Adaptive Technology Resources
This hardware and software is available to any UB student that qualifies for accommodations. Simply contact Disability Services for assistance in accessing this technology.
Topaz Video Magnifier
The TOPAZ Video Magnifier is an invaluable reading aid for those with a degree of vision loss. Features include:
- Adjustable height and tilt for your viewing comfort
- 16 Magnification levels
- Adjust magnification from 3 times up to 82 times the actual size
- Simple, accessible controls for color selection and brightness
- Easily guides you to exact document placement
- Simple, accessible controls for color selection and brightness
- Generous size, with fingertip control and wide side-to-side motion
- 28 high contrast text color combinations
- High visibility controls
- Position Locator for exact document placement
- Extra large reading table
- Find More information at- Topaz Video Magnifier
Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil 3000 enables students to be independent and active learners by: *Supporting language decoding. Kurzweil 3000 provides multi sensory learning. Hear and see breaks in syllables, words, sentences, phrases or paragraphs as you read.
- Encouraging fluency. Kurzweil 3000 provides opportunities for repetition, and for customizing settings to match individuals current and target reading and learning levels.
- Aiding self-correction. Kurzweil 3000 reads back whats typed, and provides easy-to-use reference and correction tools as students read, write, study and take tests.
- Promoting comprehension. Kurzweil 3000 study skills tools make it easy to produce many types of notes and summaries for review and to create outlines for composing writing assignments.
- Supporting knowledge acquisition. Scanning encourages the use of a wide range of materials. Word Lists support vocabulary building. Read the Web broadens knowledge base. Column Notes promote note taking while reading and doing research across documents.
- Supporting writing, an important assessment tool for teachers. The Kurzweil 3000 Writing Path, including Brainstorm, Outline, Draft and Review promote adherence to proven writing strategies— brainstorming, organization and revisions.
- Use Notes, color Highlighters and editing tools to automate the preparation of pre-reading and active learning aids such as vocabulary and question lists.
- Use the Bubble Notes feature to include additional instructional support such as prompts, directions and quick reading comprehension quizzes.
- Promoting comprehension. Kurzweil 3000 study skills tools make it easy to produce many types of notes and summaries for review and to create outlines for composing writing assignments.
- Customize, enable and disable toolsets and features to accommodate multiple learning requirements and to provide a comfortable test-taking environment
- Customize or create Writing Templates to guide students through writing assignments.
- Use or create Word Lists to aid students in writing assignments and to promote vocabulary acquisition.
- Find more information at – Kurzweil 3000
Dragon Naturally Speaking
The Dragon naturally speaking solutions version 10 software creates many windows based programs as documents, spreadsheets, emails, reports all by voice. Simply speak into a microphone and the program creates the written text.
Features include:
- create documents and emails about three times faster than most people type; with up to 99% accuracy
- Use voice to dictate, edit and control applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and AOL.
- Uses a vocabulary to recognize words correctly based not only on the sound of the words, but on their context
- Includes a set of commands designed specifically for use with Web browsers such as Internet
- Explorer and Mozilla Firefox that enable you to surf the Web by voice.
- Dragon Voice Shortcuts make it easier than ever to search the Web, access information, and navigate Web pages.
- Bluetooth Support
- Easy to use with an enhanced sample commands window and interactive tutorial.
- Find more information at – Dragon Speech Software
ZoomText Magnifier
ZoomText 9.1 delivers innovative magnification and reading features that allow low-vision computers users to see, hear and use their computer with greater comfort and productivity. Features include:
* 8 different zoom windows allow you to choose which part of the screen is magnified * Font technology displays high-definition text that’s easy to read at all magnification levels * Focus Enhancement feature makes it easy to locate and follow the control focus when you tab and arrow key through menus, dialogs, tool bars, and other application controls * Provides human-sounding male and female voices that are closer to the real thing and includes classic TruVoice, ViaVoice and Microsoft speech synthesizers * Supports Desktop Finder, Web Finder and text finder * Find more information at –
Zoom Text Magnifier
Onyx Flexible Arm
The ONYX Flexible-arm is both a long-distance magnifier and a fine-detail magnifier, all in one lightweight and portable low vision tool.
• Four high-contrast modes:
• Color
• Inverse color
• Enhanced black on white positive
• Enhanced white on black negative
• Omni-directional articulating arm
• Brightness adjustments to eliminate glare and enable viewing in low-light environments
• Masking and Reading Lines
• Find Feature
• Focus Lock
• Freeze Frame
• Position Sensor memorizes your settings in each viewing mode
• RF remote control
• Detachable camera
• Universal 110-240 volt power supply
• Magnification up to 100x, based on a 20-inch NTSC TV screen
Disability Services
Adaptive Technology Room 316
Wahlstrom Library
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 576-4454
(203) 576-4455(Fax)
disabilityservices@bridgeport.edu