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Re: - Best website plugin/embedded accessibility tool to read out text, change contrast etc?

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From: Hayman, Douglass
Date: Feb 3, 2022 9:17AM


I'd avoid installing such a tool and instead have information on the page, perhaps in the footer regarding accessibility which might then link to information on how to carry out such modifications at the user end like:

1. Use control/command(macOS) plus and minus keys for text resizing if needed.
2. Use built-in tools to make a default Cascading Style Sheet that went with them throughout the web and not just on your page.
3. Share links to free or low cost tools to read your page and all other sites they visit with text to speech.

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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(360) 475-7632 (currently working remotely and don't have access to this phone)



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Hi,

I have been asked to install a website accessibility tool that visitors can use to have the text read out to them (and change contrast, text size etc). Regardless of whether these tools are a good idea or not, what would you say are the best of the bunch?

Thanks,
Jim