Accessibility in Education: Vision

Equal access for everyone

Whether researching, using the Internet, reviewing notes, or creating presentations, students with visual disabilities will appreciate the power of the universal access features in Mac OS X.

Built-in solutions

Apple's VoiceOver screen reader technology is built right into the Mac OS X operating system providing access to the Macintosh through speech, audible cues, and keyboard navigation. Complete with an advanced synthesized English voice, braille support, extensive keyboard capabilities and localization into 8 languages, Apple gives users with visual disabilities more control over the Mac than ever.

Solutions such as Zoom, Scalable Cursor, Text-to-Speech Synthesis, and Display Adjustment enable people who have difficulty seeing content on the computer screen greater ability to access their own work.

Success story

A loss of “sight” does not mean a loss of “vision” in Mrs. McGuire’s class of K-6 grade visually impaired students. Using the power of iMovie, her students dispel common myths about blindness.