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These accessibility guides are designed to provide general assistance and practical tips for students with various accessibility needs. These guides offer an overview of tools, strategies, and resources that may help improve your learning experience, whether you require support for visual, hearing, mobility, cognitive, or other accessibility considerations.
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Zoom offers live transcriptions and automated captions for real-time text display of spoken words, compatibility with screen readers like JAWS and VoiceOver, and keyboard shortcuts for efficient navigation. Users can customize font sizes for chat and captions, adjust video layouts by rearranging participant windows, and utilize multi-pinning and multi-spotlighting to keep key speakers or interpreters in view. AI-generated summaries are also available, as well as language translations.
Zoom accessibility guides
Zoom AI Assistant
Zoom translations
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VoiceOver (Mac)
Narrator (Windows)
JAWS
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge supports screen readers like Narrator, JAWS, and NVDA, ensuring web content is accessible to users with visual impairments. Edge also offers immersive reader mode, which simplifies web pages by removing distractions and providing text-to-speech functionality. For users with cognitive challenges, tools like line focus and adjustable font settings enhance readability. Additionally, Edge includes compatibility with accessibility-focused extensions and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft's ecosystem, making it a powerful and inclusive tool for all users.
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office offers robust accessibility features to support students with diverse needs. Tools like Immersive Reader enhance reading comprehension with text-to-speech, line focus, and customizable formatting. Dictation and voice commands assist students with writing or motor challenges, while built-in accessibility checkers help ensure content is inclusive. Additionally, features like real-time captions in PowerPoint and high-contrast modes improve usability for students with hearing or visual impairments.
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote offers accessibility features like immersive reader for text-to-speech, adjustable fonts, and line focus to support users with visual or cognitive challenges.
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It also integrates seamlessly with screen readers and provides keyboard shortcuts for efficient navigation, making it a powerful, inclusive tool for organizing and sharing notes.
Microsoft Windows
Tools like Narrator, Magnifier, and high-contrast modes assist users with visual impairments, while speech recognition and dictation support those with mobility challenges. Windows also includes customizable keyboard shortcuts, closed captioning, and Focus Assist to reduce distractions, ensuring an inclusive and user-friendly experience for everyone.
Google Workspace
Google Workspace provides a variety of accessibility features to support students with diverse needs. Tools like voice typing in Google Docs assist with writing, while screen reader and braille display compatibility ensure access for visually impaired students. Live captions in Google Meet enhance communication for students with hearing impairments, and customizable display settings improve usability for those with visual or cognitive challenges.