Accessibility: a guide for Educators
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- Windows 8 Accessibility in Windows 8
- On-Screen Keyboard – Use the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) to type http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/type-with-the-on-screen-keyboard/ Speech Recognition
- Keyboard shortcuts http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts/ Mouse Keys – Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer
- Visual Notifications – Use text or visual alternatives to sounds
- Windows Store – Overview of Windows 8 Apps
- Use Spelling and Grammar checker to verify your work
- Hear foreign text read aloud with Mini Translator
- Use the Speak text-to-speech feature
- Create SmartArt graphics
- Create accessible web portals
- More accessible mode in SharePoint
- Create accessible PDFs http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/create-accessible-pdfs-HA102478227.aspxCTT=1 Office 365
- Using Office Online in OneDrive
- Internet Explorer 11 Internet Explorer 11 Accessibility Tutorials www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie11/ Internet Explorer Accessibility Options
- www.microsoft.com/enable/education
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Personalized learning—the personalized design of curriculum, teaching tools, accessible and assistive technology to help individual students achieve their maximum potential. TTY (Telephone typewriter)—a series of devices developed to allow hearing impaired individuals to use PSTN networks to exchange text information. These devices, called TTY (Telephone typewriter) or TTD (telecommunications device for the deaf), operate by converting user entered text to series of tones that are passed over the PSTN (public switched telephone network) network and interpreted and displayed as text to the receiver. These TTY devices work either by attaching to the handset and generating/receiving tone acoustically, or by replacing the handset. In a VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) solution, these TTY tones are carried as in-band audio payload type, unlike DTMF (dual-tone multi-frequency), which is usually sent in a separate payload type. Links
The following list of hyperlinks used within this document is current at the time of publication. If subsequently changed, you may be able to find the updated link by using the title phrase below in your Internet search. Windows 8 Accessibility in Windows 8 www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windows8/ Ease of Access Center – Make your PC easier to use http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/make-pc-easier-use/ Magnifier – Use Magnifier to see items on screen http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/use-magnifier-to-see-items/ On-Screen Keyboard – Use the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) to type http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/type-with-the-on-screen-keyboard/ Speech Recognition http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/using-speech-recognition/ Windows Touch – Touch: swipe, tap, and beyond http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/touch-swipe-tap-beyond/ Narrator – Hear text read aloud with Narrator http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/hear-text-read-aloud-with-narrator/ Keyboard shortcuts http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts/ Mouse Keys – Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windows8/use-numeric-keypad.aspx Sticky Keys – Change keyboard settings www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windows8/change-keyboard.aspx Filter Keys – Change keyboard settings www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windows8/change-keyboard.aspx Visual Notifications – Use text or visual alternatives to sounds http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/use-visual-alternatives-to-sounds/ Captions – Use text or visual alternatives to sounds http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/use-visual-alternatives-to-sounds/ Windows Store – Overview of Windows 8 Apps http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/apps/ Office 2013 Accessibility in Microsoft Office 2013 www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office2013/default.aspx Use Read Mode for a clearer view – Accessibility features in Word http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/accessibility-features-in-word-HA102748896.aspx?CTT=1 Use Spelling and Grammar checker to verify your work http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/check-spelling-and-grammar-HA102809598.aspx Automatically correct spelling errors as you type http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/autocorrect-spelling-and-insert-text-and-symbols-HA010354277.aspx?CTT=1 Hear foreign text read aloud with Mini Translator http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/see-translations-with-the-mini-translator-HA010356733.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010354288 Translate text in a different language http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/translate-text-in-a-different-language-HA010354288.