Services for Access & Assistive Technology
- Note-takers allow you to concentrate on the lecture rather than worrying if you are writing down enough information.
- Exam Assistants provide you with the ability to take your test with ease. They can read your test questions and/or write down your verbal answers.
- Alternative Format Program Services include Textbooks, Braille, PDFs, Tactile graphics, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR), which converts images and text into a device-readable format.
- Assistive Technology Orientation Program offers individual and group orientation to the various assistive technology software and devices available through SDRC and APSU.
- Computer Lab
To accommodate our students with disabilities, for the purpose of providing equal access to physical space. A variety of adaptive equipment and software is located at computer labs throughout our campus including the Woodward library.
- Zoomtext
Easy to use software programs that magnify the computer screen, word processors, spreadsheets, databases, online services, and more. - Jaws
A powerful accessibility solution that reads information on your computer screen using synthesized speech. - Read & Write
Software and App reads webpages, documents and files more accessible. Provides assists with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work. - Glean
Software for Windows and Mac that makes it easy to capture full recordings of classes and meetings and to work with that audio. The software makes recordings of speech a real, tangible thing, by visualizing audio as chunks, phrase-by-phrase.
- Voice Calculators
Provides an audio output for mathematical numbers and scientific functions. - Digital Records
Small hand-held device that is used to record voice memos or lectures, and play the audio back. - CART
Communication Access Realtime Translation, provides the student with realtime translation of information that is spoken in the classroom. - Laptop Loan
Laptop loan program for students registered with SDRC participating in courses that rely on technology or assistive technology in order to support their academic progression and success