{"id":2744,"date":"2024-04-30T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/writing-center\/?page_id=2744"},"modified":"2025-04-30T21:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:01:47","slug":"assistive-technologies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/writing-center\/resources\/assistive-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistive Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"size-p-sm\"><em>Note: All links below are to external sites.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a comprehensive list of assistive technologies available to 51ÁÔÆæ students, see <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arc\/accommodations-services\/assistive-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this page<\/a> from the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC). For a comprehensive list of all software available to 51ÁÔÆæ students, see <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/technology\/software\/student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this page<\/a> from 51ÁÔÆæ Technology Resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screen-reader-for-our-wconline-scheduler-nbsp\"><strong>Screen Reader for <\/strong>our<strong> WCOnline Scheduler<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Writing Center\u2019s WCOnline scheduler is accessible with a screen reader. Using WCOnline&#8217;s &#8216;Standard Display&#8221; is the recommended, most efficient method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nvaccess.org%2Fdownload%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctotty%40uwm.edu%7Cd89200c509464eb7b54508dd882d22f6%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C638816449621425138%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=X7byF%2B32tsTEOV%2FPz%2BTS7dIP91CQWd7KS12vFLUndUw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nvaccess.org\/download\/<\/a>The NVDA screen reader can be downloaded free of charge by anyone.&nbsp;NVDA version 2024.4.2 &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osas.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/How-to-Use-Speech-to-Text-on-Student-Computer.pdf\">How-to-Use-Speech-to-Text-on-Student-Computer.pdf (usc.edu)<\/a>&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-amp-literacy-nbsp-nbsp\">Reading &amp; Literacy&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texthelp.com\/products\/read-and-write-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read&amp;Write For Education &#8211; Reading, Literacy &amp; Assistive Software | Texthelp<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screen-readers-nbsp\">Screen Readers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osas.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/How-to-Use-Speech-to-Text-on-Student-Computer.pdf\">How-to-Use-Speech-to-Text-on-Student-Computer.pdf (usc.edu)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Force OCR for PDF <a href=\"https:\/\/web.hypothes.is\/help\/how-to-ocr-optimize-pdfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/web.hypothes.is\/help\/how-to-ocr-optimize-pdfs\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fusion\u2014useful for any kind of visual impairment (<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.freedomscientific.com\/SponsoredSoftware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use 51ÁÔÆæ credentials here<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/listen-to-your-word-documents-with-read-aloud-967a1533-4ba3-4e84-8ddc-132b1564434f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Read Aloud<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JAWS (<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.freedomscientific.com\/SponsoredSoftware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use 51ÁÔÆæ credentials here<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivoice.com\/capti-site\/public\/entry\/personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capti Personal (captivoice.com)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yourdolphin.com\/EasyReader-App\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EasyReader App US | Dolphin Computer Access (yourdolphin.com)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalreaders.com\/online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Text to Speech Online with Realistic AI Voices (naturalreaders.com)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screen-magnifiers-nbsp\">Screen Magnifiers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ZoomText screen magnifier (<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.freedomscientific.com\/SponsoredSoftware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use 51ÁÔÆæ credentials here<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: All links below are to external sites. 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