Today I want to share a cool tool with you that has the potential to be especially helpful for students who may need documents or files converted to PDF form so they can used by a screen reader or for other accessibility options. Some students may need documents that are accessible for various reasons, but how can you know if your Google Docs, Slides, and/or Spreadsheets will convert well to PDF so they can be used effectively by the student? That's where Grackle comes in.
Grackle is a suite of add-ons: one each for Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Once the add-ons are installed, you can open up one of your files and scan the file with the add-on. It will check for numerous accessibility features, like headings, photo text, and font readability among numerous other things. It will show exactly where issues are and offer suggestions for how to fix them so that your file and a resulting PDF of the file are useable by all students, but especially by students who may need those accessibility features.
Watch this short video to get to know Grackle a little bit better. Let me know if you try it or if you'd like some help with it!
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