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Special Education Vision

Tools to help young learners with a visual impairment use the computer easily!

Immersive Reader

Seeing AI

Immersive Reader

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Immersive Reader

Immersive Reader is a free tool that students with low vision can use the as an easy way to make text accessible. Font size, color, and contrast can be easily changed to the student’s individual needs without changing system settings.

Immersive Reader in Microsoft Apps

Immersive Reader is available in:

  • OneNote
  • Windows 10 Store app
  • Mac and iPad apps
  • OneNote Online web app
  • Free add-in for the desktop version of OneNote for Windows
  • Word on Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone and on the web
  • Outlook Desktop and on the web
  • Office Lens on iPhone and iPad
  • Microsoft Teams.

 

Check out tutorials with this YouTube:

https://youtu.be/wHJJCLV-DNg

 

Start using Immersive Reader:

v OneNote Online learn more

v OneNote Universal App
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v OneNote Desktop as a free add-in learn more
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v Word Online learn more

v Word Desktop learn more
Outlook on the Web learn more

 

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Seeing AI

Seeing AI: Making the visual world more accessible

Seeing AI

Talking Camera for the Blind

Microsoft Corporation

“Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world and describe nearby people, text and objects.”

Complete multiple tasks with one app:

  • Short Text
  • Documents
  • Products
  • Person
  • Scene
  • Currency
  • Light
  • Color
  • Handwriting

Check out tutorials with this YouTube playlist: http://aka.ms/SeeingAIPlaylist

Visit http://SeeingAI.com for more details

Recently honored by American Council of the Blind, American Foundation for the Blind’s Helen Keller Achievement Award, CES Asia, Mobile World Congress, FCC Chairman’s Awards for Advancements in Accessibility and AppleVis Hall of Fame.

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Narrator

Narrator is a light-duty screen-reader utility that is built in Microsoft Windows. Narrator provides a measure of access to Windows without the need to install additional software as long as the computer includes a sound card and speakers or headphones.

Narrator reads dialog boxes and window controls in several basic applications for Windows. Narrator describes events such as notifications and calendar appointments, which allows a student to use a PC without a display

Check out complete guide to Narrator:

Complete guide to Narrator

Check out tutorials with this YouTube:

https://youtu.be/c0yDNQYRzRY

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