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See the Wellness/AccessABILITY Office (5th Fl.) or ESL Academic Tutoring (InfoCommons) or look under "Services" on Starfish if you could benefit from any of the following for this class:
- Coordination of note-taking services
- Technical assistance with reading and/or scribing
- Assistance with arrangements for recorded or alternate format texts/ study materials
- Assistive technology:
- Voice Recognition Software (Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional) enables students to write and/or navigate the computer screen by simply dictating commands to a computer system that is trained to recognize their voices.
- Screen Readers (Jaws) provides access to software applications and the Internet to students who are unable to see a traditional computer monitor. Accessibility is created via voice output system that literally reads the contents to users.
- Screen Enlargers (Zoom Text) enables students who have difficulty viewing the screen on a standard computer monitor to enlarge the content from as little as 1.2 times incrementally up to 16 times. Magnification can be used in conjunction with available speech output features.
- Kurzweil 3000 Reading & Writing System assists students whose disabilities affect their reading comprehension and/or writing skills by simultaneously reading text aloud and highlighting each spokenword on a computer display. Students can pause on any word, and have instant access to dictionary,thesaurus, grammar check, and note-taking features. Students can also use the system’s scanner, voice output and recording capabilities to create books-on-tape.
- Handheld Scanners enables students to scan a copy of class notes from a classmate and view in electronic format so notes can be viewed with a screen reader or with text enlargement. Recommended for: learning disabilities and/or students who require note takers in class.Additional assistive technology is available upon request through Wellness/AccessABILITY Services.
DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.
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