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About the Center

 

Computer technology instruction and services are an integral part of the Disabled Students Programs and Services at Hartnell College. Hartnell College is a high tech campus and provides hardware and software along with staff support to students needing assistive technologies.

The goal of the DSP&S is to ensure that disabled students are afforded the opportunity to utilize computer technology to enhance the successful completion of their educational objectives. To accomplish this goal, students are trained in the use of adaptive computer technology and computer assisted instruction.
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Who Qualifies? - Any student with one or more of the following:

Physically disabled, including blind and partially sighted.

Communication disabled, including hard of hearing or deaf

Learning Disabled with basic skills difficulties that need remediation and/or special accommodations

Brain Injury through accident or disease

Students with Psychological disabilities

Studemts with learning disabilities

Others not listed

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Barrier Free Access To ALL

The High Tech Center at Hartnell College was established at the DSP&S on campus to ensure that the ever changing technology here at Hartnell is accessible to all. In addition to offering courses on basic computer instruction, we offer the lastest in assistive technologies to make sure there are no barriers to learning.

Students support: A Instructional Specialist is on staff for student training.

Staff and Faculty support: An Instructional Technologist is available for training and integration of assitive technologies.
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Assistive Technology Available: Some technology available for checkout to DSPS students.

Low Vision/Blind - Enlarged text and graphic materials with screen magnification programs, screen readers that use a voice synthesizer to read the screen to the user, voice recognition software that can be given verbal commands for function. Braillers and refreshable Braille systems, and high speed textbook scanning and translation into MP3 files on CD

Mobility Impairment - Adapted keyboard function via OS accessibility functions, voice dictation programs, alternative keyboards, and high speed textbook scanning with document conversion to MP3 audio files hands free reading.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing - Closed captioning resources and assisted listening devices.

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Hardware	Software
Low Vision Blind	Kurzweil 1000 3000 - Scan and read stations
Low Vision Blind Physical Impairment Learning Disibilities	High speed text book scanning capabilities with MP3 audio file formatting
Low vision Blind Physically challenged Learning Disabilites	Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking Voice recognition
Low Vision Blind	ZoomText and Closeview JAWS Screen Magnification/reader
Blind	Braille Embosser w/ Duxberry Software and Voyager Refreshable Brailler Output/Refreshable Braille
Deaf Hard of Hearing	Closed Captioning and assisted listening devices
All Disabilities	O/S Access Features Sticky keys/hot keys Alternative keyboards

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Location of Assistive Technology on Campus
HCC 102 - DSP&P office for scheduling classes and services, text scanning, brailing, and voice recognition.

Academic Learning Center - The High Tech Lab in the ALC offers many components of assistive technology hardware and software including assistance by an instructional specialist, Judy Peelo.

Library - Accessible workstations with scan and read technology and screen readers, can be found here, as well as screen magnification. Take our Tour.

Campus Wide - Accessible workstations through out campus labs.
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