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010356733 Use the Speak text-to-speech feature http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote-help/using-the-speak-text-to-speech-feature-HA102066711.aspx Use the keyboard to work with SmartArt graphics http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/keyboard-shortcuts-for-smartart-graphics-HA102749365.aspx Create SmartArt graphics http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/create-a-smartart-graphic-HA102749471.aspx?CTT=1#_Toc261348989 Add alternative text descriptions to shapes, pictures, tables, and graphics http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/add-alternative-text-to-a-picture-shape-chart-table-or-smartart-graphic-HA103220865.aspx?redir=0 Create accessible web portals http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/accessibility-features-in-sharepoint-products-HA102772892.aspx?CTT=1 What’s new in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/whats-new-in-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2013-HA102785546.aspx?CTT=1 More accessible mode in SharePoint http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/accessibility-features-in-sharepoint-products-HA102772892.aspx?CTT=1%20-%20_Toc346615672 Create accessible Office files http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/creating-accessible-word-documents-HA101999993.aspx?CTT=3 Create accessible Excel workbooks http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/creating-accessible-excel-files-HA102013545.aspx?CTT=3 Create accessible PDFs http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/create-accessible-pdfs-HA102478227.aspx?CTT=1 Office 365 Accessibility in Office 365 www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office365/ Accessibility on Office Online http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/accessibility-on-office-online-HP010069002.aspx Using Office Online in OneDrive http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office-online-help/using-office-online-in-onedrive-HA101231889.aspx Lync 2013 TechNet blog: What’s New in Lync 2013 http://blogs.technet.com/b/lync/archive/2012/08/03/what-s-new-in-lync-2013.aspx). Accessibility in Microsoft Lync 2013 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/lync-help/lync-accessibility-for-people-with-disabilities-HA103010544.aspx Internet Explorer 11 Internet Explorer 11 Accessibility Tutorials www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie11/ Internet Explorer Accessibility Options http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-accessibilty-options/ 
Fourth edition. Updated in 2014. Copyright © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Fourth edition. Published in 2013. Part number 098-117646 Copyright © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 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. Microsoft supports the personalized learning vision by providing technology that is accessible to every student—regardless of ability.
disabilities, accessibility can seem overwhelming. To help educators teach students with all types of abilities, you will find specific information about each type of impairment and accessible technology solutions. This guide provides
type of impairment
www.microsoft.com/enable/education 1 About Apps in the Windows Store (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/apps/) 2 World Report on Disability (www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/) 3 UNESCO (www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/introducing-unesco/) 4 UNICEF (www.unicefusa.org/) 5 UNICEF, State of the World’s Children Report www.unicef.org/sowc06/profiles/disabilities.php 6 American Community Survey 2011, Disability Characteristics www.census.gov/acs/www/ 7 UNICEF, State of the World’s Children Report www.unicef.org/sowc06/profiles/disabilities.php 8 American Community Survey 2011, Disability Characteristics www.census.gov/acs/www/ 9 Disabling hearing loss refers to hearing loss greater than 40dB in the better hearing ear in adults and a hearing loss greater than 30 dB in the better hearing ear in children. Source: World Health Organization (www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs300/en/index.html) 10 Skype website: (http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-US/app/skype/5e19cc61-8994-4797-bdc7-c21263f6282b) 11 About Apps in the Windows Store (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/apps/) 12 Ideas in this section provided by Tara Jeffs, PhD, and Cynthia Feist, PhD, Assistive Technology Trainers, Loudoun County Public Schools 13 Office 365 ProPlus: www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/office-professional-plus.aspx 14 Windows Store information on Skype App: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-US/app/skype/5e19cc61-8994-4797-bdc7-c21263f6282b 15 Xbox 360 (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox360) is a video game console developed by and produced for Microsoft and is the successor to the Xbox console. See also: Xbox One (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xboxone/meet-xbox-one). 16 Kinect for Xbox 360 is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console. It enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands. 17 The Kinect for Windows sensor requires a computer with a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, dedicated USB 2.0 bus, 2GB RAM, and DirectX 11 compatible graphics card. 18 Kinect for Windows is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft. It enables users to communicate naturally with computers by simply gesturing and speaking, making it possible to interact with computers without the need to touch the device. 19 Avatar Kinect for Xbox 360 is available to customers of Xbox Live (online service for Xbox 360). Find out more at: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live 20 Download the Assistive Technology Decision Tree from the Microsoft Download Center: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/e/b/7ebfb5a1-69af-4e2a-aba7-7f11e2d66fed/atdecisiontree.pdf Directory: download download -> Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 May 20, 2009 Abstract download -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations download -> Bbc archives: Beyond the programme download download -> Occupational health and safety download -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer download -> Forth coming competitive exams download -> English Olympiad Tasks: 10 th form Аудіювання, 10 клас. Текст download -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school download -> Year 9 The Arts — Music download -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft Download 339.86 Kb. Share with your friends:
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