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Itinerant Accessibility Equipment
The Library Services Department makes available to the libraries a traveling accessibility team to serve the specific needs of blind or visually impaired people.
The team consists of:
- Laptop, with external keyboard and mouse, which has installed: JAWS, NVDA, ZoomText, Openbook, Mekanta, Windows 8 and Microsoft Office.
- Other devices: RUBY XL HD handheld electronic magnifier, handheld scanner and headphones.
- Manuals, documentation and chargers
Specific programs:
- JAWS (Job Access With Speech): Screen reader program for blind or partially sighted persons.
- NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access): screen reader program for blind or visually impaired people. Free and open source.
- ZoomText: program that allows to expand the content of the screen.
- OpenBook (OCR): character recognition program. Read aloud any document scanned / photographed.
- Mekanta: a tool for learning the keyboard (layout) and for learning to write with a computer. Addressed at children and young people with visual impairment.
Generic Programs:
- Microsoft Office
Users interested in using this equipment should inform their library who will make the request.
The team will be assigned to the library for a minimum of one week.
The use of the equipment by the users will be carried out exclusively in the library.
