Step 4: Choose the Accommodation

Transfer from One Medium to Another

People with learning disabilities may have limitations that result in difficulty reading text from a computer screen. Accommodations may include:

Voice output software that highlights and reads (via a speech synthesizer) text on the computer screen
Speech recognition software that recognizes the user's voice and changes it to text on the computer screen
Locator dots for identification of letters/numbers on the keyboard
Word processing software
Form producing software that computerizes order forms, claim forms, applications, and equation and formula fields
Carbonless notetaking systems
Copy holder with line guide