (Destiny) is a brilliant concept developed by Anoto, a Swedish company. It won a top award in its USA debut at Comdex. It is now licensed to Logitech for sale in the USA. Logitech io – converts your words and images into a format that is downloaded to your computer when the pen is returned to its cradle. The pen can also be used with an ink cartridge to allow you to see what has been written or drawn. It does require special paper and the large pen can feel like you are writing with a hotdog.

Free Rice  http://www.freerice.com/index.php – For each word that you get right from four multiple choice options, twenty grains of rice are donated through the United Nations to end world hunger. The site automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary, with 55 levels of vocabulary in all.

Pronunciations  http://www.m-w.com/– Merriam-Webster’s free online dictionary that provides an audio pronunciation for each defined word.

VOCABBUSTERS  $  http://www.solida.net/vb/ – SolidA's audio enhanced book series based on the two leading methods (keyword and semantic content) for vocabulary acquisition. Additionally, visual, auditory and kinesthetic strategies are integrated into learning each word. This series is focused on students of all learning styles and will provide fast and easy results through a fun learning environment.

Visual, Audio, Kinesthetic
Sensory Modality Assessments:  Evaluation of 15 VAK assessments (http://SolidA.net/stars/vak/VAK-tests.html)
     The VAK (http://VAK.SolidA.net);  The Abiator (http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.html)
Dr. Wiley Makes Sense  $   http://SolidA.net/sense/  This interactive multimedia CD showcases three students on academic probation. Each student learns to study via his or her own learning styles (visual, auditory and Kinesthetic)

Visual
Visual Search engines    -Kartoo    -Webbrain    -Girafa
Image Search Sites  -Google  -Ditto   -ImageFinder   -Picsearch   -The Amazing Picture Machine
Visual Thesaurus  $   http://www.visualthesaurus.com/desktop/index.jsp – Over 145,000 English words are visually mapped in this program that is both a dictionary and thesaurus. Find exactly the right word with this tool that combines definition and synonyms in a visual format that is both intuitive and customizable. After entering a word, a visual web of options appears. The closer a word is to your target word, the more closely they are related in meaning.
Visual Graphical Dictionary  http://www.visuwords.com/   When going to this site, visuwords presents a random word and a color-coded representation of its various connections. Type in your own word at the top. A connection key identifies part of speech, word attributes and domain relationships.
Visual (and Auditory) Tutorials  Jing   [$ Camtasia ScreenCorder  Viewlet Builder] (Full motion screen capture programs)

Auditory
Pronunciation Guides
 -Merriam-Webster’s dictionary allows you to listen to the pronunciations of most words. In the case of multiply accepted usages of a term (e.g., piranha) more than one pronunciation is given.
 -The Carnegie Mellon Pronouncing Dictionary (Requires a download)
Audio Speed Tool  $    http://goldwave.com/   The GoldWave Digital Audio Editor allows you to speed listen to books on tape or lectures by doubling the speed the audio plays back. It takes a bit of practice to get used to listening to the higher pitched voices, like the chipmunks, but it can save you time.
Books  $   http://www.audible.com - listen to books on your mp3 player
Voice eMail  $  http://umn.horizonwimba.com/umn/vmail?action=display&rid=38-1150136554327  Great tool, however, only available for large corporations and universities.
Pulse Pen  $   http://www.livescribe.com/. This pen records everything that is said and syncs it to what you are writing. Just tap your pen on something you wrote and it can playback what was said at that time. This award winning pen translates to writing to Chinese and calculates math equations. http://lastgadgetstanding.com/2009/01/10/livescribe-pulse-smartpen/

Kinesthetic
Memory Enhancement/Physical Fitness  $   http://www.ddrfitness.com/ - We were impressed with the "Dance Dance Revolution" pad we connected to our computer (USB or serial port). Perhaps this could be billed as Karaoke for the feet. We worked over and over on one specific song trying to sync our feet with the computers visual images.
 $   EyeToy - Sony's tool may be the future of Kinesthetic Learning