Davidson College Library   Services for Students with Disabilities

The Davidson College Library offers a variety of services and assistive technology tools to improve students' access to Library resources, including: Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities Services and Assistive Technology for Students with Vision Impairment or other Physical Disabilities For more information about or help using any of these services and resources, please schedule a research consultation . Library staff will be happy to assist you! Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities Kurzweil 3000 Workstation (Room G-25) This workstation has Kurzweil 3000, a program that converts documents to speech and text. This software application can help students improve their reading speed and comprehension. The workstation also has a scanner, ABBYY FineReader software, and headphones. Note: This workstation is reserved for students with learning disabilities. Services and Assistive Technology for Students with Vision Impairment or other Physical Disabilities Stacks Retrieval Requests Library staff will be happy to retrieve books and journals from the stacks for students with disabilities. Procedures for Submitting Stacks Retrieval Requests (pdf document) Kurzweil 1000 Workstation (Room G-19) This workstation has Kurzweil 1000 software, which uses Optical Character Recogniztion (OCR) and text-to-speech technology to convert printed text to speech. It also has the following hardware and software: Dragon Naturally Speaking This voice-activated software converts speech into text and can be used with many Windows-based applications, including Microsoft Office applications. The software also allows users to bypass the keyboard and mouse to create and edit documents and control applications. ABBYY FineReader FineReader is an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application that converts scanned images to text documents. Jaws (Job Access with Speech) Jaws is a popular screen reader. ZoomText ZoomText is a screen magnifier and screen reader. Large flat-screen monitor Big Keys Keyboard Kensington Expert Mouse Track Ball Microphone and headphones Scanner Printer Note: This workstation is reserved for students who need this equipment.

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