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The Office of Disability Support Services has a lab facility on the Garden City campus equipped with the following Assistive Technology:
New! Reading Made Easy: Premier AT Accessibility Suite
Premier Assistive is a leader in the field of literacy technology, offering complete and affordable reading and writing solutions. With programs that recognize, validate and accommodate, Premier is providing valuable tools for life. Premier AT comes with several features such as a talking word processor, text-to-audio, E-text reader, and much more.
http://www.readingmadeez.com/
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can turn your voice into text to create documents, email and instant messages three times faster than most people type-all with up to 99% accuracy. Just use your voice to dictate and edit.
http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/
Freedom Scientific OpenBook
OpenBook converts printed documents or graphic-based text into an electronic text format on your PC, using quality speech and the latest optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_open.asp
In addition, students have access to the following equipment:
Clearview 500 Optelec
The ClearView+ Video Magnifier System magnifies anything placed under it from 2 to over 50 times its original size, always maintaining perfect focus. It also features a specially designed high quality monitor and lighting design, for optimal visual enhancement. Best of all, the entire system can be controlled with a single button, and customized to meet a student’s exact needs.
Easy Listener Phonic Ear devices
The Easy Listener from Phonic Ear is a lightweight personal FM system suitable for users of all ages and hearing abilities. The lightweight body-worn transmitter and receiver can be used with a hearing aid or as a stand-alone hearing unit to help combat the background noise, distance and echo that can interfere with clear speech understanding
Victor Reader for Books on CD
This is a versatile, powerful player that lets students read and navigate through complex books, such as reference manuals and text books, as well as novels and magazines. There are many functions, including an integrated microphone to record voice notes.
Talking Calculators
Franklin Language Master
Large Print Dictionaries
Books in Alternative Format (e.g., CD or electronic)
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Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Office of Disability Support Services
University Center Room 310
Adelphi University
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
p - 516.877.3145
f - 516.877.3139
e - dss@adelphi.edu
tty - 516.877.3138
This page last modified on October 26, 2009.
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