Software and Accessibility Tools

Read&Write

Read&Write is a text-to-speech tool for reading websites and documents aloud, converting and reading PDFs, highlighting text, and more. Read&Write is available for free to all Mines students, staff, and faculty. Mines IT has articles with instructions for installing Read&Write for Windows, Read&Write for MacOS, and Read&Write for Chrome.

Equatio

Equatio is a toolbar for creating accessible digital math equations. You can use Equatio to write math, convert equations to and from LaTeX and MathML, extract math from screenshots or images, or create digital math from dictation or handwriting.

Equatio is available for free to all Mines students, staff, and faculty. Mines IT has an article about downloading and installing Equatio. Equatio is also available in exam mode at the Mines Testing Center. 

Canvas Accessibility Scanner

Instructors at Mines have access to the Canvas Accessibility Scanner by Pope Tech in their Canvas courses. The Accessibility Scanner will scan pages and documents in a course for potential accessibility issues and guide instructors through ways to improve the accessibility of course materials. Read more about using the Canvas Accessibility Scanner (Mines login required).

Dictation

Visit this help article about dictation and speech to text for recommendations on free software to use for speech to text.

Need assistive technology?

If you need assistive technology for an accommodation, please contact Disability Support Services (for students) or the ADA Coordinator (for employees).