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How To Use High Contrast in Windows 11

How To Use High Contrast in Windows 11

How to use High Contrast mode/High contrast themes in Windows 10 and Windows 11, and how high contrast mode looks with frequently used applications. Great for users with low vision or migraines

Implementing Shared Folders For Online Classes

Implementing Shared Folders For Online Classes

How to eliminate access barriers and create a bridge by converting course websites to shared folders for online classes, suitable for students with disabilities

Veronica’s Four Eyes: All About My Glasses For Low Vision

Veronica’s Four Eyes: All About My Glasses For Low Vision

How to choose the best glasses for your prescription

How I Use My Phone As Assistive Technology In Class

How I Use My Phone As Assistive Technology In Class

I started to use my phone as assistive technology in class back in middle school when I realized that my new phone camera could be used to enlarge some hard-to-read symbols on the page I was reading. My teacher promptly took away my phone because…

Mainstream eReader Apps and Low Vision Accessibility

Mainstream eReader Apps and Low Vision Accessibility

Details about popular eReader apps and low vision accessibility features available for each app, including font sizes, page colors, display customizations, and reading tools.

Amazon Kindle App and Low Vision Accessibility

Amazon Kindle App and Low Vision Accessibility

I started using the Amazon Kindle app when I was in high school after a textbook for one of my classes was purchased from the Kindle marketplace. It quickly became one of my favorite apps for reading eTextbooks as a student with low vision, because…

Tips For Teaching R Programming To A Low Vision Student

Tips For Teaching R Programming To A Low Vision Student

I have low vision and a degree in computational and data sciences, here are my tips for introducing R programming to a low vision student.

Google Colab Low Vision Accessibility

Google Colab Low Vision Accessibility

Google Colab low vision accessibility settings that I use for my R/stats class to read notes and accessible coding resources in large print

Free Accessible Coding Resources With Large Print Options

Free Accessible Coding Resources With Large Print Options

Programming resources and free accessible coding tutorials that support large print and browser zoom, curated by a student with low vision

Instapaper Accessibility For Visual Impairment

Instapaper Accessibility For Visual Impairment

Read-it-later applications are a popular tool for reading web content and saving information for offline use, and I started using Instapaper after both of the read-it-later apps I had been using for years shut down within a year of each other (Omnivore in 2024 and…

Streaming Audio Description For Performing Arts Videos

Streaming Audio Description For Performing Arts Videos

I was introduced to streaming audio description for performing arts videos when I watched Twelfth Night with audio description through the National Theatre At Home service. Since then, I’ve discovered several other paid and free streaming services offering audio description for plays, ballet, opera, musicals,…

How To Write Alt Text For Gifs

How To Write Alt Text For Gifs

As a user with low vision that is sensitive to strobe, flashing, and fast-moving animations, I frequently rely on others knowing how to write alt text for GIFs or how to describe GIFs so that I can engage in social interactions or posts without triggering…