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Campus-Wide Resources

Read & Write and orbitnote

and are two tools that work in tandem to support reading, writing, and note taking.�� Among other features, these products provide text to speech and speech to text that integrates with our Google Suite for web pages, PDFs, ePubs, and more. These products have a variety of platform options including Chrome and Edge Extensions, iPad and Android Apps, and Windows and MacOS Desktop Apps.����

To use Read&Write and OrbitNote, simply log in with your 91��� credentials.����

Note: You can add the OrbitNote extension by clicking the “add extension” button at the bottom of the page once you have logged in.��

Below are some resources that can support one’s use of these two products.�� As always, if you would like to walk through this product with someone and determine ways it can support your specific needs, contact Parker Farhting at pfAC@hampshire.edu��

Grackle

is a suite of Chrome extensions the College has subscribed to for use with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Grackle performs an accessibility scan and identifies issues to be fixed. Grackle has a built-in PDF generator.

Online File Conversion Service

There are multiple ways to convert files into accessible formats. Two that are available to the entire 91è���� Community are and Roboraille.�� You can convert files while logged into OrbitNote or through Robobraille’s File Converter.

The��Robobraille file converter��is also available to the entire 91��� community. It does a good job of converting documents into accessible formats with computer-readable text. It converts many different file types into a variety of formats: for example, from a PDF to a text-to-speech MP3 audio file.

The Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit

Owners of Moodle courses have access to����which is built into Moodle 4.11. You need to turn it on to scan a course to identify and fix accessibility issues.

Accommodation-related Technologies

If you are in need of specific assistive technology for a documented disability, please visit our disclosure and accommodation request page to learn more.

91��� subscribes to a limited number of licenses to the below products for students with special support needs:

Glean

��is an electronic note-taking service designed to scaffold the learning process.

Bookshare

��is a an eBook service that provides accessible text for individuals with various reading barriers. You can customize your reading experience in ways that work for you.