Adaptive Technology Lab

Location

Main Library, Lower Level, Room B176

Number of Computers

One (1) (Windows Vista)

Hours of operation

Call the NU Services for Students with Disabilities office at 847-467-5530

Printing Availability

One (1) Braille Printer

Other Hardware

• Trackball


• Scanner


• Closed-circuit TV for magnification of texts

PC Software

Operating System

• Windows Vista

 

Software

• Kurzweil 3000 version 8 Scan-and-Read (students can scan in their texts and have the Kurzweil read texts to them while taking notes and highlighting these texts online)


• Dragon Naturally Speaking version 8 (text-to-speech software that allows students to dictate their papers)


• MAGic 6.2 (enlarges everything on the screen)


• Jaws (reads everything on the computer screen)


• Duxbury (text-to-Braille translation software necessary for Braille printing)