Chrome Accessibility

How to Guide1

Assistive Technology Specialist: Dr. Tara Mason

Chrome Overview

Chrome is a web browser that can be used on any laptop, chromebook or iOS device. If you do not have Chrome, download it here:

Computer download:

http://bit.ly/1tMrggU

iOS download:

http://apple.co/1RU3vmY

Important to remember when using Chrome:

1. Make sure you are l ogged in

1 More information: Teach for Google, h ttps://www.teachforgoogle.com/, SWAAAC, http://www.swaaac.com/, Don Johnston, h ttp://donjohnston.com/

2. Keep it u pdated

3. If you are having issues with an extension or function, try “unenabling and reenabling” to reboot it using C hrome settings.

Where do I nd Accessibility Features and Apps?

1. Chrome store 2. Add-ons @Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides 3. chrome://apps/ -- When you open the Chrome browser you will see this option in the window.

Accessibility Extensions and Features:

1. Writing

a. Voice Typing @ Tools

b. Read and Write Google @ http://bit.ly/1Pxi52Q Toolbar includes, text to speech, speech to text, learnig tools, research tools, OCR tools, text complexity tools, and teaching/learning tools.

c. Don Johnston’s CoWriter extension @ h ttp://bit.ly/1RqHmhk

d. Google Templates Go to file

e. Google Slides2

f. Google Forms for writing with Autocrat @ h ttp://bit.ly/1X47uyd ( Example Google Form: h t tp://bit.ly/1QdvZnc G oogle Forms can walk students through the writing process by prompting with questions, sentence stems, etc.

2. Reading

a. Read and Write Google @ http://bit.ly/1Pxi52Q

b. Clearly from Evernote3 @ h ttp://bit.ly/1fLwpB7 Takes HTML out and simplifies page.

c. Screenshot Reader with Read and Write @ http://bit.ly/1Pxi52Q M akes text accessible through text to speech for student reading.

d. Don Johnston’s Snap and Read @ h ttp://bit.ly/1RqHi16 C omprehensive tool for OCR, Texttospeech, text simplification and ELL accommodations.

e. Speak IT @ h ttp://bit.ly/19SjfDT T ext to Speech.

f. Chrome speak is available whenever text is selected and user right clicks. Simple Text to Speech.

g. Announcify @h ttp://bit.ly/1CxexTa T ext to Speech in seperate window.

h. Voice Instead @h ttp://bit.ly/1oNiyok T ext to Speech with premuim voice selection.

i. Click to Speech @h ttp://bit.ly/1KQUlHs T his extension allows users to hover the mouse over text and it will read when mouse is clicked.

j. BeeLine Reader @h ttp://bit.ly/1guDydK I t is designed to draw your eye to the beginning and end of the line using color coding of text.

k. Matter @h ttp://bit.ly/1LjiZQK I t is designed to highlight what is perceived as most important on the page. 3. Learning a. Google Docs- Comments @ Insert

2 Ideas on Google Slides- use a template for nal projects for students to completed on their own, can include multiple media, photos, writing, etc. See template below to modify for your lesson. 3 Evernote will not be continuing to support Clearly.

d. Lucidcharts Diagrams @ Add-ons e. Gliffy Diagrams @ Add-ons f. Super Simple Highlighter @h ttp://bit.ly/1QLEk86 g. Scrible to annotate text @h ttp://bit.ly/29fWVra 4. Organization a. Google Drive - organize folders b. Extensify- an extension for managing extensions @ http://bit.ly/1mbWPht 5. Accessibility a. Chrome Accessibility helpguide @ https://www.google.com/accessibility/all-products-features.html b. OCR- (Optical Character Recognition) Scan, create PDF, e-mail to yourself. Robobraille @ http://www.robobraille.org/ c. SnapVerter- @h ttp://bit.ly/1OzlMXh Extension in Google Drive for OCR by TextHelp. 6. Collaborative Google App Capabilities to Promote Accessibility and Learning a. Guided and Collaborative Notetaking @Google Docs b. List, Group and Label using Google Docs, Google Sheets or Google Slides c. Paragraph Frames @Google Docs 7. Self-Regulation Supports a. Chromebook Rules (for grades K-8) b. Google Forms (for grades 3-12) (must be in St. Vrain to access form) c. Google Form templates