LSAT Assistive Technology Accommodations
The digital LSAT already includes zoom, highlighting, and answer elimination. Assistive technology accommodations go further, for test takers who need more than the built-in tools.
Start with what you already get. The standard digital interface lets every test taker zoom the text, highlight passages, flag questions, and eliminate answer choices. For many test takers with mild visual needs, these built-in tools are enough, and no accommodation request is needed.
What counts as assistive technology
When the built-in tools are not enough, LSAC can approve assistive technology: screen reader software that reads the test aloud, screen magnification beyond the standard zoom, alternative color or contrast settings, and in some cases a paper-and-pencil format. The accommodation matches the documented need. A screen reader is approved for test takers who cannot access the test visually, not as a general preference.
Each technology changes the test experience in specific ways. A screen reader changes how you navigate: you listen instead of scanning, which changes pacing and makes some question types harder. Large magnification changes how much of a passage fits on screen, which changes how you track structure. Know what your technology does to the experience, because your prep has to match it.
How to request it
The request goes through the standard LSAC accommodations process: register for a test date, then submit the request, the candidate form, evidence of disability, and your statement of need through your LSAC account by the accommodations deadline. The deadline is earlier than the regular registration deadline.
For technology requests, documentation should name the specific technology and explain why the standard interface is not accessible to you. "I use a screen reader daily" plus evidence of its use in school or work is stronger than a diagnosis alone. If you have used the technology on other standardized tests, say so. History of use is persuasive.
Practice with the exact setup
This matters more for assistive technology than for any other accommodation. A screen reader user who practices on a standard screen is practicing a different test. Set up your practice to match your approved test day setup as closely as you can: same software, same navigation, same pacing.
Expect your timing to feel different. Listening to a dense logical reasoning stimulus takes longer than reading it, and re-listening to check a detail costs more than re-scanning. That is normal, and it is part of what the accommodation process accounts for. Do not compare your pace to standard-timing benchmarks. Build your own benchmarks under your own conditions.
Test the technology before test day
Confirm what software version will be available and whether you can bring your own configuration. Find out how navigation works: how you move between questions, how you flag, how you review. Do a full timed section with the setup, not just a few questions. Discover the friction points in practice, where they cost you nothing.
Prep that fits your setup
The free diagnostic shows where you are losing points, so your study hours go to the right problems.