Accessible Education Services
The accommodations listed below are intended to serve as examples of supports that may be offered to eligible students. During the registration process, an OAE representative will work with you to review the request and determine what may be necessary, as it relates to the condition. Please note that in some cases, while necessary for the condition, a requested accommodation may be considered unreasonable due to a fundamental alteration of specific course or program requirements, and an alternative solution may be offered.
For more information about our registration process and eligibility, please contact a member of our team or reference our handbook.
Classroom Support
- Closed Captioning
- Transcription
- ASL Interpreting
- Alternative formatting for texts
- Note-taking assistance
- Preferential seating
- Priority registration for courses
Testing Support
- Extended time for tests and quizzes
- Distraction-reduced environments
- Private testing spaces
- Assistance with the transfer of answers to scantrons
- Transcription support
- Computer-based testing
Assistive Technology
Glean Audio Notetaker with Transcription
Glean brings note-taking support into the 21st century. Available for Windows, Mac, and now some smartphones, licensed users can capture full recordings of classes and meetings and then customize the audio to meet individual learning styles.
Capti Voice Screen Reader
Capti is a screen reader/text-to-speech software that makes e-books, documents, webpages, and tests accessible for college students, faculty, and staff. Capti provides an innovative way to consume web content. With Capti, you can listen to web articles, format text to make it easier to read, and save content to Capti cloud. It's a versatile tool that can improve your productivity and make reading more enjoyable.
Aira
Aira is live, on-demand visual interpreting, a productivity app that connects you to actual humans who describe your visual surroundings using your smartphone.
Bookshare®
Bookshare® is an ebook library that makes reading easier. Students with reading barriers can customize their experience and read in ways that work for them.
VitalSource
Pearson Publishing has a process for students to access alternate format text without assistance from the Office for Accessible Education. Students may purchase some e-texts directly from VitalSource.
Free Assistive Technology
Screen Readers
NDVA The NVDA screen reader can be downloaded free of charge by anyone.
Read and Write has a free 30 trial license.
VoiceOver is Mac's built-in screen reader that describes aloud what appears on your computer screen: it speaks the text that’s in documents and windows. To turn on this feature, visit Apple's website here.
Dictation
Speechnotes is a dictation tool compatible with every device that has access to Chrome and a microphone.
Mac's have a dictation program built-in. To turn on this feature, visit Apple's website here.
Non-Academic
- Housing
- Dining
- Campus Facilities