Accessibility Tools


Inclusive teaching is accessible to everybody and every body. Here are some select tools in services of accessible education, communication, and instruction.

UDOIT is a U-M resource that checks your materials on Canvas for accessibility across devices.

umich.instructure.com/courses/200/pages/what-is-udoit

PowerPoint can now capture speech to provide Live Closed Captioning.

When you're in presenter mode, there is an option that will capture your voice and display it on-screen in real time.

Contrast Checker can evaluate how visually accessible your color combinations are during presentations.

www.contrastchecker.com

Thank you to Christina Costa for the resource!

30+ Tools for Diverse Learners

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

This page lists different softwares and websites by category, including:

  • Cloud storage

  • Text-to-speech

  • Visual software for mind-mapping

  • Media-making software

  • Apps for hard-of-hearing

  • Features to improve readability of digital documents