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UDL Chrome Extensions that may help Struggling Students or those with Special Needs

by Mendi Benigni | Oct 8, 2018 | Accessibility, Google

One of the sessions at this year’s ISTE Conference was on “Google Tools for Struggling Students.” From the resources posted I found a list of wonderful Google Chrome browser extensions, by Eric Curts, that could be really useful for ANYONE, not just...

Small Teaching Tip #14: Course Design with Accessibility in Mind

by Jessica Smith | Oct 23, 2017 | Accessibility, Best Practices, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice

A couple years ago, I had a startling wake-up call as an instructor. While wandering the aisles at Target, I received an email from one of my students informing me that she is blind and may need accommodations in my class. I leaned against my cart and realized I had...

App Recommendation: 1Password

by leea5 | Nov 15, 2016 | Accessibility, Accounts, Mobile, social networking

Are you tired of trying to remember every password you have or worried about using the same one over and over? Try 1Password! 1Password is an app that stores all of your passwords in one area, locked securely by one main password. You enter this one password and it...

App recommendation: Prizmo – Scanning, OCR and Speech

by Laura Plotts | Oct 25, 2016 | Accessibility, iPad, Mobile, TLT

What is ? Take a photo of a document then Prizmo converts it to text and then allows you to hear it read aloud or save/export as a searchable PDF. Price: $ 9.99 Platform: iOS also for Mac supporting OS X 10.10 or higher for $49.99 Android users – see the...

App of the Week: Create Email and Notes With Your Voice Using Dragon Dictation

by Mendi Benigni | Feb 1, 2016 | Accessibility, iPad, Mobile, Productivity

Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. With Dragon...

Let Google Do The Typing For You With Voice Typing

by Mendi Benigni | Jan 26, 2016 | Accessibility, Checkout Equipment, Google Apps, Productivity

I’m not sure how long this tool has been around but I just learned about it today and I’m in love already. Google Voice Typing allows you to open a Google Doc and speak into a microphone and let Google do the typing for you. As a matter of fact I’m...