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Rohrbach Library's Assistive Technology Services The Rohrbach Library staff is committed to assisting all students with their information needs. For students with disabilities the staff will retrieve library materials, photocopy articles, and assist with research. Staff is also available to monitor tests for students. This service has to be approved by the Office of Human Diversity. Contact Joanne Bucks, bucks@kutztown.edu, 610-683-4158 for more information on accommodative services. Our technological services include the following: ZoomText and Jaws – synchronized magnification and screen reading programs designed for low-vision users. The programs speak all on-screen text, echo typing and automatically read multi-page documents. Zoom – Zoom is a service similar to ZoomText; it's installed on all the Mac computers in the AVCenter. Arkenstone OpenBook – a software program that turns the PC, scanner, and sound card into a full-featured reading machine. Scan a page using a flatbed scanner, and OpenBook will read that page aloud to you, or you can open and read a text or word-processing file. Arkenstone WynnWizard – a productivity tool designed to help people read and write more easily, comprehend more efficiently, and study more effectively. You can open a document file and hear it read aloud, or you can scan a page using a flatbed scanner, and read that aloud. Once you open a file, you can alter the way the file is presented on the screen as well as the way it is read to you. You can edit both the document and scanned in pages. You can also create a document from scratch, correct typing errors and when finished, proofread the document by having it read aloud to you. Reading Edge – scans books, recognizes the text, converts the text to synthesized speech and reads it aloud. Clearview 500 – video magnifier large enough to accommodate a large book or magazine. Front controls include instant focus, one-touch zoom, position locator (to help users find their place on the page) and positive and negative reading modes. Midwest microfilm reader – enlarges microfilm (currently located in Room 206 – Microforms Room) Talking calculator TTY - text telephone – a device that lets people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired use the telephone to communicate by allowing them to type messages back and forth to one another instead of talking and listening. |
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