Assistive Technology

Access to LSC-University Park's Assistive Technology (AT) Lab (B12.804, inside the Student Learning Resource Center) services and equipment is determined on an individual basis through the review of a student's disability documentation by the campus' Disability Services Manager.

Partial List of Programs/Hardware Available in AT Lab

	JAWS (Job Access With Speech) - comprehensive screen reading program
	Zoom Text Program & Keyboard - magnifies the computer screen for visually impaired users
	Dragon NaturallySpeaking - voice recognition program transcribes spoken words
	Read and Write Gold - reads PDF, Word Documents, and website, and has a variety of writing tools including grammar and spelling checkers.
	The TOPAZ® XL - uses a high definition camera to magnify documents
	Sonocent - digital note-taking software, allows the user to organize notes, and compile images and presentation into one file.

Partial List of Equipment for Check Out

• Digital Recorders/Talking Calculators
• Ruby® Magnifiers
• Livescribe Pens

Services for Alternative Formats

Students who are qualified by the Disability Counselor for alternate formatting of books must provide the staff with:

• An accommodations checklist to verify eligibility,
• A copy of the schedule of classes for which the books are needed,
• And a receipt for the purchase of a print copy of the books.

Examples of alternative formats

	Large Print, Screen readers, Audio Format
	Captioning

For transcription/captioning/interpreter services, please go to http://www.lonestar.edu/interpreter-transcription-request.htm.