Westminster's Assistive Tachnology Lab

Westminster's assistive technology lab can be found in room 33 located in the basement of Giovale library. It is designed to help students with their study and research needs. It provides technology assistance in reading via larger screens and a larger mouse for easier cursor movement. Available software has the capacity to scan and magnify most text and can read the scanned text to the user. Other types of software allow users to dictate spoken text into word processing programs. The various types of assistive technology available include:

Hardware:

        21” Monitors 
        Adjustable Workstations 
        Speakers 
        Optical Magnifier 
        Kensington Mice (larger than a regular-sized mouse)

Software:

• Kurzweil software – magnifies and/or reads scanned material to the user.
• Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software – allows a person to speak into a microphone and have his or her spoken word translated into a program such as Microsoft Word. This is ideal for patrons who have difficulties using traditional keyboards.
• JAWS screen magnification and screen reader software – designed to enlarge text and to verbally communicate what is on the computer screen.

For more information or assistance with the resources in the lab contact Rodney Glore at 801.832.2025.