Assistive technology

Communication tips:

The Accessibility Tool in Moodle allows you to set the colour scheme, font style, readability and text size in Moodle. These settings apply only to you and do not affect how anyone else views the pages. 

To access the accessibility tools:

Both Microsoft and Apple have built in accessibility options that include altering the screen display contrast.

However, if you only want to use high contrast while web browsing you can install an extension to Chrome.

Texthelp Read&Write is available to students and staff.

SensusAccess automatically converts documents into a range of alternate media including audio books (MP3 and DAISY), e-books (EPUB, EPUB3 and Mobi) and digital Braille. The service can also be used to convert inaccessible documents such as image-only PDF files, JPG pictures and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into more accessible and less tricky formats

Students and staff

Students and staff can either use SensusAccess further down this page or from Moodle (you will need to sign in to your Moodle account).

You can request library training sessions for any of our services by contacting your Subject Librarian or booking a tutorial on the Subject Librarian Moodle page. There are also help sheets and video tutorials available on the Library Services Moodle page.  

What is Inspiration 9?

Inspiration software is available on all open access PCs.

Apple products come with many accessibility features including VoiceOver (screen reader), Dictation (voice for text fields), FaceTime (video communication), and Siri (voice and keyboard interaction with the device).

Apple maintains a comprehensive guide to them:

• Accessibility features for Mac
• Accessibility features for iPad
• Accessibility features for iPhone

1. Click on the dropdown arrow next to the Quick Access toolbar and choose More Commands

Select the Design tab on the ribbon