Accessible technologies are intended to reduce or remove barriers to a learner’s overall success in a course.
The following resources will help support active learning and accessibility in the online learning environment.
MS Office Accessibility Centre
Find resources and support for people with disabilities using Office 2016, Office for Business, Office 365, Office for a Mac and more.
Read&Write
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamilliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work.
Accessibility in Windows 10
Find many useful accessibility resources such as a screen magnifier, narrator, speech recognition, and screen display customization.
Accessibility Features for Mac
Every Mac is built with assistive technologies to support people with vision, hearing, and motor disabilities. Find resources such as screen readers, magnifiers, dark mode, speech to text, accessible keyboards, and more.
Dictate Text in Windows 10
You can use your voice to dictate text to your Windows PC, for example to fill out online forms or to work with a word-processing program.
Dictate Text on a Mac
You can use dictation commands with Enhanced Dictation to perform tasks and control your Mac.
Text Narration in Windows 10
Narrator reads aloud the text on your PC screen. It also describes events such as notifications and calendar appointments, which lets you use your PC without a display.
Text Narration on a Mac
If you have trouble reading text on your screen, you can have your Mac speak the text.
Accessible Word Documents
A resource for the creation of more accessible Word documents.
