Essentials
11 curated resources, easiest first.
Apple's accessibility overview covering built-in vision, hearing, speech, mobility and cognitive features across its devices, such as VoiceOver, Voice Control and Personal Voice, with links to support resources.
A Mac User Guide page on tools that make screen content easier to see or hear, including VoiceOver, spoken text, Zoom, larger text, contrast and colour options.
Microsoft's accessibility hub, organised by product (Windows, Microsoft 365, Teams) and by need (vision, hearing, mobility, learning). Also links to adaptive hardware and the Disability Answer Desk.
Opens Microsoft's Narrator guide. Introduces the Windows screen reader, how to start and stop it, the Narrator Home hub with its quick-start lesson, and how to launch it automatically.
Introduces TalkBack, Android's built-in screen reader for using a phone without looking at the screen, and shows how to reopen its tutorial. Steps vary by device and version.
Describes how people with disabilities, including age-related impairments, use websites, apps and web tools, to help designers, developers and writers understand why accessible products matter.
Explains how to have Windows Magnifier read on-screen text aloud as well as enlarge it, with shortcuts to start, pause, skip between sentences and change the reading key.
W3C WAI's overview of what web accessibility means: sites and tools built with care can be used by people with disabilities, yet many still contain barriers. It argues the benefits reach individuals, businesses and society and points to standards such as WCAG.
Shows built-in Windows options for making the screen easier to read: text size, display scaling, contrast themes, pointer settings, Magnifier, colour filters and Narrator.
A WAI starting page for web users and advocates, linking to introductory material, guidance on reporting barriers to organisations, a quick checklist for spotting common problems and a free self-paced course.
Ten short videos showing how accessibility affects people in different situations, plus a combined compilation of about seven and a half minutes.