Academic Access
Students with various literacy challenges may require adaptive technology supports to access the curriculum, enhance learning, and provide alternative methods for demonstrating knowledge.
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Tools to augment or replace handwriting/typing:
Create audio recordings of oral responses
Word prediction to support spelling and increase output
Use of voice typing (also known as Talk&Type)
Customization to make content on the screen visually accessible:
Screen masking to support tracking and attention
Creating color gradients to support visual fixations between lines
Personalizing fonts to increase readability
The effect of a specialized dyslexia font, OpenDyslexic, on reading rate and accuracy
Tools to support Executive Functioning:
Automatically create vocabulary lists from highlights
Organization
Highlighting tools for research and extracting information
Use of Audio Books and Text to Speech (TTS) to access content:
Colorado Talking Book Library - provides postage-free recorded, braille, and large print library materials to eligible residents in Colorado.
CaptiVoice - Use Capti to listen to books, articles, and more on multiple devices. (links well with Bookshare)
Epic! - Digital Library for Kids 12 & Under.
Monarch Reader - a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics.
Tools to support Math:
Accommodating Math with TechnologyMaking Math digital
Using OrbitNote and EquatIO To Make Math & STEM Digital
Using the free version of EquatIO with students
Additional Resource Links:
The Audio Information Network of Colorado (AINC) - provides audio news, information and entertainment to the blind, visually-impaired and print-disabled community of Colorado
Bookshare - online audio book library
Chromebook Accessibility Features
CaptiVoice - Use Capti to listen to books, articles, and more on multiple devices
Eric Curts - Control Alt Achieve
Understood - Assistive Technology basics
LD Online - the educator's guide to learning disabilities and ADHD
TextHelp - makers of Read and Write for Google, Equatio and more
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