{"id":74,"date":"2023-10-18T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T08:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2023-10-18T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T08:59:10","slug":"visual-impairment-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/?page_id=74","title":{"rendered":"Visual Impairment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The term \u2018visual impairment\u2019 is used to describe a wide range of conditions that affect how well we see and perceive information through sight.  Visual impairment can arise from a limitation of one or more functions of the eye or brain processing. *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the CALL Scotland Visual Impairment information page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/information\/visual-impairment\/#some-ways-technology-can-help\">Some ways technology can help<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windows 10 operating system on school laptops and PC&#8217;s includes a range of accessibility tools to support visually impaired learners.  The CALL Scotland poster &#8220;Using Windows 10 &#8216;Accessibility&#8217; tools to support learners with visual difficulties&#8221; highlights these tools. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/assets\/files\/using-windows-10-accessibility-tools-to-support-learners-with-visual-difficulties.pdf\">View the poster here<\/a><\/strong>. If these tools are not already available on the devices your learner uses, please log a support call with the schools&#8217; helpdesk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/blog\/new-accessibility-tools-in-windows-10\/\">Blog post<\/a><\/strong> also contains lots of useful information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>iPads also have lots of built-in accessibility tools to support learners with a visual impairment. This guide from CALL highlights these tools and how to use them. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/assets\/files\/using-the-ipad-to-support-learners-with-visual-difficulties.pdf\">View the guide here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u2018visual impairment\u2019 is used to describe a wide range of conditions that affect how well we see and perceive information through sight. Visual impairment can arise from a limitation of one or more functions of the eye or brain processing. * Visit the CALL Scotland Visual Impairment information page &#8211; Some ways technology can help. The Windows 10 operating system on school laptops and PC&#8217;s includes a range of accessibility tools to support visually impaired learners. The CALL&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19366,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/assistivetechnology\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}