Computer workstation for the blind and visually impaired
Blind and visually impaired users have a specially designed computer workstation with access to the Internet, our catalogue and subject-specific databases at their disposal.
Location
Central Library, second floor, Multimedia room (room 207)
Equipment
- Windows XP
- Braille terminal
- Speech output via headphones
- CD-ROM drive
- Black and white printer and Braille embosser
- Jaws
- ZoomText
- Browser
- Word processing Winword
- OpenOffice
Other workstations
- There is also a electronic screen reading device in the Multimeda room, for magnified display of e.g. books and journals on a screen.
- The workroom of the Dortmunder Zentrum Behinderung und Studium offers further computer workstations and utilities
Service for the blind and visually impaired (SfBS):
Regina Maurer and Birgit Köhler-Kilian
Telephone: 0231/755-4017, Email: sfbs@ub.tu-dortmund.de
03.11.11