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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Fwd: Google for Education’s tools are accessible for all

Accessibility features built into Google for Education tools help all students succeed

Reach all learners with accessible tools and differentiated instruction

Google for Education tools encourage an inclusive classroom environment, so teachers can engage all students across the range of learning styles and needs. From hardware devices like braille keyboards to customizable software settings, Google for Education has assistive technology to benefit everyone in the classroom.

Learning for Everyone

Accessibility settings are built-in to all Chromebooks. Check out our Tools for Diverse Learners training to learn more. You can customize settings that follow students to any device—all they need to do is sign in and they're ready to go. With support for spoken feedback, braille keyboards, and ChromeVox, a specially designed screen for the visually impaired, Chromebooks provide flexible accommodations for every student.

Collaboration Outside the Box

Dictate text and transcribe it automatically in Docs. Enable closed captioning in Slides. With G Suite, teachers and students can be on different devices, in different rooms, buildings, or continents, and still collaborate in real time.

Easy to Use Tools

Developed with extensive feedback from users, ChromeVox is an intuitive screen reader that uses sound effects and captions to voice everything on the screen for visually-impaired students. And because it's built into every Chromebook, teachers can easily turn it on with a keystroke.

Google's accessibility tools help to ensure conditions for learning that allow all students to reach their full potential.