Assistive Technology

SensusAccess is an automated document conversion service that allows you to convert your readings into alternate formats. You can also use SensusAccess to convert inaccessible or tricky documents into more accessible formats.

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NOTE: This service is available to all Hudson Valley Community College students, faculty and staff.

The Kurzweil 3000 is specifically designed to improve comprehension for students with learning disabilities. Students place their books (or other printed material) on a scanner. After scanning, an exact image, including pictures and illustrations, appears on the computer screen. The student can have the text read aloud with each spoken word highlighted, adjusting speed and reading voice for maximum comprehension. The Kurzweil 3000 provides spoken dictionary, synonyms, syllabication and letter-by-letter spelling.

• How to Use Kurzweil for Reading Online (PDF)
  NOTE: Students should contact the Center for Access and Assistive Technology at (518) 629-7154 if they need an account or password information for Kurzweil 3000.

This is a continuous speech recognition software program. It transcribes spoken words and lets the user control Windows applications with voice commands.

This is a powerful computer screen reading software with synthesized speech. It works with Microsoft Windows and is designed for the visually impaired students. Simple keystrokes give the user the ability to read computer pages with graphics, complex columns and even frames on internet webpages.

This is a family of adaptive software designed specifically to meet the needs of the visually impaired. Zoomtext includes two (2) adaptive technologies: screen magnification and screen reading. It provides access to all Microsoft Windows applications.

This software allows material available in computer text to be produced directly in Braille. It can translate material directly from many word processing formats.

A machine that looks and acts like a standard copier, but permits copying of pictures and diagrams in raised formats to provide a tactile dimension.

A full-color computer compatible system that interfaces with a computer to display computer graphics and magnified reading material simultaneously.

• Laptop computer
• FM amplification system
• Kurzweil 1000
• Modmath
• Touch screen laptop
• Morphic