Assistive Technology

"...includes a range of tools to improve the readability of text. Students can have digital text read aloud; use a line reader to focus on one or two sentences; and adjust the font, contrast, and background of text.... There’s also a feature that color-codes different parts of speech and a picture dictionary."

Information and apps about learning and attention disorders.

from Common Sense Media

Audio Description (AD) is the descriptive narration of key visual elements of live theatre, television, movies, and other media to enhance their enjoyment by consumers who are blind or have low vision. AD is the insertion of audio explanations and descriptions of the settings, characters, and action taking place in such media, when such information about these visual elements is not offered in the regular audio presentation.
(description from The Audio Description Project website, retrieved 1/7/19, http://acb.org/adp/

Free audiobooks in public domain. Available in many languages.

This device can record audio while a student handwrites notes. The notes can then be sent to the student’s email or saved in the cloud... If a student’s mind wanders during a part of class, they can write themselves a note to indicate that they need to play back the audio recording from that specific time."

Available from Apple and Google Store. A must-have app for every student? Voice Dream reads aloud text that can be pulled from PDFs, web browers, Word docs, PowerPoints, HTML, Dropbox, and many other platforms. A powerful resource for anyone struggling with reading or hoping to reinforce reading.

The toolbar allows you to view alt-text, headers and ARIA roles on any webpage (ARIA, the acronym for Accessible Rich Internet Applications, makes Web content easily accessible to people using screen readers)

The toolbar allows you to view alt-text, headers and ARIA roles on any webpage (ARIA, the acronym for Accessible Rich Internet Applications, makes Web content easily accessible to people using screen readers)