Making textbooks accessible to all
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The document discusses making textbooks more accessible for students with dyslexia. It notes that dyslexia is often not properly recognized or supported in schools. While technology like text-to-speech is available, alternative textbook formats are rarely offered and students lack mobile access. There is a lack of accessible e-texts and support for personalized technologies. However, students are increasingly using mobile devices on their own to access reading materials and make adjustments to suit their needs. The document advocates for providing assistive technology on all student and teacher computers in schools, as well as expanding access to accessible e-book libraries.
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Making textbooks accessible to all
- 1. Making Textbooks Accessible to All http://blog.zamzar.com/tag/convert-ebook/
- 2. Overview
- 9. Desktop Text to Speech
- 11. The i- and The e-
- 16. Demonstration Inaccessible Navigation, text to speech or real audio plus the ability to annotate.
- 21. Some of the Companies supporting e-texts
Editor's Notes
- Assistive Technology for literacy skills
- More teacher training - The Rose Review, Identifying and Teaching Children and Young People with Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties (2009)[1] Assessment and Parental control - Support and Aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability - a consultation (2011)[2]
- This assistive technologies tend to be just used by those with disabilities and many teachers are not aware of how useful they may be for everyone. Many special needs tutors do not realise how useful alternative formats can be for dyslexic students.
- Pictures taken from Microsoft clipart. 1 in 8 by RNIB figures Government statistics for 2008 showed that 16% of children failed to achieve expected levels of reading by the ages of 7, 13% by age 11 and 31% by age 14.1
- LexDis students 76% change their settings – these are university students but even the younger ones were changing the look and feel of their desktop settings.