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USING TOOLS IN THE INTERNET

MANY WEB TOOLS IN THE INTERNET HAVE CREATED SPECIALISED BARRIER-FREE FUNCTIONS LIKE CREATING BRAILLE FILES OR USING YOUR VOICE TO NAVIGATE IN THE INTERNET.

 

TO USE THESE SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND TOOLS YOU NEED A SOFTWARE PROGRAM OR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE IT WORK.

 

THE ELLA TEAM HAS FOUND A TUTORIAL BY SINA BAHRAM ABOUT USING THE INTERNET WITH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES:

 

 

YOU CAN FIND MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROGRAMS IN THE INTERNET. HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO WEBSITES WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS SOFTWARE.

WEB BROWSER FUNCTIONS

WEB BROWSERS ARE PROGRAMS ON YOUR COMPUTER, PAD OR PHONE THAT LET YOU ACCESS THE INTERNET.

 

WEB BROWSERS ALSO HAVE FUNCTIONS TO LET YOU ACCESS THE CONTENT OF A WEBSITE IN THE INTERNET THE WAY YOU NEED IT, LIKE CHANGING THE TEXT SIZE.

 

SOME POPULAR WEB BROWSERS:

 

SAFARI | INTERNET EXPLORER | OPERA | FIREFOX

 

EACH OF THESE WEB BROWSERS HAS DIFFERENT BARRIER-FREE FUNCTIONS, LIKE SPEAKING THE TEXT OUT LOUD, CHANGING THE TEXT CASE OR SHOWING THE PAGE WITH NO STYLE.

 

YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH OF THEM TO SEE WHAT FUNCTIONS THEY HAVE.

 

SOME SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LET YOU ADD BARRIER-FREE FUNCTIONS TO YOUR ONLINE CONTENT. LIKE SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONS ON YOUTUBE.

THESE WEB BROWSERS HAVE SPECIAL FUNCTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PHYSICAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES:

 

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WebbIE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD HERE FOR FREE.

 

THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE EIA SYSTEM HAS A BROWSER FUNCTION FOR USING A TOUCHSCREEN ON THE COMPUTER TO NAVIGATE ON THE WEBSITES. WITHOUT NEEDING TO USE A MOUSE OR KEYBOARD.

 

IT WORKS WITH INTERNET EXPLORER FROM MICROSOFT.

 

TO DOWNLOAD A FREE DEMONSTRATION CLICK HERE

USING PDF FILES

YOU MAKE A PDF FILE FROM ANY WEBPAGE.

 

DOWNLOAD ADOBE READER

 

YOU CAN USE PDF FILES TO READ AND LISTEN TO THE TEXT

 

1. DOUBLE CLICK ON THE RED PDF FILE AT THE BOTTOM OF

    EACH PAGE

 

2. OPEN OR DAVE THE PDF FILE ON YOUR COMPUTER

 

3. AT THE TOP OF THE FILE, THERE IS A MENU. CHOOSE "VIEW"  

    FROM THE TOP OF THE MENU

 

4. GO DOWN THIS MENU TO THE BOTTOM COMMAND:

   "ACTIVATE READ OUT LOUD"

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