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  • HP Accessibility
    This Web site includes information about products, services, and other resources that are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities or age-related limitations.
  • Guides by Impairment
    These guides organize information from this site into helpful resources for various types of difficulties and impairments. Each guide provides a list of assistive technology products and links to “Step by Step” Tutorials for accessibility features that are helpful for specific types of difficulties and impairments.
  • Enlarging the ToolTip Text
    ToolTip text is the "help" text that appears when users rest the mouse cursor on a menu icon in Microsoft application programs. This link provides instructions for increasing the size of the ToolTip text to make the text easier to read.
  • Microsoft Windows Software Toolkit
    This site provides various accessibility tools for Microsoft Windows, including visual cursor enhancers, mouse enhancers, magnification tools, keyboard modifications, and much more.
  • Apple Macintosh Software Toolkit
    This site provides various accessibility tools for Apple Macintosh, including visual cursor enhancers, mouse enhancers, magnification tools, keyboard modifications, and much more.
  • Screen Magnifiers
    This site provides many links to various screen magnifier Web sites for magnifier programs and information.
  • Adaptech Free & Inexpensive Adaptive Technology Database
    This Web site provides a list of free and/or inexpensive adaptive hardware and software alternatives that might be useful. Some of these are long-running demos, while others are fully functional.
  • Abledata Products
    This Web site provides a list of products in the ABLEDATA database of assistive technology, classified by each product's intended function or any special features it possesses. The products are classified in 19 areas.
  • Microsoft Accessibility Assistive Technology Products
    Assistive technology products are specialty products designed to provide additional accessibility to individuals who have physical or cognitive difficulties, impairments, and disabilities. When selecting assistive technology products, it is critical to find products that are compatible with the computer operating system and programs on the particular computer. This Web site provides information on alternative input devices, Braille embossers, reading tools, screen readers, speech recognition and text-to-speech, and talking and large-print tools.
  • Accessibility in Microsoft Products
    This Web site provides information on the accessibility features built into Microsoft products. Features are sorted by product.
  • Accessible Digital Media
    This Web site provides information on several types of disabilities affecting vision, hearing, physical capacity, and cognitive skills. Each disability presents unique challenges to computer users. A link is also available to the Trace Center Accessible Software Guidelines, which offer a comprehensive guide to creating accessible software.

Other Resources

Do you know of other good resources and tutorials that you would like to see included on this page? If you do, please e-mail the link to ejackson@richland.edu.

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