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Access to Reading

Accommodations for access to books, newspapers, and magazines.
Angled view of black rectangular tablet computer showing front left corner and colorful grid on the screen.

A tactile tablet computer with a built-in braille display, haptic ergonomics, and a series of tactile software (in.Home).

Dark pink book cover with title of book written in large, black hand-drawn-style font letters.

A picture-ebook guide that includes over 140 pages of photos and information about adapting activities using everyday materials.

Large rectangular monitor displaying a magnified puzzle with open magazine resting on the stand below it.

A foldable digital magnifier designed for seniors and elementary students that enables users to read documents, textbooks, and newspapers as well as to write down notes.

Laptop connected to a stand magnifier, with an open book underneath at the magnifier's base.

Portable video magnifier with built-in read-aloud software.

Green cartoon image of microphone with smiling face.

A Windows-based system based on proprietary intelligent speech recognition technology that enables visually impaired people to talk with potentially any computer’s digital contents and applications.

A small, black, square device next to a remote for operating the device.

A small black box that plugs directly into a TV via an HDMI cable and includes a remote control. It features built-in read-aloud software called GuideReader, which helps individuals with visual impairments access books and other print materials. 

A hand turns the page of a digital magazine on a touchscreen e-reader device.

Can be virtually downloaded and features accessibility options such as font size adjustment, contrast adjustment, and audio read-aloud, for example.

Medium-sized tablet devices with digital book pages. They are roughly the size of a standard paperback book. Three have black borders, while one is a white device. One of the e-readers is shown with a stylus. The e-readers do not have color screens like standard tablets but are black and white and more opaque than a tablet.

Allows users to read and purchase digital books, newspapers, and magazines, while also eliminating the need to flip a page or physically hold a book. E-readers also typically allow users to change font size, increase the contrast, and modify how many lines of text fill a page.

LeapFrog LeapPad handheld tablet showing the main screen with a green background and colorful icon buttons.

A series of tablets that are educational devices for children ages 3-9 that feature school readiness apps, as well as creative and music apps, designed to prepare preschoolers and kindergarteners for school.