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Find out below what assistive technology is available and how to access this from home.
Accessibility tools and checkers
Microsoft package accessibility checkers
Microsoft Office has accessibility checkers to?make sure your content is easy for people of all abilities to read and edit.
On Word and PowerPoint, the accessibility tracker is found under
Review
, then
Check Accessibility
.?If you don't see the Check Accessibility option on the Review tab, you might have an older version of the app. If this is the case, select
File / Info
then select
Check for issues
which will give you the Check Accessibility option.
To ensure your email content is accessible, select New Email or open your email response in a new window.??The accessibility tracker is found under
Review
, then
Check Accessibility
.
Software for students with a Specific Learning Difference (SpLD), such as Dyslexia
天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 assistive software packages are being uploaded to the download site with priority access for students registered for the Assistive Technology suite.? Students should contact Serviceline if they are unable to access assistive software essential for their learning.?Please see our guide 'Requesting Remote Access to Assistive Technology' in the 'Useful 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载s' section below, for a step-by-step instructions.
Glean is a note taking tool designed to improve your learning and productivity. It is an online software, so can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.
- Capture, review, edit and annotate full audio recordings of lectures (online or in person).
- Import slides to work alongside the audio recordings.
How to access Glean: If you think you would benefit from using Glean then please raise a request through ServiceLine and your request will be reviewed.
Please note: Students who request access to Glean must be a registered user of the Assistive Technology Suite (ATS).
From December 1st 2020 , Glean will replace Sonocent Audio Note taker. If you have previously used Sonocent Audio Notetaker, please request access to Glean via ServiceLine .
Claro provide a suite of software for people with disabilities such as print and reading difference like Dyslexia.
Claro is currently offering a range of free apps. Please visit https://www.clarosoftware.com/cloud-web-apps/ for more details.
Claro Read Plus
- Reads and annotates a variety of document types.
- Allows you to listen back to text that you have written.
- Provides word prediction and spell check.
For Windows and Mac computers, please request access to Claro via ServiceLine .
Available from software download site . For Mac computers, please request access via ServiceLine .
- Create interactive maps, charts and diagrams.
- Capture, organise and contextualise information and make connections.
It is an online software, so can be used on both Windows and Mac computers. Contact
ServiceLine
for access.
This is an interactive word map that you can use as a dictionary or thesaurus.
Software for Visually Impaired Students
Software which may benefit visually impaired students is listed below alongside key features.? 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 assistive software packages are being uploaded to the download site with priority access for students registered for the Assistive Technology suite.? Students should contact Serviceline if they are unable to access assistive software essential for their learning.?Please see our guide 'Requesting Remote Access to Assitive Technology' in the 'Useful 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载s' section below, for a step-by-step instructions.
Claro is currently offering a range of free apps. Please visit https://www.clarosoftware.com/cloud-web-apps/ for more details.
- Reads and annotates a variety of document types.
- Allows you to listen back to text that you have written.
- Provides word prediction and spell check.
For Windows and Mac computers, please request access to Claro via ServiceLine .
Available on Windows and Mac computers. Please raise a request through ServiceLine .
- Reads a variety of document types with a choice of natural voices.
- Includes a spell check, word prediction and grammar checker.
- Includes a screen tint function.
Available on University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 PCs, including the AT Suite . This software? is available on Windows PCs only.
At present this is not available for home use. Please contact?Student Disability and Inclusion if you require information on how to access Dragon dictation software.
- Creates, formats and edits documents by voice.
- Includes naturally sounding text-to-speech or audio playback of your own dictations.
AT software for students with recommended access:
JAWS ("Job Access With Speech")
Contact Service Line for access.?This software is available on Windows PCs only.
A computer screen reader program for visually impaired and blind users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display. Whilst compatible with most software, please note it is not compatible with FPSS often used by geographers.
Many providers of software for the visually impaired are also providing extended free trials.
Software for Hearing Impaired Students
Many audio and video-based software offer automation speech recognition or captioning.
Panopto Lecture Capture improvements
To access automatic speech recognition in Panopto, view the following guide .
To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select ‘More options’ then,? ‘Turn on live captions’.
Please see our guide 'Requesting Remote Access to Assistive Technology' in the section below. If you have a questions about accessing assistive technology from home, please email studenthub@soton.ac.uk . To speak to a member of the team, call 02380 599 599.