Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology

Much of the assistive technology support comes through the Disabled Students Allowance.

However, The University of Worcester has a range of assistive software available on the student networked PCs or available for loan from the IT Helpdesk. 

The software includes:

Please note that the software is under constant review and the University network might have newer versions, or additional software available.

Networked

TextHelp Read & Gold (on campus network but not at the library) 
TextHelp Read & Write Gold enables you to hear web pages and documents read aloud to improve reading comprehension and help with proofreading your work. It lets you easily change the background colour of your computer screen, has a built-in screen ruler, dictionary and thesaurus, helps develop your writing skills with word prediction and supports independent research with a number of study skills tools.

Inspiration  (on campus network but not at the library) 
Inspiration software allows you to create visual mind maps so you can use colours, images and words to begin with a central idea and expand outward to more in-depth sub-topics. Mind maps display large amounts of information in ways that are easy to understand, and which help reveal relationships and patterns. They can be used to help with taking notes, planning assignments, revising or managing your time.

Supernova  (on campus network and limited loans) 
Supernova enables you to gain complete access to your learning materials. Course notes, essays and revision notes are clearly magnified, can be spoken with high quality voices and accurately translated to literary Braille. Lecture slides, hand-outs and feedback produced electronically can be read using your ideal combination of magnification, speech and Braille.

Limited loans:

Claroread 

JAWS 

JAWS reads aloud what is on your PC screen and gives you a unique set of tools for navigating and accessing Web pages and all screen content. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC. Its OCR features provide access to the text of PDF documents and scanned images.

Zoomtext

Dragon Naturally Speaking Further Ed Pack  

Eligible students may use the above software in examinations. 

There are also many Free Assistive Technology features and tools available. Please contact us if you would like further information.