Turn your textbook into a podcast
Tired of reading? You can listen to the printed word using screen readers and even digitise chapters from printed books in moments.
Tag: accessibility
A helping hand with heavy books
Our other basket has wheels on! (And an extending handle, it really is quite nice.)
From wheeled trolley baskets for gathering your books to adjustable desks and book scans converted into accessible electronic formats you can enlarge or have a screen reader read to you online.
Check back tomorrow for a post on how you can turn a book chapter into a podcast in minutes for free using just your smartphone!
Accessible learning study looking for volunteers
Reading University is looking at ways of optimising the accessibility of learning materials. They are looking for undergraduate participants who are deaf or hard of hearing, who have dyslexia, or for whom English is not their native language to help …
Accessible learning study looking for volunteers Read more »
Desperately seeking silence?
For some people, crowds and noisy spaces are the stuff of nightmares. If this sounds like you, there are some simple ways to get the books you need, use the library, ask questions when you need to and void all …
Gold plating Chrome
Chrome has for years been by far the most popular browser (W3 Schools, 2015) and it now has some really useful extensions and plug-ins available on the Chrome Web Store to make it even more useful. Here are a few of …
Plug-ins to simplify your life
Even the most cluttered web page can be made accessible by employing a handful of free web browser plug-ins. Strip out advertising, images, side-bars and more, run it past you one word at at time, or just get your browser …
Get app happy and enjoy your studies your way!
No two people learn exactly the same way, and so we try to support you however you choose to study. Take a moment to explore the suites of apps that can record and annotate your lectures, make websites more readable, read text …
Customising Chrome to make the web easier to read
There are many free downloads for the Google Chrome web browser. Some of the plug-ins and extensions available from the Chrome Web Store render the web easier to read and understand, particularly if you struggle with large blocks of text or distracting …
Customising Chrome to make the web easier to read Read more »
Listen to the printed word
Ever wished that you could have someone read printed books and journal articles to you? Now you can! Robobraille can convert text to speech in minutes. Submit your text and it will email you the file in the format of your choice, …
Screen reading made simpler
MyStudyBar from EduApps is a free toolbar full of accessibility tools designed to help with the most common problems people experience when reading and writing. Anyone who experiences difficulties reading or writing on screen might benefit from this nifty tool, including …
