The Accessibility Services Team, which includes members of the Dean of Students Office and Library Information & Technology Services, addresses reading and writing challenges faced by students with various learning differences and disabilities.  The team coordinates resources through the use of a number of assistive technologies to provide coursework materials in alternate formats.  Services include:

• Assistance with setting up memberships with Bookshare and Learning Ally (both provide books in audio format—students will need to purchase annual individual memberships and reader software)
• Contacting publishers to inquire about and obtain books and textbooks in electronic formats (audio files)
• Scanning books and articles to create audio files
• Text to speech software on all computer lab machines
• Screen magnification software on all computer lab machines
• A magnifying machine for reading located in the library (primarily for students with visual impairments)
• An Intel Reader for immediate conversion of text to speech (loaned to students through ITS)
• Laptop loans to students for usage in taking essay formatted exams (loaned to students through the Dean of Students Office)
• Access to Dragon Naturally Speaking software which converts speech to text (available on laptops loaned by the Dean of Students Office)

For more information contact Allen Harrison at aharriso@hamilton.edu.