Strategies
- Subject specific portals and Google short cuts
- Facebook with MSN
- Firefox add-ins and adaptations
- Changing font and icon sizes in Windows
- Facebook for sharing ideas
- Google Maps for directions
- Crib cards and recordings
- Using MSN to catch up on lectures
- Accessibar in Firefox for web page changes
- Wifi, Bluetooth and Skype SMS
- Choosing a good layout and colour for wikis and blogs
- Google Book Search
- Blogging and checking spelling
- Mouse wheel and keyboard shortcut for zooming
- Snipping tool for capturing web content
- Google Calendar for planning
- Dropbox to backup and share files
- Blackberry for spell checking on Facebook
- CapturaTalk for understanding complex medical terms.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
2 Keywords: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer is the web browser supplied with the Windows operating system but it can be added to other systems as a separate application. It has add-ons in the same way as Mozilla Firefox and these are available from the Microsoft add-in web site. There are also tutorials on how to adapt the view of accessible web pages within the browser to suit the user.
It is often the chosen browser for use on institutional systems so there are many guides for its use and keyboard short cut options.
Links
- Accessible Calendars for Blogs and Websites
"Calendars are a useful and attractive way to visually organize events on a webpage or blog. However, calendars are often inaccessible due to their reliance on visual rather than verbal cues."
- How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers
"So you have a blog, and you're worried that it might not be accessible to people with disabilities? Don't worry! A few simple changes can increase your blog's potential readership."
- My Web My Way
"Do you need help in making the web easier to use? This site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible for you. " The site has been developed and maintained through a partnership between bbc.co.uk and AbilityNet, a leading UK computing and disability charity. It is based on AbilityNet's original My Computer, My Way site.
- Web Accessibility Toolbar for ease of use checks [For IE]
"The Web Accessibility Toolbar has been developed to aid manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility. It consists of a range of functions that:
- identify components of a web page
- provide access to alternate views of page content
- facilitate the use of 3rd party online applications" (The Paciello Group (TPG)
