Tag: writing

How I Find Research Sources In Accessible Formats

How I Find Research Sources In Accessible Formats

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. By default, many research sources are presented in inaccessible formats that are not compatible with assistive technologies like screen readers…

Brainfuse Online Tutoring and Low Vision Accessibility

Brainfuse Online Tutoring and Low Vision Accessibility

The first time I used the Brainfuse Online Tutoring website was back in 2018 or 2019 when I was confused about a physics problem while working on my homework late at night. I was grateful to get an explanation for how to solve this problem,…

Tips For Writing Letters To Visually Impaired Recipients

Tips For Writing Letters To Visually Impaired Recipients

Earlier tonight, a reader sent me a sweet Twitter thread trending about a young child who is working on a letter-writing project so that they can keep in touch with a variety of friends, family members, and pen-pals. The reader then asked me if I had…

How I Read Research Sources With Assistive Technology

How I Read Research Sources With Assistive Technology

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. Research databases, search engine results pages, and even just research articles in general can be extremely overwhelming visually, making it…

Make Proofreading Feedback Accessible For Low Vision

Make Proofreading Feedback Accessible For Low Vision

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. While teacher and peer feedback is a great way to improve writing skills and writing research papers in general, accessing…

How I Outline Research Papers With OneNote

How I Outline Research Papers With OneNote

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. Outlining papers is something that requires a strong digital workflow for organizing text and keeping track of notes, and I…

How I Create Citations For Research Papers With Low Vision

How I Create Citations For Research Papers With Low Vision

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. Inserting citations is something I especially struggled with when I was first learning to write research papers, as they require…

Reading Bookshare Titles With Microsoft Word

Reading Bookshare Titles With Microsoft Word

I started reading Bookshare titles with Microsoft Word when I was working on a school project and wanted a quick way to navigate my downloaded eBooks on my computer with a software I was already familiar with. My tablet and eReader were serving as more…

Writing Aids For Low Vision: My Personal Superlatives

Writing Aids For Low Vision: My Personal Superlatives

As someone with both low vision and dysgraphia, I spent a lot of time in school experimenting with different writing aids, discovering what writing utensils worked best for reading handwriting or drawing a picture, as well as which ones made content difficult or impossible to…

How To Use Dictation As Assistive Technology With Mainstream Devices

How To Use Dictation As Assistive Technology With Mainstream Devices

I use dictation as assistive technology frequently when I am using mainstream technology devices such as my computer, phone, and tablet. Also known as speech-to-text, dictation tools take spoken words, numbers, punctuation, and other formatting information as input, and transcribes the audio as text that…

Texting and Low Vision

Texting and Low Vision

Yes, people with blindness and low vision can text. Here are some things to keep in mind when composing messages

Questions To Ask When Choosing A Desktop Computer For College

Questions To Ask When Choosing A Desktop Computer For College

How having both a laptop and desktop computer has helped me in my classes