#721 Generate images with getimg.ai
If you are struggling to find the image you want on stock websites or from image libraries, you can now try generating your own from text prompts using getimg.ai.
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#717 Adobe Podcast audio enhancer
Often when I record audio it is not in a studio and I get all sorts of background noise. Sometimes I sound like I am down a well. Adobe has a product in beta format at the moment called Adobe podcast and one of the tools is the enhancer. At the moment you can sign… Continue reading #717 Adobe Podcast audio enhancer
#713 Using ChatGPT with Excel [1/2]
I’m often stuck in Excel trying to remember how to do certain things. Excel has a formula builder but when you type in for help, it generally isnt that helpful. In this video, we look at whether ChatGPT can make any useful suggestions for us.
#709 Extract text from a table
Recently I have been converting word documents that had transcripts in tables. In order to make the documents more presentable I wanted to take the text from the tables and utilise as regular text in the document. This initially meant quite a bit of cutting and pasting. After a few errors were I cut the… Continue reading #709 Extract text from a table
#704 Visor: Coloured overlays for reading webpages
Visor is a browser extension that enables you to overlay colours onto webpages and adjust the contrast if you need to for reading purposes. Recently we had a short course with an accessibility requirement to provide materials on pastel-coloured backgrounds. Using Visor in the browser enabled the student to access the online materials without having… Continue reading #704 Visor: Coloured overlays for reading webpages
#699 Quick image adjustments in Google Docs
You can make quick image adjustments directly in Google Docs without having to use an external editor. You can crop, rotate and resize images very easily. You can make some colour, transparency, brightness and contrast adjustments directly in the editor. Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash
#694 Openverse: Creative Commons search
Openverse is part of WordPress and enables you to search and filter for Creative Commons images and audio to use in your projects. See other posts about images and Creative Commons.
#687 Helperbird
Helperbird is a browser extension (available in the Chrome store). It is geared to help with accessibility issues and dyslexia, allowing the user to quickly make adaptations to how text and data are presented on web pages to make it more accessible to people with various data perception difficulties. An easily accessible panel allows you… Continue reading #687 Helperbird
#685 OpenDyslexic Font
OpenDyslexic is an open-source font that you can install on your machine to aid readability. More can be found about it at opendysliexic.org. You can also use a Chrome extension to enable web pages to be formatted in the font.
#679 ChromeVox screen reader
This Chrome browser extension (ChromeVox) allows you to experience web content as a person using a screen reader. It can be used in combination of other extensions such as Reader Mode (see the post here) to simplify the content and make it easier to access. Photo by Max Delsid on Unsplash
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