IT Accessibility
Introduction
IT Services is committed to making our services available to all staff and students and is particularly keen to improve access for anyone with a particular disability. The use of information services on campus has a particular role to play in serving this commitment and meeting demands by bringing information and e-mail to the users workstation, and giving users immediate access to staff.
Dyslexia
Scanners www.lboro.ac.uk/it/labs/scanning.html are available in some computer labs and can either scan images or can scan text and import it into a document (Optical Character Recognition).
Mind mapping software: Mind Genius www.lboro.ac.uk/it/access/mind-mapping/ is available in all computer labs, and is also optionally available to staff
Sight
The Library also has a Galileo Reading System for those with dyslexia or a visual impairment. The automatic scanner scans a page and analyses it to learn which parts are text and which graphics. After scanning, the text can either be read back immediately, or saved to disk. They also have a Telesensory Chroma Plus camera and viewing table to aid users with limited vision. Further information on the Library's facilities for those with additional needs www.lboro.ac.uk/library/services/additionalneeds.html.
Disabilities and Additional Needs Department
www.lboro.ac.uk/disabilities/
English Language Studies Unit (for those with dyslexia)
www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/elsu/