Workshop: Assistive Technology - productivity for All and New Enhancements from AI

Assistive technology is essential for some and can benefit all by providing content in various formats to suit preferences or settings and tools to boost productivity.

In this session:

• you will learn some background information about Screen Reader software and how it’s being utilised by people with little or no vision. The speaker will also demonstrate the potential benefit of emerging AI tools for screen reader users to access description of images, including graphs and charts.

• we will show you through Read and Write - a powerful set of reading and writing tools that supports the different ways we think, work and learn. Read and write is available for free to all UTS students & staff.

Boost your awareness of what needs to be considered when working with or teaching someone who uses Read and Write software, screen readers (i.e. know which materials are accessible or not, the length of your signature, sharing pictures on chat platforms, etc.) and knowing some new developments of AI tools, you can share your new knowledge with colleagues and students.

This event organised by UTS Accessibility Service.

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