Ebook Accessibility

Accessibility features

A variety of accessibility features are available from the suppliers of ebooks, such as changing background colours, changing contrast colours or adjusting your device's text display settings - these are described by individual supplier's Accessibility Statements in the table below.

The Eresources and Assistive technology page shows you how to enable accessibility settings in Proquest and Ebsco and check out the Assistive technology pages for more general help.

Read aloud or Screen Readers

This is a really useful feature for anyone who would prefer listening to the contents of ebooks.
Availability of Read Aloud varies between our ebook suppliers - see details below

Collection	Read Online	Download
Proquest Ebook Central	Some titles in Ebook Central can be read aloud if you use the Microsoft Edge browser. Edge is on University devices but if you need it on your own then you can download it here Within an ebook highlight some text. Right mouse click and if available click on 'More Tools' and 'Read Aloud'.	Download a PDF chapter. Open in Microsoft Edge or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Use the Read Aloud function. Download the whole book Uses Adobe Digital Editions. Read aloud is then available via separate screen reader technology
VLEbooks	Read Aloud is available Click on the icon on the menu bar	Download the whole book Uses Adobe Digital Editions. Read aloud is then available via separate screen reader technology.
Ebsco Ebooks	Titles can be read aloud if you use the Microsoft Edge browser. Edge is on University devices but if you need it on your own then you can download it here Within an ebook highlight some text. Right mouse click and if available click on 'More Tools' and 'Read Aloud'.	Download a PDF chapter. Open in Microsoft Edge or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Use the Read Aloud function. Download the whole book Uses Adobe Digital Editions. Read aloud is then available via separate screen reader technology
Sage VitalSource	Highlight some text and select 'Read Aloud' from the pop menu	To download and read offline you need to install the Bookshelf app
Taylor and Francis Ebooks	Look for the Read Aloud option to the right of the text	Read Aloud available within the download options.
O'Reilly	Titles can be read aloud if you use the Microsoft Edge browser. Edge is on University devices but if you need it on your own then you can download it here Within an ebook highlight some text. Right mouse click and if available click on 'More Tools' and 'Read Aloud'.	You can read content offline via the O'Reilly app for mobile or tablet. There is no download option for laptops or PCs

Individual device websites:

Android accessibility settings

iOS – iPhone –iPad accessibility settings

Mac accessibility settings

PC/Windows accessibility settings