Digital accessibility: Reading

EPUB

• Text will automatically reflow and resize to fit your screen and can be used for text-to-speech
• On some devices, this format can be read aloud with in-built software and needs no additional tools:

Otherwise use with the following reading tools:

Revolutionize your website reading experience with zoom features and notes.

• Customizable settings 
• Blur other lines of text when you click on a specific section
• Adjust the font size and scale of the visible lines
• Take notes directly within the website, backed up to your Google Docs account

If you have declared one of the following disabilities to the university you are eligible for an account 

• Blind or partially sighted
• Dyslexia, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder
• A physical disability that significantly affects use of printed materials

Tools include:

• Planning: Xmind – mind mapping.
• Reading: T-Bar – to customise background colours.
• Vu-Bar – an onscreen ruler to read single lines of text.
• ssOverlay – coloured overlays.
• ATBar – select text to hear it read aloud (also with font and background colour options).
• Writing: Balabolka – a talking word processor with options to save text to audio

It can:

• Recognize friends
• Describe faces and emotions
• Scan bar codes 
• Describe a scene

Claro ScanPen OCR Reader for iOS