Screen Shot Reader

Screen Shot Reader

GoogleDocs:

Screen Shot Reader allows for inaccessible text to run through OCR (optical character recognition) for reading aloud on demand (GoogleDoc). This feature is the eighth function listed on the Read&Write toolbar. Click the icon and drag the mouse, drawing a box around any inaccessible text. A play button in the lower right-hand corner will allow for replay without redrawing a box.

PDF and ePUB

Supporting learners:

The screenshot reader feature in the toolbar for Read and Write is

useful for: reading signs, titles or menus that are considered images by a computer (and are unreadable by the Play button)

Using it in the classroom:

The item (label, title, etc...) could be viewed on the LCD projector and read at the same time so

as to accommodate all learners.