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Education for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Online learning that uses the audio tracks from online educational video enables blind students and children with visual impairments to study and learn the same curriculum material as their peers in the classroom

Visually impaired students, and children with impaired vision across North America and other countries, are using Zane Education's online learning solution, and subtitled educational video library, because it provides a unique and affordable online learning resource that teaches a comprehensive range of curriculum subjects - and because each video has a specially structured audio soundtrack that enables those visually impaired students to listen to, and learn exactly the same school curriculum material as their peers.

All of Zane's online video (except Math) is subtitled and uses an enlarged font that provides significant benefits for those students with partial visual impairment and children with limited vision.

But there is far more to Zane Education than simply it's use of visual learning...

There are four advanced features that makes Zane's online learning program, the online learning solution of choice for the parents and teachers of children and students affected by impaired vision. As parents and teachers:

  • They appreciate that the specially structured audio soundtrack on each video enables each child to listen to exactly the same information watched or read by their peers. And for those children with only partial sight impairment, use of the visual nature of video, and the enlarged fonts provided in the subtitles offers significant benefits over the standard textbook - including catering for most learning styles allowing them to process information in their preferred style, and the most effective manner.
  • They understand that research has established the link between the use of subtitles (or captions) on video and the potential to improve reading and literacy skills. By using the enlarged font sizes used in the subtitles this provides the opportunity for the child with limited visual impairment to study a topic AND improve their reading and literacy skills AT THE SAME TIME.
  • They recognise that the use of each audio soundtrack provides the student or child with access to the same learning material used in schools by their peers without the need for specialist equipment or expensive specialist publications like Braille books.
  • They recognize the importance of enabling their children to study at their own speed and thereby achieve their greatest potential.

Zane's online visual learning solution includes 6 key components:

  1. The subtitled videos that teach the information - often called the curriculum.
  2. The quizzes that test - but also continue the learning process.
  3. The lesson plans - for lesson preparation and lesson activities.
  4. The video study tools - that enables students to fully explore each topic.
  5. The Study Centre - enables student to track progress and provides additional resources (re-opening soon - new features currently being added)
  6. The very affordable family subscription - remains the same irrelevant of number of children.

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Subjects include: Science & Biology, Social Studies (History & Geography), English (Literature & Writing), Math (free), Art, Music, Religious Studies, Health, Library Skills, Social Sciences.


Zane's online learning benefits...

Our advanced online learning solution provides these significant and unequalled benefits for those families of children that are visually impaired:

  • Parent or Caregiver Benefits
  • No special tutors or equipment needed
  • Simple and straight forward to use
  • Produces better learning outcomes
  • Enables students to study on their own
  • Family subscription includes all children
  • Available online at any time 24/7
  • Benefits for the Visually Impaired Student
  • Makes learning fun and more interesting
  • Provides for different learning styles
  • Removes need to see to learn
  • Larger fonts improves reading capability
  • Enables child to learn at their own speed
  • Helps develop independent learning

Membership Options

Customers can complete a free Registration for a Basic Membership by going to our Registration Page.

Access to the use of our full subtitled videos is a Premium Service and requires the purchase of a Gold, Silver or Bronze Membership subscription

  • Features
  • Visually Impaired User Guide
  • Subtitled Educational Videos *
  • DEMO Subtitled Videos
  • Free math videos
  • All quizzes for each topic
  • Video study tools
  • Downloadable Lesson Plans
  • Learning objectives
  • Other onsite resources
  • Zane Video catalogue (PDF)
  • Tech Support
  • Zane Home Learning Guide
  • Christian Learning Guide
  • Free Membership
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* Subscription Options:

Gold Membership - all videos for all subjects for all Grades

Silver Membership - all videos for all subjects for the chosen Grade

Bronze Membership - all videos for all Grades for the chosen Subject