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Chromebook
Chromebook
Chromebooks have several settings that can assist you in your learning.
You can find the settings on a Chromebook by clicking on one of the lower corners of the screen and then clicking on the "gear" icon.
You can customize the font size and font type to make your Chromebook feel comfortable for you.
Under "Accessibility," there are settings where you can enable features such as text-to-speech and screen appearance customization.
If you enable text-to-speech, you can have text read aloud by highlighting the text and pressing the search button (magnifying glass) + s.
Here you can find more tips on settings.
Word Processing in Google Docs
Word Processing in Google Docs
The school's local agreement determines whether the tool is available to you and your students. Feel free to seek assistance from a special education teacher to familiarize yourself with the service available at your specific school.
The Tool bar in Google Docs
The Tool bar in Google Docs
In the tools menu, you'll find features like voice typing, translation, and accessibility settings. Voice typing and translation are continually improving, so feel free to inform the students about these features!
Lexiflow: A reading and writing tool that offers text-to-speech, word suggestions, and more.
Lexiflow: A reading and writing tool that offers text-to-speech, word suggestions, and more.
What can you do in Lexiflow?
What can you do in Lexiflow?
Lexiflow offers several features such as text to speech, a thesaurus and speech to text. You can read more about them on Lexiflow's webpage
Funktioner i Lexiflow
How to Access Lexiflow
How to Access Lexiflow
If your school has a license for the tool, you can access it through a browser extension in Chrome.
How to get LexiFlow**
Click on this link to go to the installation page: [LexiFlow Extension] and click "Add" in the top right corner.
Confirm your choice in the popup box.
After installation, you can find LexiFlow in the Chrome browser, in the top right corner, under the icon that looks like a puzzle piece.
Click on the extension and log in with your Google account.
Lexiflow på Chrome Webstore
5. You can then "pin" it by clicking on the pushpin icon.
6. Check the box for "Show toolbar" so the icon appears on web pages, allowing you to click on it to access all the tools. If you can't change the toggle, try restarting your browser.
The icon is round and appears when the web page has fully loaded.
Inläsningstjänst
Inläsningstjänst
Used for: Listening to audiobooks, especially textbooks.
How it works in brief: Through the web and the mobile app, you can listen to audiobooks. Many of the textbooks we use at UBF are also available here.
How to get the tool: Log in to the Inläsningstjänst's webpage with the department's Google account. The service is also available as a mobile app. The basic range is free, while some books are marked with a "T." Students can access these if a special education teacher determines it is necessary. There are users at your school (usually a special education teacher) who can grant individual students access to the entire catalog.
Additional Digital Tools
Additional Digital Tools
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