Wayne County Braille and Talking Book Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
Hidden Disabilities, Helpful Technology: Improving Library Accessibility
Vanessa J. Morris
Hide-and-Seek in the Stacks
Did you lose a patron?
Hide-and-Seek in the Stacks
Is your hardware helping or hiding?
Hide-and-Seek in the Stacks
Are patrons searching for
software?
Hide-and-Seek in the Stacks
Can you find any assistive technology?
Hide-and-Seek in the Stacks
Do you know what services
to seek?
Is your hardware helping or hiding?
Large Print
High Contrast
Website
Catalog
Large Monitor
Large Print Keyboard
Trackball Mouse
Trackball Mouse
Headsets
Headsets
Are patrons searching for software?
Ease of Access Center
Universal Access or Accessibility
Magnification Go from this…
to this!
Magnification
Screen Readers
Screen Readers
Screen Readers
Window-Eyes: Free with Office 2010 or later
http://windoweyesforoffice.com
Text-Only Browsers
Text-Only Browsers
http://www.webbie.org.uk
http://lynx.isc.org
Speech Recognition
Speech Recognition
Can you find any assistive tech?
Magnifiers
Magnifiers
Magnifiers
3D Printers
3D Printers
Smart Brailler
Braille Printer
Braille Displays
Do you know what services to seek?
National Library Service
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
https://www.bookshare.org/
Newsline
https://nfb.org/audio-newspaper-service
http://www.learningally.org
Olly Olly Oxen Free
Want to win Hide-and-Seek?
Get a BARD account
Get a trackball mouse
Get a large print keyboard
Use Voiceover on an iOS device
(734) 727-7300 or (888) 968-2737
Vanessa J. Morris [email protected]