Recent blog posts have suggested tools and techniques to help with eye fatigue and strain. Today I want to make you aware of reading tools that are built-in to the Firefox and Safari browsers. Both of these browsers offer a … Continue reading Built-in Reading Tools: Firefox & Safari
As we continue working more regularly with online documents some of us experience increases in eye fatigue, headaches, migraines, focus, and concentration issues. Fortunately, we have a couple of great tools to help. Both of these tools are available to … Continue reading Reading online – Tools to help with eye fatigue
When searching for information you may find it in a format that isn’t ideal. It isn’t your only choice. A variety of tools make converting documents into another format possible. As students, you may wish to convert some of your … Continue reading Tools for converting PDFs
Reading, monitors and eye care Our move to online consumption of academic material comes with many pros and cons. Recently, I’ve been contacted about how to deal with eye strain and headaches which seem to be related to online reading. What follows are a couple of quick tips that may help: increase your screen’s refresh rate – make it as high as you can. adjust the brightness and contrast levels if reading on the web, take advantage of “reader mode” – Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari all include a reader mode. Chrome has an extension you can install … Continue reading Tips for reducing eye strain
ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY Problems with video? Try turning off HD Video Factors that can affect participation with HD video are bandwidth limitations, restricted data usage on mobile, or unreliable internet access. To change these settings while in a meeting: Choose “Enable/Stop … Continue reading Accessibility & Zoom – Best Practices
NVDA from NV Access is a free text to speech tool Microsoft Windows machines. It stands for Non-Visual Desktop Access. It will not work on iOS machines. Many use this tool to listen to content. Here are some simple commands to get you started using NV Access: Note: documentation refers to the NVDA key. The default NVDA key is the insert key. It can be changed to Caps lock when installing NVDA the first time Control + Alt + n to run NVDA NVDA + q to close NVDA Numpad + +to start reading at the top of the page NVDA + down … Continue reading NVDA – Simplified
