The Davidson College Library offers a variety of services and assistive technology tools to improve students' access to Library and other information resources.

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 Recognition (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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