Joshua Finnell
Josh Finnell
Contact:
jfinnell@colgate.edu
Case-Geyer
Room 310
Case-Geyer
Room 310
315-228-7302
Subjects: African American Studies, African Studies, Caribbean Studies, Environmental Studies, Film and Media Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Linguistics, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Museum Studies, Native American Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Womens Studies, Writing and Rhetoric
Best Bets
- Accessibility Resources websiteColgate's self-guided tutorial on accessibility in the classroom.
- Creating Accessible & Interactive Online PresentationsIncludes a recorded webinar with transcript, links, resources, and guidance for accessible presentations. From the Digital Library Federation.
- WCAG's Contrast CheckerBuilt for websites, but you can use translate colors to hexcodes to determine the contrast ratio of your images, text, presentations, etc.
- RGB to Hex color ConverterUse this to turn RGB colors into Hexcodes in order to check their color contrast.
Apps and Software Discussed in Class
- Hub - 3D Printing at ColgateInformation on the 3D printers in the library and how to use them.
- TouchMapperUsing data from OpenStreetMap, you can use this site to create an STL file to print a tactile map of any location.
- Natural ReaderDownload Natural Reader for your computer, or use the free online version. Pay to upgrade to download MP3s of articles
- SpeechifyAnother text-to-speech option
- Otter.ai Voice Meeting NotesSpeech to text/voice transcription software. Free accounts will transcribe audio up to 40 minutes.
- Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells - Scifi series with an agender and asexual main character that's just amazing and everyone should read it.
- Nebo - Handwriting to real text that you can export to .doc.
- Look to Speak - Use your eyes to select text and speak aloud. (Android Only)
- Speech Assistant - Free AAC board (Android Only)
- EVA Facial Mouse - Use your head movements to control your tablet (Android Only)
- Enable Viacam - Mouse alternative, use your webcam to control your mouse with your head (PC only)
- SensusAccess - Through Colgate, you can OCR image-only PDFs and change them to different formats
- Speechnotes - Dictation app
- CV Simulator/Chromatic Vision Simulator - Use your camera to simulate 3 common types of color blindness.
- Live Transcribe - Supports multiple languages, transcribes voice as you speak. NOW HAS COPY-PASTE!!
- Legere Reader - Assistive reading with text-to-speech (Android only)
- VoiceDream Reader -Assistive reading with text-to-speech (iOS only)
- Astonishing Comic Reader - comic book reader app with strong zooming capabilities
- FlappyHappy Stim toys - Stim Toy store run by Autistics. Great prices, support an autistic-owned business!! (worthy successor to Stimtastic)
- Speechless - TV show clips shown in class. Streaming on Hulu, or you can buy/rent it from Google Play, Amazon Prime, Vudu, and iTunes.
- Marvel's Daredevil - streaming on Netflix until Feb 28, 2022. (remember to turn on the Audio Description)