Adaptive Technology Lab
Computers in the Adaptive Technology Lab
Location
Main Library, Lower Level, Room B176
Number of Computers
Two (2) (Windows 7, Macintosh)
Hours of Operation
Call the NU Services for Students with Disabilities office at 847-467-5530
Other Hardware
· Trackball
· Two (2) Scanners
One (1) Braille Embosser
· Closed-circuit TV for magnification of texts
Software
Operating System
- Windows 7
- Macintosh
Computer 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 embossing)
