Accessing Alternative Formats
Alternative Formats are generated for your documents automatically. They do not require any extra configuration or editing in Schoology on your behalf.
- Locate the document within your course for which you'd like to generate an Alternative Format.
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In your course content, click the Alternative Formats icon to the right of the document title. The icon's color and outline shape will differ depending on the accessibility level of the document.
Note: Your instructor may have disabled Alternative Formats for certain documents. They will be indicated by the disabled Alternative Formats icon.
Understanding Alternative Formats
Alternative Formats allow documents to be converted into a wide variety of file types. Below is the list of available Panorama Alternative Formats.
- Source File: View the document in its original format, suitable for download or viewing.
- PDF: View the document in PDF format, suitable for both online and download viewing.
- Text File: View the document in a pure text format without any formatting styles, suitable for both online and download viewing.
- Immersive Reader: Allows for customizations to text preferences, grammar preferences, and reading preferences while following along with the audio playback.
- Gradient Reader: Enhances visual word recognition when reading by providing a guiding color gradient.
- EPUB: View the document in an eBook format, suitable for any eBook reader application.
- Braille: View the document in braille grade 2 format (BRF and UEB), suitable for download viewing (a braille reader is required).
- Audio Podcast: Audio playback for documents, suitable for both online and download listening.
- Enhanced HTML: HTML documents can be displayed in a dedicated tab to customize the appearance of the document using the Website Accessibility tool.
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OCR: Convert images with text into machine-encoded text that can be searched and read by screen readers.
- OCR Overlaid Tagged PDF: Generate a tagged PDF that allows for selectable text overlaid on the original scanned document or image.
- OCR Reconstructed DOCX: Generate a brand new DOCX file from scanned documents or images.
- OCR Reconstructed Tagged PDF: Generate a brand new tagged PDF from the scanned document or image.
- OCR Reconstructed HTML: Generate a brand new HTML file from scanned documents or images.
- OCR Text: Recommended for those who’d like plain text, the OCR tool will extract and display text within images and GIFs as a TXT file.
- OCR Audio: Extract text within images and GIFs into an MP3 text-to-speech audio player.
- OCR Semantic Text: Converts scanned text into readable, structured text while preserving context and layout.
- OCR Semantic Audio: Transforms scanned text into audio with natural intonation and emphasis, enhancing listening comprehension.
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Math Formats: Convert documents containing math equations into LaTeX, Math Text (i.e., numbers and symbols to words), or MP3 files.
- Latex: Convert documents into LaTeX document format.
- Math Text: Convert documents into printed English, including numbers and symbols.
- Math Audio: Convert documents to MP3.
- MathML: Extract mathematical equations from documents and convert them into HTML files.
- Language Translation: Translate a document automatically to over 100 languages, which can be downloaded.
Understanding the Website Accessibility Widget
The Website Accessibility Widget can adjust the content and color of web pages to suit various accessibility needs. You may use the widget to save adjustments for easy access to your preferred visual settings. Below is a brief overview of the features the Website Accessibility widget, for a complete overview, please visit our guide on Panorama's Website Accessibility Widget.
- Color Adjustments: Create an accessible viewing experience by adjusting contrast and saturation, highlighting specific elements, changing text colors, and more.
- Content Adjustments: Alter the content on a web page by adjusting the line height, letter spacing, applying readable fonts, and more to create an accessible viewing experience.
- Profiles: Select a predefined set of accessibility improvements, such as the ADHD profile, which removes visual clutter and provides a reading mask, or the Seizure & Epileptic profile, which eliminates blinking, flashing, or flickering visuals.
- Preferences: Provides the option to temporarily or permanently hide the Website Accessibility icon.
- Formats: Provides a list of all documents found on the web page. You may then access Alternative Formats for these documents and add them to your DocHub page.
Understanding the DocHub
The DocHub page is a platform for accessible document storage that allows you to upload and store files in Panorama Cloud. You can share files via email and synchronize your accessible content across multiple devices. For a complete overview, please visit our guide on Panorama's DocHub.