A tool within Immersive Reader For any students using windows 10 – this video looks at how the inbuilt accessibility features can aid learners with a visual impairment. Top Tip Try out all these easy to use features to work out what works best for your learner Learn More Click Here Give us a shout […]
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A tool within PowerPoint Adding closed captions makes your presentation accessible to a larger audience, including people with hearing disabilities and those who speak languages other than the one in your video. Top Tip If you need to edit a closed caption file that is inserted in a video in PowerPoint, you can first remove
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A tool within Immersive Reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=netU_8c9WIA Color filters change the color palette on the screen and can help you distinguish between things that differ only by color. Top Tip To get to color filter settings in previous versions of Windows 10, select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Color & high contrast. Learn
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A tool within Immersive Reader Epic has several read-to-me books so students who can’t read the text can listen to the book on Epic. The books are high-interest. This is a great resource for elementary students, especially the younger grades. This is free for educators and students at school. It is a paid subscription that
An Online Tool & App https://youtu.be/sW025HZsjv0 Book Creator’s mission has always been to bring digital publishing to all, and allow educators the means to personalise lessons for all types of learners. There’s extensive accessibility features available that make Book Creator easier to use for everyone. Features include; Dictation now supports 120 languages Add captions to
A free online tool https://youtu.be/MzU90egsBLg Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.Do you need to extract text from images, videos or PDF? If yes, then the Copyfish Screenshot Reader is for you. Copyfish turns text within any image captured from your screen into an editable format without retyping – making it
Additional hardware https://youtu.be/O5sQDrin2m8 Keyboard accessibility is one of the most important aspects of web accessibility. Many users with motor disabilities rely on a keyboard. Some people have tremors which don’t allow for fine muscle control. Others have little or no use of their hands, or no hands at all. In addition to traditional keyboards, some
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A free online tool https://youtu.be/13TasZnSC1U Many individuals, particularly those with mobility impairments utilise a stylus, with added weight, large diameters, ergonomic grips and/or flexibility to ensure that their learning experience is optimised. Top Tips and Links Top Tip They have proven beneficial for many individuals with autism, learning and cognitive disabilities, mobility impairments and so
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A digital maths tool EquatIO provides pupils with multiple ways to engage with and express maths. It provides a set of tools to enable pupils to type maths, supported by prediction, handwrite or even dictate. Plus, it’s mathspace feature gives pupils a blank canvas to support creation and use of manipulatives and diagrams, and it
A tool within Immersive Reader In Outlook for Microsoft 365, the black color theme includes dark mode, which provides a black background (instead of white) for the message window Top Tip Go to toolbar and select File, then select Office Account to select Office color themes. Learn More Click Here Give us a shout out
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