Make Documents Accessible for Assistive Technology
Ensure students can fully use tools like Read&Write, OrbitNote, or WordQ. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts scanned pages into editable text the software can read aloud.
Examples of 4 scanned PDF documents with and without OCR
2/4 pdf's were scanned properly
Is the PDF Accessible ?
Open & Test a pdf with Read&Write Desktop, WordQ5 Desktop or OrbitNote
Adobe Scan is free to download and turns your mobile device into a powerful scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to create, save, and organize your paper documents as a digital file.
Try OfficeLens to convert paper into an accessible digital document
The main conclusion is that font types have an impact on readability of people with dyslexia.
Good fonts for people with dyslexia are Helvetica, Courier, Arial, Verdana and CMU, taking into consideration both, reading performance and subjective preferences. Also, sans serif, monospaced, and roman font types increased significantly the reading performance, while italic fonts decreased reading performance.
In particular, Arial It. should be avoided since it significantly decreases readability. These findings can have impact on systems that rely on text as the main information medium, such as browsers, PDF viewers, or eBook readers.