Adaptive Hardware
CCTVs (Closed Circuit Televisions)
The CCTV is a valuable magnification tool for low vision users. It has the ability to enlarge text based documents for easier reading.
Large Screen TV/Monitor
Displays enlarged fonts and images for low vision students working on a computer.
Various Input Devices
A trackball mouse that requires less arm and wrist motion than a conventional mouse as well as an Intellikeys alternative programmable keyboard.
Typing Aids
Designed for students with a limited ability to grasp or poor motor skills/control that assists with typing.
Braille Display
A tactile device placed under a standard keyboard that is used with a screen reader and enables a student with vision impairments to read the contents of the computer screen.
The Center also has PC workstations and adjustable tables and much more with new items made available as new equipment becomes available.
Adaptive Software
JAWS
Screen reading software that assists blind or individuals with visual impairments. With its internal software, speech synthesizer and the computer's sound card, information from the screen is read aloud. JAWS also outputs to refreshable Braille displays.
Window Eyes
Screen reading software designed for blind and individuals with visual impairments. Window Eyes also supports refreshable Braille displays.
Kurzweil 1000
Document scanning and reading software designed for blind and individuals with visual impairments.
Kurzweil 3000
Document scanning, reading and writing solution designed for individuals with learning disabilities or reading difficulties. Also has the ability to create MP3 files.
ZoomText Xtra
Magnification and screen reading software for individual with visual impairments.
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Speech recognition software is used mainly by individuals with physical or motor skill disabilities or mental/learning disabilities. Dragon converts speech into text.
Inspiration
A software tool designed to develop ideas and organize thinking. Graphic organizers are used to visually represent concepts and relationships to enhance learning.
CoWriter
A word prediction program that helps individuals translate thoughts into sentences.
Text Sound
Software program used to convert text to an audio file.
The center also has other software including Microsoft Office, Adobe, Roxio and much more.