Doug Peterson's Library tagged accessibility →  View Popular, Search in Google

Camera Mouse is a free program that enables you to control the mouse pointer on your computer screen just by moving your head.

accessibility mouse camera

Communication on the Go for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

iPhone AAC proloquo2go assistive technology speech ipod AT accessibility

Virtual Magnifying Glass 3.4
A free, open source, screen magnifier, for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

magnifier OpenSource freeware accessibility tools software windows

Using our simple and intuitive text to speech/audio converter, you can record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages, and convert them to speech automatically. Using it you can easily create audio recordings (in English, French, Spanish and German) of any text content.

converter audio speech mp3 text podcast texttospeech accessibility

It will speak the text of the document and will highlight it as it goes. It contains a talking dictionary and a text-to-mp3 converter.

text-to-speech Word audio specialneeds office SpecialEducation wordtalk accessibility

Web accessibility for the Twitter website application
Accessible Twitter is an alternative to the Twitter.com website. It is designed to be easier to use and is optimized for disabled users. Learn more about web accessibility.

Twitter accessible Accessible Twitter socialmedia web2.0 tools Accessibility web

This guide from Microsoft provides information about accessibility and accessible technology to help educators worldwide ensure that all students have equal access to learning with technology.

accessibility educators guide microsoft education

We are pleased to announce the addition of MyStudyBar to the EduApps Family. MyStudyBar continues the EduApps philosophy of free and open source software to support teaching and learning and is a free alternative to similar commercial programs which use a floating toolbar to support literacy

eduapps applications software opensource accessibility e-learning portable web2.0

Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease, and Flesch-Kincaid are reading level algorithms that can be helpful in determining how readable your content is. Reading level algorithms only provide a rough guide, as they tend to reward short sentences made up of short words. Whilst they're rough guides, they can give a useful indication as to whether you've pitched your content at the right level for your intended audience.

readability webdesign accessibility tools reference writing reading usability

If you are designing, or re-designing your web site, it is time well spent running your website through the color accessibility tools below to ensure that your site can be seen correctly by as many people as possible.

colors visible accessibility webpage design

SpokenText.net is a free text to speech converter, it allows you to record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, RSS feeds, emails and web pages, and converts them to speech automatically.

audio speech converter tools mp3 text free accessibility

Fire Vox is an open source, freely available talking browser extension for the Firefox web browser. Think of it as a screen reader that is designed especially for Firefox.

accessibility firefox reader screenreader

Test your webpage for other browsers

Internet Web accessibility reference screenshots software webdesign windows

Find out what the world looks like through the eyes of the colour blind.

Media accessibility

Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology

Lesson LessonPlans Lessons Plans _ accessibility

The Accessible Technologies for All Students Project is a major new leadership initiative of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN).

Professional accessibility