Portable Braille Embosser
Prints raised Braille dots on special paper
Closed Circuit Television with Magnifier (CCTV)
Enlarges images of textbooks, course materials, and other printed material on a display
JAWS for Windows
Reads aloud content that is displayed on computer screen, including documents in MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and many more applications
Openbook
Converts printed documents or graphic-based text into an electronic text format on the computer.
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Zoomtext
Enlarges everything on the computer screen from 1.25 to 36 times.
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Neo by AlphaSmart
Lightweight keyboarding device that allows the student to take notes on the go and to transfer them later to a computer.
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Inspiration
Provides organizational tools for brainstorming, information mapping, and outlining.
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Kurzweil 3000
Reads aloud documents that are in electronic format (PDF, Word, etc.) including textbooks, tests, and the web.
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TextAloud
Converts text from MS Word documents, email, web pages, and PDF files into natural-sounding speech the student can listen on a computer, iPod, iPhone, or other portable audio device.
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Adjustable Electric Tables
Move up and down to accommodate various physical needs
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Allows students to operate the computer via voice commands and to write documents, reports, and email by speaking into a microphone.
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Math Talk with Scientific Notebook
Allows the user to dictate math symbols or functions from pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and statistics; operates with Scientific Notebook which has over 600,000 combinations of voice commands to evaluate, factor, combine, expand, simplify, solve, and more.
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Personal FM System
Amplifies the professor's speech through a small microphone clipped to the professor's lapel
North Shore Community College