Blind/Low Vision Accommodations

Assistive Technology:

  • Screen Reading Software:
    • JAWS for Windows
  • Scanners:
    • Hewlett Packard flatbed scanners
      OpenBook, OmniPage, and FineReader scanning software
  • Screen Enlarging Software:
    • ZoomText
  • Braille Printer:
    • Juliet Brailler
  • Other assistive devices:
    • Large Screen Monitors
    • Perkins Braillers
    • Braille Typewriter
    • Closed Circuit Televisions
    • Four Track Tape Recorders
    • Talking Calculator
  • Training:
    • Disability Support Services provides training on assistive software and hardware.
  • Location of Technology:
    •  Computer Commons - University Center
    •  Disability Support Services - Harrison Hall 159
    •  Health and Human Sciences -- Gunter
    •  Interdisciplinary Center of Education Technology -- McKee
    •  Michener Library
    •  Monfort College of Business Administration - Kepner Hall

 

Library Assistance:

  • Library Aide  
  • Assistive Technology

Orientation to UNC Campus and Community

Reader Program:

  • Registration Information for Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (Recommended)  
  • Volunteer Readers for Textbooks, Periodicals, Handouts
  • Conversion of text into alternate format
    • Tape Recorded text/tests
      • December 6, 2006
    • E-text (scanned onto disk)

Test Accommodations:

  • Scribes  
  • Readers  
  • Assistive Technology

For more information, call (970) 351-2289