Understanding Built-In Accessibility Features of Windows and iOS Environments

“Working Sustainably: Faculty Accessibility Resources” series offers short, practical sessions focused on how accessibility can support more flexible, sustainable, and responsive ways of working, teaching, learning, and researching. Browse all events in the series.

Discover how built-in accessibility features in Windows and iOS can support more flexible, sustainable, and efficient ways of working, teaching, learning, and communicating. In this 30-minute show-and-tell session, we’ll explore a range of built-in tools that can help users access information in ways that align with their preferences, strengths, and changing needs. Through live demonstrations, participants will learn how features such as text-to-speech, Read Aloud, Immersive Reader, and browser-based reading tools can support focus, comprehension, productivity, and accessibility for everyone.

These tools offer practical options that can enhance everyday academic work.

Topics may include:

• Text-to-speech features in Windows and iOS
• Read Aloud tools in Microsoft 365 applications
• Using Immersive Reader to customize reading experiences
• Browser-based reading and text-to-speech extensions in Chrome and Microsoft Edge
• Dictation and speech-to-text features for writing and note-taking
• Adjusting display, text size, contrast, and focus settings
• Strategies for reducing reading fatigue and supporting comprehension

Session format:  

• A 30-minute bite-size presentation (show-and-tell), and
• An optional 30-minute discussion and exploration period, providing opportunities for further questions, collective experimentation, resource-sharing, and community-building. 

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