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DSS Lab Station 1

The DSS Adaptive Computing Lab is located in Rasmuson Hall room 103. Lab Station 1 is a low-vision station with an extra large 30" wide screen monitor and a ZoomEx video magnifier.

Installed Software

ABBYY FineReader

		ABBYY FineReader is Optical Character Recognition software that can be used to convert scanned material into text that can be read out loud by filereading programs. This can be done manually or automatically with the wizard. http://www.abbyy.com

Adobe

		Adobe Reader is a free program that can be used to magnify documents and read them out loud. Adobe Professional can be used to create accessible documents that are tagged to read in the correct order. http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/index.html

Dragon Naturally Speaking

		Dragon is voice recognition software that allows for both dictation and command control of the computer. http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/

Inspiration

		Inspiration is software that can be used to create graphic organizers and outlines simultaneously. It also provides templates that can help jump start the writing process. http://www.inspiration.com

JAWS

		JAWS for Windows is a powerful accessibility solution that reads information from the screen using synthesized speech. JAWS provides many useful commands that allow computer users who are not using visual input to navigate in and between programs. http://www.freedomscientific.com

MAGic

		MAGic is screen magnification software that can be purchased with or without speech. http://www.freedomscientific.com

Microsoft Office

		Microsoft Office has many features to improve accessibility including the Language Bar. http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/officexp/

Operating Systems

		Both Windows and Mac have incorporated accessibility features into their operating systems.

Read and Write

		This software supports literacy through a comprehensive set of tools including text-to-speech, dictionary, phonetic spell checker, word prediction and more. Videos showing how to use each feature are built right in. http://www.texthelp.com

ReadingBar

		The Reading Bar is not a program by itself, but rather, is a toolbar that can be added to Internet Explorer to allow webpages to be read out loud. It also allows users to convert text from webpages to audio files. http://www.readplease.com

ReadPlease

		ReadPlease is a filereader that comes in either a free version or a plus version. Either version will open text files and read them out loud, highlighting each word, but the plus version features AT&T voices and control over appearance. http://www.readplease.com

Text-to-Audio

		Text-To-Audio is one of Premier Assistive’s leading products. It is a part of the Accessibility Suite that UAA has an unlimited site license for through the Breaking Down Barriers Assistive Technology Grant. http://www.premier-programming.com

TextAloud

		TextAloud is a filereader that can quickly convert text files into sound files. It can also be set to ready any text that is first copied to the clipboard and even features a TextAloud bar to be used in other program like Internet Explorer. http://www.textaloud.com/

Contact Disability Support Services at aydss@uaa.alaska.edu