Auxiliary Aids & Assistive Technology

The Office of Student Disability Services has an extensive cadre of auxiliary aids and assistive technology available to students with disabilities - Broken out by disability, these include:

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Tape recorders
• Talking
  • Spellchecker
  • Word Processor
  • Dictionary
  • Calculator
• FM Loop
  • Amplifies sound from the instructor to the student

Hard-of-Hearing

• FM Loop
  • Amplifies sound from the instructor to the student

Learning Disabilities

• Colored overlays (used by some individuals with reading disorders)
• Tape recorders
• Talking
  • Spellchecker
  • Dictionary
  • Calculator
• FM Loop
  • Amplifies sound from the instructor to the student
• Victor Reader
  • Digital talking book player
• Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • Create documents, emails, spreadsheets by speaking
• Premier Accessibility Suite
  • E-Text Reader
    • Reads electronic text out loud
    • Highlights text for notes
    • Lets the student type his/her own notes into the document
  • PDF Magic Pro
    • Produces a finished document that is fully accessible (text plus images)
  • Scan & Read Pro
    • Changes printed text into understandable sound
    • Highlights each word as it’s read
    • Support up to 12 different language
  • Scan & View
    • Magnifies images up to 24x
    • Alternative to CCTV
  • Talking Word Processor
    • Hear Text as you type it
    • Highlights word being spoken
  • Text Cloner Pro
    • Is an Optical Character Recognition System designed to work with an individual’s screen reader
  • Text to Audio
    • Converts electronic and printed documents to audio files- MP3 or Wave
  • Universal Reader
    • Reads what’s on the computer screen
    • When coupled with a scanner, reads any text out loud

Physical Impairments

• Tape recorders
• Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • Create documents, emails, spreadsheets by speaking
• Talking Word Processor
  • Hear Text as you type it
  • Highlights word being spoken

Processing Disorders (Visual or Auditory)

• Colored overlays (visual processing disorders)
• Tape recorders (auditory processing disorders)
• Talking (visual processing disorders)
  • Spellchecker
  • Dictionary
  • Calculator
• FM Loop (auditory processing disorders)
  • Amplifies sound from the instructor to the student
• Victor Reader (auditory or visual processing disorders)
  • Digital talking book player
• Dragon Naturally Speaking (auditory or visual processing disorders)
  • Create documents, emails, spreadsheets by speaking
• Premier Accessibility Suite (auditory or visual processing disorders)
  • E-Text Reader
    • Reads electronic text out loud
    • Highlights text for notes
    • Lets the student type his/her own notes into the document
  • PDF Magic Pro
    • Produces a finished document that is fully accessible (text plus images)
  • Scan & Read Pro
    • Changes printed text into understandable sound
    • Highlights each word as it’s read
    • Support up to 12 different language
  • Scan & View
    • Magnifies images up to 24x
    • Alternative to CCTV
  • Talking Word Processor
    • Hear Text as you type it
    • Highlights word being spoken
  • Text Cloner Pro
    • Is an Optical Character Recognition System designed to work with an individual’s screen reader
  • Text to Audio
    • Converts electronic and printed documents to audio files- MP3 or Wave
  • Universal Reader
    • Reads what’s on the computer screen
    • When coupled with a scanner, reads any text out loud

Visual Impairments/Blind

• Tape recorders
• Talking
  • Spellchecker
  • Word Processor
  • Dictionary
  • Calculator
• Victor Reader
  • Digital talking book player
• Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • Create documents, emails, spreadsheets by speaking
• Premier Accessibility Suite
  • E-Text Reader
    • Reads electronic text out loud
    • Highlights text for notes
    • Lets the student type his/her own notes into the document
  • PDF Magic Pro
    • Produces a finished document that is fully accessible (text plus images)
  • Scan & Read Pro
    • Changes printed text into understandable sound
    • Highlights each word as it’s read
    • Support up to 12 different language
  • Scan & View
    • Magnifies images up to 24x
    • Alternative to CCTV
  • Talking Word Processor
    • Hear Text as you type it
    • Highlights word being spoken
  • Text Cloner Pro
    • Is an Optical Character Recognition System designed to work with an individual’s screen reader
  • Text to Audio
    • Converts electronic and printed documents to audio files- MP3 or Wave
  • Universal Reader
    • Reads what’s on the computer screen
    • When coupled with a scanner, reads any text out loud

Coming Soon

Premier To Go

• All the Premier applications listed above pre-loaded on an ultra fast USB Drive
• Plus – the ability to change to the language of your choice (English, French, Spanish – so far)

Future Purchases

Brailing Capabilities

• Brailing keyboard – will make it possible for student with visual impairments to type their papers via a keyboard with raised Braille
• Brailing printer – makes it possible to convert regular text to Braille and then to print out the Brailed document