Accessibility Guide

Read & Write (for Windows, Mac, and Chromebooks)

• Get Read & Write from Texthelp (sign in with your NorQuest Microsoft Account)
• Features: reads out loud, highlights, built-in dictionaries, screen-masking/tinting, word prediction, and more
• Read & Write Training videos on Moodle 

Orbit Note PDF Reader Chrome Extension

• Install the Orbit Note Extension (sign in with your NorQuest Microsoft Account)
• Video Walkthrough of installing and setting up Orbit Note
• Features: helps make PDFs accessible, reads text out loud, highlighters and annotation tools
• Watch an Orbit Note Tutorial

ClaroScan Pen OCR Reader App (for Android)

• Get ClaroScan Pen from Google Play
• Features: reads text out loud from a photo of a paper document

PrizmoGo - Instant Text OCR App (for iOS)

• Get PrizmoGo from the App Store
• Features: reads text out loud from a photo of a paper document

Learn how to use Read & Write for college writing

Learn how to use Read & Write for medical writing.

• go to the Settings for your Dictionary and Check It features to enable the medical and pharmaceutical dictionaries

Learn how to use Read & Write Study Tools to condense class notes for studying.

Use your Voice instead of Hands to Type

• Macbook Dictation
• Talk & Type with Read & Write for Windows
• Chromebook Dictation

EquatIO

• Get EquatiO from TextHelp
• Watch the EquatIO Student Take-Home Installation Video for assistance
• Features: type or speak math, digital graphing, scientific calculator, interactive Periodic Table, molecular viewer, and more
• Sign-in with your NorQuest Microsoft Account to access the full software for free
• Watch the EquatIO Feature Demos to learn how to use this tool

Screenreaders

• For Windows, try Windows Narrator or NVDA
• For Android, try Android TalkBack
• For Macs, try MacOS VoiceOver
• For iPhones and iPads, try iOS Voiceover

Magnification

• For Windows users, try Windows Magnifier
• For Android, try Android Magnification 
• For Mac, try MacOS Zoom
• For iPhones and iPads,  try iOS Zoom

Chrome Live Captioning

• Turn on Chrome Live Captions to caption all media playing in Chrome. 
• Captions are machine-generated and may not be accurate