Professional-grade writing support for college and university life.
Our solutions revolve around the innovative WordQ® technology, first introduced in 2001 and continually refined ever since. For higher education, WordQ Pro is available for Windows and macOS, along with iWordQ for iPad, all enhanced with advanced vocabularies suited to academic and professional writing tasks.
Higher educational institutions can license WordQ Pro Desktop and Chrome for individual students, in volumes, labs, and institution-wide.
Higher education students can purchase WordQ Pro Desktop individually from the store on this website.
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WordQ empowers students by making writing more accessible, fostering independence and confidence for those with learning differences, physical disabilities, or other writing barriers. It's especially valuable for English and French language learners, integrating orthographic and phonetic word prediction and high-quality text-to-speech feedback to aid word selection and proofreading.
WordQ intelligently monitors keystrokes, offering contextually relevant word and phrase suggestions that can be audibly reviewed and selected via keyboard or mouse. A creative spelling feature ensures students can find the correct word even with spelling errors essential for the volume and complexity of academic writing.
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Floating window (Windows/macOS)
Seamlessly overlays over many online and desktop writing applications, email and accessible PDFs in WordQ’s PDF editor.
Speech recognition - Speech-to-Text
Supports dictation for long-form essays, theses, and lab reports
Proofreading - Text-to-Speech
Have your work read back to you so you hear with your ear what the eye doesn’t see.
PDF viewing/editing
Read, annotate, and complete academic PDFs, journal articles, course readings, and forms
ThoughtQ dynamic vocabulary tools
Speeds up research and pre-writing for essays, reports, and dissertations
iWordQ for iPad
A self-contained editor for writing and reading on the go, between classes or in the library
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WordQ's intelligent assistance (IA) philosophy emphasizes active engagement, supporting students in expressing their own ideas with ease and autonomy, rather than generating content for them. That distinction matters for academic integrity: WordQ helps students write more independently and confidently, without ever writing on their behalf.
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WordQ Desktop and iWordQ are completely secure and don't require an internet connection, except to download, activate and renew, a key consideration for exam halls, labs, and secure testing environments across campus.
Licensing for Campuses
Higher educational institutions can license WordQ Pro Desktop and Chrome for individual students, in volumes, by lab, or institution-wide. Individual students can also purchase WordQ Pro Desktop directly from the Quillsoft Store. iWordQ for iPads must be purchased from the Apple App Store.
· Individual — A single student purchases WordQ Pro directly
· Volume — Disability services offices or departments license WordQ Pro for a defined group of students
· Lab — Computer labs, writing centres, and accessibility labs equip shared machines with WordQ Pro
· Institution-wide — Campus-wide access deployed across the institution
Desktop
WordQ desktop software for Windows and macOS has made reading, writing, and communication easier and more accessible.
iPad
iWordQ supports struggling readers and writers within the distraction-free workspace of this simple and easy-to-use iPad application.
Pricing for WordQ Pro
WordQ Pro — from CA$149.00/year - Individual, volume, lab and institution-wide licences available
Built for higher education and the workplace. Includes an advanced adult vocabulary template and dictionary appropriate for post-secondary / high school study, and professional environments. Not suitable for young children.
Full word prediction (Orthographic and Phonetic), text-to-speech, and proofreading toolkit
Student-appropriate dictionaries in English and French
Built-in PDF viewer/editor
ThoughtQ dynamic topics and custom word banks
Everything in Standard, plus increased associated background dictionary of approximately 30,000 words
Contact Quillsoft directly for volume, lab and institution-wide pricing
