Assistive software
There is a range of assistive software to support students with dyslexia and visual impairments. Please ask your Library ICT Adviser for help accessing and using this software.
- Mindview (Mind mapping software)
- Texthelp Read & Write Gold (spell checking text to speech software)
- Zoomtext (magnifying software)
- Scanner with OCR software
There is also a height adjustable table available. Wrist rests and other special equipment can be borrowed from the Library desk.
IT accessibility
You can resize text via your web browser:
- Chrome: Settings > Appearance > Font Size
- Edge:View > Text size > Larger - Smaller
- Safari: View > Make text bigger – Make text smaller
By default, computers display fonts at the normal size of 100%.
You can set a Windows computer to display larger fonts 125% to 500%. Go to: Start > Settings > System > Display > Scale and Layout > Change the size of text, apps and other items
To enlarge screen data without changing the screen resolution on MAC OS X you can use simple keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and out, select the following keys to operate this function:
- Turn on zoom: cmd + option + *
- Zoom in: cmd + option + +
- Zoom out: cmd + option + -