Tools

This webpage, from the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, is intended for those who are new to accessibility. "This page is meant to be [an] ... entry point into the creation of accessible content with familiar tools such as Microsoft Office and Google Docs." The page focuses on five practices that can have a significant impact on...

NaturalReader is a text-to-speech web application that converts text and documents to mp3 files. The application employs OCR technology and AI to convert text and imitate human voices. The application converts .pdf, .doc, .txt, .rtf, and .epub files, as well as text on websites. 

This resource, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides information on note taking as an accommodation for Deaf individuals in higher education. A document is provided, which explores the benefits of note taking, who can take notes, training opportunities, and legal aspects. 

Personalizing the Writing Experience The act of writing requires a wide range of mental and motor skills including executive functioning skills like planning, organizing, focusing and monitoring progress. While the writing process involves the universal steps of pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing, each person's approach to writing is...

This resource from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Disability Consortium provides information on best practices for planning campus events with universal design (UD) in mind. The document provides a definition of UD, examples of diversity, information on disability access best practices, a checklist for event planning, and...

This resource, developed by the DIAGRAM Center, provides "a web based image description resource that helps people learn when and how to describe various types of images frequently found in educational books. Users of this tool have access to best practice guidelines and hands-on exercises that help cultivate skills for writing effective image...

Read&Write, provided by Texthelp, is a text-to-speech software for Word and PDF documents. The software has built in highlighting, a dictionary, study guides, testing, and the ability to customize voice speed and pitch. There is also a Chrome extension for website use. 

This resource, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides a document and video that explore the importance of promoting high expectations for Deaf individuals' postsecondary success. The 7-page document summarizes research on strength-based approaches, postsecondary planning processes, role models, and parent/teacher roles in ...

This guide is focused on creating accessible videos and is provided by Rooted In Rights, a video production organization run through Disability Rights Washington. The guide outlines how to create accessible videos, and provides resources, examples, and instructions on captions, audio description, transcripts, video players, and accessible...

This resource from the National Deaf Center provides information on how to support deaf individuals in rural communities. The 4-page document "... briefly summarizes the research surrounding unique needs/challenges of deaf individuals in rural communities." The following are specific topics the resource covers: Resource Limitations Affect Deaf...