Built In Accessibility Tools

Windows and Apple Operating Systems

Explore the websites given to you. Research some of the accessibility Tools that are described on the
websites. In the empty cells, write your observations, explanations, impressions, and/or descriptions of
the features that are available. Choose three features for each operating system

Apple Accessibility:
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/
Name of Description, Observations, Impressions of
Accessibility Feature the Feature, and Benefits to Students
Siri Siri is a personal helper on your phone that can help
you look up things, as well as do things on your phone.
you just have to say “Hey Siri” and siri will ask you
“what can I help you with?”
I use Siri all the time and ask her to set alarms for me, I
ask her questions and she will look up the answer
online for me.
This can be a great tool for students, especially for
students who are blind.
Voiceover Voiceover tells you what is happening on your screen.
This can be a great tool for blind students and this can
help them navigate and complete tasks much easier.

Speak screen this tool will read text aloud for you, you just highlight
what you want to be read aloud and it will do it for
you. Again, this would be a great tool for blind
students.
Microsoft/Windows Accessibility:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility
Name of Description, Observations, Impressions of
Accessibility Feature the Feature, and Benefits to Students

Autogenerate this tool will generate subtitles for any video you want
captions for videos to watch. This is a great tool that students that are deaf
can beneficiate from.

Maps in 3D sounds
Type with your voice
this tool will help you become more aware of your
surroundings and will guide you where you want to
go. This is a great tool that blind people can use in
order to know where they are/where they want to go.
This is a tool that can be used to have your device type
what you say. So, pretty much you dictate what you
want it to write. this tool is a great tool for students
who have mobility issues and arent able to use a
keyboard.