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What Assistive Technology is available?

· Apple has a VoiceOver screen reader to describe what is on the screen. Other functions also include zoom, text display options, increase contrast, invert colours, grayscale, subtitles, speech options and touch accommodations. They also have audio options to communicate with hearing aids. If you suffer hearing loss in one ear, the iPad’s Mono Audio setting can combine the right and left audio channels so that both channels can be heard in either earbud. https://support.apple.com/en - gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a2465f9/ipados

Similarly, Windows has functionalities such as narrator, magnifier, high contrast and the options to enlarge the mouse and keyboard on screen.

https://www.dummies.com/category/articles/windows - 33532 /

· Microsoft . Word offers the user to dictate, read aloud and translate. These are great for students who struggle with a keyboard. There is also an immersive reader which can change features such as page spacing, colours and contrast. It also allows the user to bring up a ‘letterbox’ that lets the reader view line by line. Microsoft Edge browser also has a great built - in screen reader. However, one of Microsoft’s best features is on PowerPoint. The user has the option to add instant subtitles as they present. This means that as a teacher talks to the class, the PowerPoint can immediately present a transcription.

https://www.microsoft.com/en - us/education/learning - tools/accessibility - tools

· Google docs also offer dictation so that students can use their voice to type. Although it doesn’t have the option to read the text back you can get great addons such as Read and Write. https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6282736?hl=en GB&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop