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Center for
Adaptive Technology |
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At
the CAT you can |
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Technology
To Help You |
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- Graphic organizers - for brain-storming,
outlining, organizing
- Text-to-speech software - to provide auditory
feedback of written text
- Word prediction - to reduce the number
of keystrokes and to help with spelling and word-finding
- Onscreen keyboards - to help with visual
processing, tracking or typing problems
- Screen enlarging software - to magnify
onscreen images
- Large-print key labels - to make the
keyboard easier to see
- CCTV - to magnify printed material for
reading
- Screen readers - to read onscreen information
aloud
- Reading systems - to scan and read print
documents aloud
- Mini-keyboards and expanded keyboards - for
problems with range-of-motion or coordination
- Alternative input - mouse alternatives,
single switch scanning, voice recognition
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Campus Wide Access |
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Students can access adaptive technology all over the
SCSU campus.
- The Disability Resource Center (DRC) has
Macs and PCs for student use, and students can borrow
an AlphaSmart, Reading Pen, and an FM System.
- Buley Library offers a variety of
adaptive technology on the ground level, first, and second
floors. Resources at Buley include adjustable tables,
Kurzweil 3000 and ZoomText, as well as CCTVs.
- In the Macintosh Labs in Buley (BU
309 & 314) students can use adjustable
tables, eReader, Co:Writer, Inspiration and
Write:OutLoud.
- In the PC Lab in Jennings (JE 130)
students can use ajustable tables, eReader, Inspiration,
Jaws, Write:OutLoud, and ZoomText.
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Davis
Educational Technology Resource Lab |
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Center for Adaptive Technology enriches the course work
of students in SCSU programs such as Education, Special
Education, and Communication Disorders, among others,
by providing class presentations in adaptive and educational
technology, a substantial variety of adaptive and educational
software, and training modules in adaptive technology.
To accomodate those students the CAT and Academic Computing
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A list of available hardware and
software is available on our website at http://www.southernct.edu/departments/cat.
Qualified staff are also available, during open lab hours,
to answer
students'
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Location
and Contact |
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The CAT is located in Engleman Hall, room B017A-D .
Explore our facility during an open house the first Friday
of September, November, February, or April between 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m.
On the web: http://www.southernct.edu/departments/cat
E-mail: cat@southernct.edu
Phone: (203) 392-5799
Fax: (203) 392-5796
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