OverDrive eBooks and Audio eBooks and Kanopy Streaming Video are two amazing services that you can access for free with a Library Card. But it gets even better--did you know that these two services have several accessibility features built in?
Overdrive* eBooks and Audio eBooks offers several Accessibility Features including the ability to:
- Enable dyslexic font on the Overdrive website or in the app
- Enable the high contrast option on the OverDrive website
- Change an ebook's font size in the OverDrive app
- Browse the OverDrive website with a screen reader
- Read accessible eBooks on your computer or mobile device with native screen readers
- Use keyboard shortcuts in OverDrive with Windows or a Mac
- Use the tab key to navigate the Overdrive website
- Download audiobooks in the MP3 format for the best experience for users who are visually impaired
*Library card required
Kanopy* streaming video offers the following accessibility features:
- Enable closed captions, subtitles, and transcripts
- Request closed captions for titles that do not have them
- Use Kanopy's website and video player with screen reader technologies on desktop browsers, and iOS and Android devices
- Use the tab key to navigate the Kanopy website
*Kanopy is limited to Denver residents with a library card
We hope you will find these features useful! If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of any Denver Public Library website, please use our Accessibility contact form.
