TEXT TO SPEECH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
If a student is visually impaired or is an English Language Learner that struggles with reading, using Text-to-Speech assistive technology could be very beneficial to their academic performance. An example of this could be as simple as a kurzweil 3000. With this digital resource, students are able to process written or oral information at a pace similar to their peers.
Different tips when using this tool are
If a student is visually impaired or is an English Language Learner that struggles with reading, using Text-to-Speech assistive technology could be very beneficial to their academic performance. An example of this could be as simple as a kurzweil 3000. With this digital resource, students are able to process written or oral information at a pace similar to their peers.
Different tips when using this tool are
- Use different voices for different subjects
- Adjust the technology to best fit the student’s needs. Customization allows you to alter the settings to however you please
- This is a tool that could also be used outside of the classroom, so always feel free to read with it.
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MAGNIFYING SOFTWARE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
If a student is visually impaired and unable to clearly see the content being displayed infrom of them, then the use of magnifying software could be a great benifit to them. Magnifying software allows the student to enlarge any content provided to them in an effort to help them see what their peers are also seeing. Additionally, allowing them to adjust how content is displayed allows them to maintain good posture (by not having to move so closely to the text) and also assist those who experience eye fatigue easily. One of the great things about this technology is that it is very available to the public. There are digital softwares available such as MAGic or ZoomText. There are also technological video magnifiers that operate in realtime and operated by an individual. This tool could be extremely benificial in our subject area as we will be reading a great amount of the time, so by making that experience easier we can focus more on your academics comprehension.
To the left is an example of an operated video magnifier that enlarges whatever is placed under the camera. Photo retrieved from here. |