Accessibility

Common accessibility questions (.pdf)  asked by distance learning students.

MacOS Accessibility Options

MacOS has a variety of built-in tools for speech recognition, text-to-speech, screen magnification and closed captioning that can be accessed by through System Preferences.

For an overview of accessibility options available using the MacOS operating system visit:  http://www.apple.com/accessibility/

The Tiger operating system (MacOS X) contains a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver. For more information on Voice Over visit:  http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/

Microsoft Windows Accessibility Options

Windows contains a variety of built-in accessibility options and controls that can be located by going to the Start menu > Programs > Accessories > Accessibility

For an overview of accessibility options available using the Microsoft Windows operating system visit: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/

Unlike the MacOS operating system there is no built-in screen reader in Windows. However, there is a free version of Read Please that you can download. Read Please is text-to-speech software that will read text to you. It is available in free and plus versions. The free version works very well but you can certainly purchase the plus version for additional features! http://www.readplease.com/