EQUIPMENT

NEW - UMICH ADJUSTABLE WORKSTATIONS!

• Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
• The Reading Edge
• Refreshable Brailler
• Braille Printer
• Music Composition Studio
• Scanners
• Large Monitors
• Sit/Stand/Recline Workstations
• Ergonomic Chairs
• Special Keyboards
• Alternative Mice
• Headphones
  

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) ( Top of Page)
CCTV allows users to enlarge text or objects and is helpful for people with visual impairments. In addition to enlarging text, users can change print contrast. For example, users can choose to view dark type on a light background or light type on a dark background, whichever is easiest to read. Users can also adjust brightness, magnification, and focus.
Campus Computing Sites: ATCS, Angell Hall, School of Public Health, School of Social Work
Residence Halls: South Quad (central), Mary Markely (hill), Bursley (north)
Other locations: *Media Union, *Taubman.

The Reading Edge ( Top of Page)
The Reading Edge (Vitae) is a reading machine for people who are blind or visually impaired. It combines a scanner, character recognition, and speech synthesis to scan and read back text. The Reading Edge scans any type of printed page and converts the image of the page to text. The speech synthesizer can read the text aloud immediately or save the text in its memory for retrieval at a later time. The Reading Edge can be connected to a PC, Macintosh, or a UNIX computer.
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Campus Locations: ATCS, *Media Union.

Refreshable Brailler (Top of Page)
The Refreshable Brailler reads the screen of a DOS computer system and provides the Braille, one line at a time. The Refreshable Brailler is a computer peripheral with a system of movable vertical pins that replicate the Braille alphabet. A Braille reader can feel the characters and "read" the computer screen.

Braille Printer (Top of Page)
Campus Locations: *Media Union.

Music Composition Station (Top of Page)
Campus Locations: *Media Union.

Scanners (Top of Page)
Campus Computing Sites: ATCS, Angell Hall, School of Public Health, School of Social Work
Residence Halls: South Quad (central), Mary Markely (hill), Bursley (north)
Other locations: *Media Union, *Taubman.

Large Monitors (Top of Page)
There are several choices of large monitors ranging from CRT to flat screen monitors. The ATCS has mostly 20" CRT monitors. There is a 24" SUN flat panel monitor on a Macintosh workstation (shown here) and a 19" flat panel NEC monitor on the new Ergonomic stand-alone workstation.
Campus Computing Sites: ATCS, Angell Hall, School of Public Health, School of Social Work
Residence Halls: South Quad (central), Mary Markely (hill), Bursley (north)
Other locations: *Media Union, *Taubman.

Sit/Stand/Recline Workstations (Top of Page)
The four electrically adjustable height work surfaces and one ergo pod sit/stand workstation are helpful for wheelchair users and people with back problems who find it difficult to sit for long periods of time.
Campus Computing Sites: ATCS, Angell Hall, School of Public Health, School of Social Work
Residence Halls: South Quad (central), Mary Markely (hill), Bursley (north)
Other locations: *Media Union, *Taubman.

Ergonomic Chairs (Top of Page)
There are three different types of ergonomic chairs. Chairs vary in their adjustability but most adjust for back angle and height, depth and height, arm angle and height, and seat angle. One is made out of mesh material to allow for breathability and conformity of shape. Each chair is designed for diversity of form and function.
Campus Locations: ATCS, *Taubman.

Special Keyboards (Top of Page)
There are three special keyboards: a floating arms keyboard, a comfort keyboard, and a kinesis keyboard. The floating arms keyboard is a split keyboard; each side of a traditional keyboard is attached to the arm of a chair for users with limited arm mobility. The comfort keyboard is split into three parts but not attached to a chair. The kinesis keyboard's keys are in a concave formation within the keyboard frame and is of particular value for users with moderate digital impairment.
Campus Computing Sites: ATCS, Angell Hall, School of Public Health, School of Social Work
Residence Halls: South Quad (central), Mary Markely (hill), Bursley (north)
Other locations: *Media Union, *Taubman.

Alternative Mice(Top of Page)
Trackballs are input devices designed to replace the mouse and increase productivity by eliminating extreme levels of hand and wrist fatigue. These may be helpful for people with some mobility impairment. Trackballs are ergonomically designed so that users will avoid injuries such as repetitive stress injury (RSI).
Campus Computing Sites: ATCS, Angell Hall, School of Public Health, School of Social Work,
Residence Halls: South Quad (central), Mary Markely (hill), Bursley (north)
Other locations: *Media Union, *Taubman.

Headphones (Top of Page)
Campus Locations: ATCS.