Live captions display to individual users when enabled. To turn on live captions, click on the ellipses button in Microsoft Teams and select 'Turn on live captions' as pictured below. Transcription occurs automatically and will display automatically when you review recordings in Microsoft Teams. Enabling live captions is a faculty best practice, so please give your instructor a gentle reminder if they forget.
Enlarge text for readability using your device or within individual applications.
Turn on the Narrator feature to interact with content on your Windows-based PC without a mouse. Whether you're working with documents, tables, or apps, Narrator is a must-have, built-in screen reader.
VoiceOver is the built-in screen reader in macOS Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. This tool can be controlled via the keyboard, TouchID, and Siri.
Adobe Acrobat offers a built-in read-aloud feature for PDFs built according to accessibility standards.
Text-to-speech is available alongside a variety of other accessibility features in Microsoft Office 365. Use it to read full documents or highlighted text, narrate the user interface, and learn with the immersive reader capabilities.
This open-source screen reader works with Blackboard, Respondus, and ATI. NVDA is only available for PCs running Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later.
Your download of Microsoft Office 365 includes a built-in dictation feature to allow you to compose text with your voice.
In addition to using speech-to-text dictation features within software applications, you may consider using your voice to control your devices. Although Chromebooks do not meet the technology requirements at Rasmussen, similar voice control options are available if you are working on one temporarily.
Please review the Rasmussen website for further information regarding accommodations. It can be accessed at https://www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/disability-services/.
