Assistive software and IT accessibility

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 + -