How To Make iPad Accessible for Low Vision
Accessibility settings on the iPad for users with vision impairment/low vision
Tag: print disabilities
A to Z of Assistive Technology for Reading Digital Text
When I’m doing research on assistive technology for reading digital text or eBooks, I often search for specific display customization options or accessibility features to determine if this app will be useful for me or for a student/client I’m working with. With students and clients,…
I Don’t Need An IEP!: Overcoming Internalized Ableism
When my first high school taught me my IEP was an inconvenience, I spent a week imagining what life would be like without one
What’s In My Backpack: High School Student With Low Vision
Everything I brought in my bag in high school
Behind The Scenes: How Bookshare Books Come To Life
Over the years, I have read hundreds of titles (if not thousands) from Bookshare, an accessible online library for people with print disabilities. As someone with low vision, Bookshare provides easy access to digital text that I can read with large print or other custom…
How To Create Accessible Classroom Posters For Students With Visual Impairments
When I think of my elementary and middle school classrooms, I often remember the posters and anchor charts that covered the walls, dry-erase boards, bulletin boards, and other surfaces with lots of bold colors and shapes. There was also text on these posters that had…
Ten Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Bookshare
I’m a huge fan of the Bookshare accessible online library for people with print disabilities, and have been using the service since I was a freshman in high school. I interact with Bookshare in some capacity every day, whether it’s checking out new books, reading…
Ways To Use Teleprompter Apps As Assistive Technology
I started using a teleprompter app with low vision to show scripts for school news and other video projects, as I found it much easier to read large print from the digital display compared to a paper script while filming. Since then, I have continued…
Enabling Temporary Accessibility Settings For iPad
I have low vision that fluctuates throughout the day, and I rely on several accessibility features for iPad to access information and interact with different types of content. While there are some settings that I always have turned on like large font sizes and display…
How To Use Hover Text For iPad With Low Vision
I love using simplified reading displays to read text content in large print, but they aren’t always available or practical for certain tasks like filling out forms, interacting with content that has a lot of images, or viewing small sections of text. When I was…
Kindle Unlimited Accessibility For Visual Impairment
When one of my friends recommended a book that they had read recently, I immediately went to look for it in an accessible format using the search tools for Bookshare and Libby/OverDrive with my library card. When I couldn’t find it, my friend mentioned that…