Disability Support

Disabled Students Services Lab (B04D)

Gelman 308 (blind individuals)

Disabled Students Services Lab (B04D)

• Available Units: 4 computer stations
  
• Equipment:
  
  • Blind
    • Jaws for Windows (speech access)
    • Braille Window (refreshable braille)
    • Juliet Braille Embosser (for hard copy)
    • Kurzweil 1000 (scan and read)
      
  • Low Vision
    • Jaws for Windows (speech access)
    • Zoom Text (mangification of computer image)
    • CCTV (magnfication of hard copy)
      
  • Learning Disability
    • Kurzweil 3000 (scan and read)
      
  • Mobility or Coordination
    • DragonDictate II (voice recognition)

Adaptive/Assistive Technology Suite 308 & 309

Gelman 308 (blind individuals)

• Hardware:
• Dell Computer with 20" wide screen monitors
• HP Document Scanner
• HP Laser Printer
• Juliette Braille Printer
• Software:
• JAWS Professional (screen reader
• ZoomText Magnifier/Reader
• Kurzweil 1000 (scans/converts paper text to digital text)
• Kurzweil 3000 (reading/writing program.  Reads/scans documents and reads web content)
• Duxbury (for Brailler)

Gelman 309 (low vision individuals)

• Hardware:
• Dell computer with 20" wide screen monitors
• HP Document Scanner
• HP Laser Printer
• CCTV (closed-circuit television for document enlargement)
• Software:
• JAWS Professional (screen reader)
• ZoomText (screen magnifier/reader)
• Kurzweil 1000 (scans/converts paper text to digital text)
• Kurzweil 3000 (reading/writing program.  Reads/scans documents and reads web content)
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking (voice dictation software)

Disability Support Services

To make arrangements to use any of this equipment, contact GW's Disability Support Services Office at (202) 994-8250 or via their web page at http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/. For special needs in the Gelman Library not addressed by that office, you may call the Library Administration Office at (202) 994-6455, weekdays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Disability Support Services (DSS) provides an assistant to those students who have physical limitations in the library or laboratory setting. If you have established a file at DSS and have been approved for this service, please consult the lab coordinator.

For more information, call the Reference Desk at (202) 994-6048 or use the E-mail Reference Form. This page is maintained by the Web Development Group.