Work stations for blind persons
There are two computers with special equipment available for blind or visually impaired students in a seperate room. The equipment, aside from the usual hardware and software (Windows XP, CD/DVD drives, black-and-white laser printers), features amongst others:
- Text and image scanners with automatical indention for 50 sheets,
- Braille line with 80 forms for tactile monitor reading,
- Printouts in Braille (two-sided),
- Voice responds of the screen content with Jaws,
- Enlarged text depiction on the screen.
The work room is available free of charge for all blind or visually impaired students of the WWU for the promotion of their studies; the initial skill adaptation training takes place in a one-to-one lesson by assistants who have been especially trained for this purpose. We also gladly offer help to blind or visually impaired students who have problems with their private hardware or software.
The work stations are located centrally in the old town, in room 455 of the Juridicum on the 3. floor. The Juridicum is open between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays. The nearest bus stop "Krummer Timpen" is served by the bus lines 11, 12, 13 and 22. In the day time there is a bus going to and from the central station about every 10 minutes.
Please contact us for further information:
| Mathias Grote ZIV Tel. (0251) 83-31675 |
Helmut Lang, Dipl.-Psych. Central students' counselling Tel. (0251) 83-22357 |
e-mail to all assistants at the blind work stations |
Date: 29.04.2009
