Videos

Over the weekend we were to watch five videos on the accessibility options available on five different devices. The videos were one minute to six minutes in length, and the five devices were: Android, Chromebooks, iPads, MacPro Laptop, and PC Laptop.

I have been a PC and Android user for most of my adult life; that is, until the last month I now own my first Apple product - a MacPro laptop. I am totally impressed and even more so after taking this course and watching the videos on iPads and MacPro.

Given that I am familiar both with PC and Android the accessibility options and the navigation of the settings were easy to use; however, I hadn’t looked at the Android system talkback – switch access option. I have used the caption settings on our PC laptop, but we haven’t tried the text font changes. My plan is to get my husband to play around with the choices to see if he would like a better font for reading.

If I was to select a favourite; I would choose the iPad with the MacPro laptop a very close second. The sheer number of accessibility options Apple has available for people with disabilities is incredible. For example, the iPads layout of the accessibility settings and the customize options. I also like the fact that every Mac comes equipped with VoiceOver; although, it is designed for the visual impaired individual, I think of the student who has a learning disability with reading. Another option which acts as a magnifier is the picture-in-picture zoom. I was so excited and couldn’t wait to show this option to my family.

My least favourite would be the Chromebooks accessibility options: I was really disappointed. This device had the least amount of options, and too many steps to find them. Simply turned me off!

a great way to see what each device had to offer….