Accessibility Features at CanDoLearn
CanDoLearn includes a growing range of accessibility tools designed to help children feel comfortable, supported and confident while they learn.
Reading and visual support
- Dyslexia-friendly reading font
- Colour overlays to reduce visual stress
- Adjustable font size
- Line spacing controls
- Letter spacing controls
- Word spacing controls
- High contrast mode
- Reading ruler to help children keep their place while reading
Focus and sensory support
- Calm mode to reduce movement and visual intensity
- Reduced celebration effects for children who prefer a quieter experience
- Cleaner reading layouts designed to keep focus on the main learning content
Audio and speech support
- Text-to-speech for key learning content
- Child voice selection
- Sentence-by-sentence read-aloud highlighting
- Improved natural speech handling for curriculum vocabulary and money-based language
Spelling support
- “Sound it out” support for spelling words
- Syllable-style chunking to support decoding and pronunciation
Maths support
Built-in scratch pad for working out answers.
Personalisation
- Children can manage their own accessibility settings in their profile.
- Accessibility preferences are remembered for future sessions.
Media accessibility
- Captions for the child welcome video.
- Transcript support for welcome video content.
Designed to support a wide range of needs
CanDoLearn’s accessibility tools are designed to support children with:
dyslexiaADHDautismsensory processing differencesreading confidence difficultieschildren who benefit from audio-supported learning
Ongoing development
We are continuing to strengthen accessibility across the platform, including wider caption coverage, stronger keyboard support, and broader screen-reader optimisation.