Visual Impairments
Visual impairments
- An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
- The term includes both partial sight and blindness.
Supports
Google Meet Closed Captioning
To enable captions in Google Hangouts Meet, click on the three dots menu in the lower right corner and choose “Turn on captions” next to the CC symbol. Captions are enabled or disabled by each user and cannot be activated for other participants. For more information, see Use captions in a video meeting
Enable as an Admin
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
- Click Room Management > Zoom Rooms.
- Click Edit for the Zoom Room you want to enable closed captioning for.
- Select Meeting Settings.
- Select Show More Settings.
- Under In Meeting (Advanced), toggle Closed Caption to on.
Website Resources
https://accessiblecampus.ca/tools-resources/educators-tool-kit/teaching-tips/teaching-students-with-visual-disabilities/
Teaching strategies you can use to ensure effective and productive learning environments and experiences for all students, including those with disabilities.
iPad Accessibility Features
Powerful assistive features are built into iPad to complement your vision, hearing, motor skills, learning, and literacy. So you can create, learn, work, play, and do pretty much anything you want to do, wherever you want to do it, more easily than ever.
Voice Control
Voice Control lets you fully control your iPad using only your voice.1 A comprehensive set of commands makes it easy to quickly open and interact with your favorite apps. And you can navigate virtually any app through numbered labels alongside clickable items or by superimposing a grid to precisely select, zoom, and drag.
How to navigate with Voice Control on your iPhone — Apple Support
How to use dictation and edit text with Voice Control on your iPhone — Apple Support
VoiceOver
VoiceOver describes exactly what’s happening on the screen and lets you navigate using gestures or a braille display. Display Accommodations support color blindness and other vision needs. And Magnifier works like a digital magnifying glass.
VoiceOver is a gesture-based screen reader that lets you enjoy iPad even if you don’t see the screen. With VoiceOver enabled, just triple-click the Home button (or the top button on iPad Pro with Face ID) to access it wherever you are. Hear a description of everything happening on your screen, from battery level to who’s calling to which app your finger is on. You can also adjust the speaking rate and pitch to suit you.
How to navigate your iPhone with VoiceOver — Apple Support