Accessibility Tools


The seven most helpful tools that I found are: assistive technology (AT), visor reading, speech-to-text, closed captioning, keyboard shortcuts, reading progress, limiting distractions, and printer friendly. Assistive technology is great not only for students with disabilities but also for students who need some extra help with note taking in class. Speech-to-text is helpful when a student can’t put what they are thinking into words for an essay and they can talk their way through the paper and go back and make any changes needed. Closed captioning helps people who can’t grasp what someone is saying when there is any background noise. I use keyboard shortcuts everyday, it help me quickly copy and paste, screenshot something I may need off my laptop, or help me find a certain word or page on the internet. Reading progress is one of my new favorite tools to use, its helps students correctly pronounce words and can be personalized for each student. Limiting distractions, on YouTube, helps darken and blur any of the up next videos or ads that may on the screen. The visor reading option on Google Docs is a great tool to help students stay focused on which paragraph they are reading and keeping their spot so they don’t lose where they were reading. The seventh tool that I found very helpful was the printer friendly option. This tool allows you to edit anything you need to print, you could take out pictures, ads, or any extra text that is not needed.

There are many reasons accessibility tools are useful in everyday life!

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