Writing Helper DSA Product Updates

July 2024

What's new?

• Dictation feature

The dictation feature is a convenient voice-input feature that lets you dictate your thoughts, saving you time and cutting down the overwhelm of writing assessments.

• Notes feature

Students can now add comments to a project, sparking creativity and enhancing revision with visual aids. For students who struggle with processing information, these notes serve as personalised cues and reminders, enhancing their understanding and retention of key concepts.

April 2024

What's new?

• New Suggested Structure feature

The Suggested Structure feature analyses the project title to provide a helpful starting point for students. You can see the new feature in action in this video.

• Citation Data Suggestion feature

The Citation Data Suggestion feature automatically identifies source information such as the author, title and publisher. This lets students focus on the content of their writing. You can see the new feature in this video.

February 2024

What's new?

• User defined templates
  Students can use structures from previous projects and save custom templates to help kickstart their writing process. Just another way to make writing easier and keep students focused on composition. 
• Citation support 
  The new citation feature provides the student with suggestions as to where the previously used source a piece of writing is taken from, who wrote it and the title. So students can dive into their writing without any distractions
• Copy clipboard
  This new feature allows students to paste images, text, a file, or any combination of files into their writing document adding a creative boost. Students can easily showcase ideas, illustrate points and organise their information seamlessly. So, go ahead, paste away, and bring your ideas to life!  
• Sources from previous projects 
  Many students often use the same information in their studies. Now, with Writing Helper, you can grab important points from old sources. It's like a time-saving superhero for assignments.
• Integration with Text-to-speech and Speech-to-text tools
  Writing Helper is a word wizard because it can integrate seamlessly with tools such as Read&Write, ClaroRead and Dragon. Making writing more accessible for everyone, including those with different learning preferences or abilities, by providing options to either listen or dictate. 
• Dictation input
  In Writing Helper there are many spots where you can type your thoughts. Now, we’re jazzing it up by adding dictation abilities. That’s write you can talk and it will type, allowing students to express their ideas, thoughts and creativity without the possible challenges typing can cause. 
• Notes feature
  With this new feature anyone can add comments to a project. This means students can make notes that they can refer back to later or they can invite others to give feedback.