Improving accessibility
Accessibility & Assistive Technology
Accessibility refers to the extent to which the design of products, devices, services or environments allows all users to engage, whether users have a disability, no disability or another kind of need or preference. Assistive technology refers to the tools which can enable users with different abilities and needs, including a wheelchair to get around, software that reads text on screens, alternative colour schemes and other supportive design and devices that can keep the digital world inclusive.
If you rely on assistive technology for access to digital resources, you will already be using these to take this course and if you don't, you may be unaware of what's out there and that many of these tools can be useful to anyone as part of our changing digital world.
Windows and Apple/Mac systems and smartphones all come with inbuilt tools that can make using them easier for a variety of needs. For more information:
For more information on Assistive Technology in general:
In the next few pages we'll look at some of the additional tools which are available as an LSHTM student, but also some which are freely available to everyone.