Assistive 技术

Smartpens

For students with certain disabilities, SmartPens can be helpful.  A SmartPen is a special pen and notebook that can record all (or parts of) a lecture while a person is taking notes.  If the student’s written notes are limited or have gaps, the pen can easily play back the audio for a specific part of the lecture that the student may have missed and need to hear again.

The ADR has SmartPens available to loan to students.  If you are interested in learning more about this technology, please email accessibility@韦尔斯利.edu. Our Student Access Advocates are available to train you and answer any questions you may have.

神道教的神

神道教的神 is a free website and Chrome extension that offers annotation tools such as highlighting, 突显出, 评论, and adding text boxes to documents. It also provides Text Recognition (OCR). Click here to learn more and download the application.

库兹韦尔

库兹韦尔 3000 is literacy software with a 语音合成 program that can read textbooks, articles and the web aloud. 库兹韦尔 also has tools for writing and study support. There are a variety of voices, reading speeds and languages. 库兹韦尔 also has a dictation feature for hands free writing support.

Wellesley College has a 库兹韦尔 3000 site-wide license for full time students and employees of the College. For access, please either: 

1. 登录到 an existing account here, or:
2. 使用 User Self-Registration to create an account

After you have an account, you can choose between a web-based service or download the software directly onto your computer. We recommend the desktop version for the best functionality. 

• 库兹韦尔 for Mac Version 16 web license
• 库兹韦尔 for Windows Version 16 web license

Other ways to use 库兹韦尔:

• 库兹韦尔 Firefly Web Browser Application (Has most, but not all, of the features of the desktop app)
• 库兹韦尔 Firefly App for iOS
• Chrome扩展 (For reading on the web)

用户指南: 

Product and Version Guides 

库兹韦尔学院 

库兹韦尔学院 YouTube Channel

For those wishing to use voice/speech recognition software, 库兹韦尔 (see "语音合成") has a speech recognition function. Alternatively, Speechnotes is a free, and easy to use app. Speechnotes can be found here.

To improve accessibility for all viewers, consider captioning videos that will be used in a classroom or for the general public. 

有很多 widely available tools that can enable you to easily caption short, previously recorded videos. For help on longer projects, please see the three resources below. 

1. 你可以 use Amara to caption your own videos. 你可以 caption videos for Amara-user use for free or pay to have your videos unpublished. 你可以 also pay for captioning through Amara.
2. Rev is a fee-based captioning service the college often uses. Contact us if you are interested in options related to paid captioning.
3. Depending on the video, the Student Access Advocates (SAAs) may be able to caption videos and/or provide transcripts, alt文本, and other services. Please contact ADR through accessibility@韦尔斯利.edu 或软件即服务 studentaccessadvocates@韦尔斯利.edu to see if they can help.

As a Wellesley employee or student you can use SensusAccess (login and download like 库兹韦尔) to automatically convert documents into a range of alternate media. This includes audio books (MP3 and DAISY), e-books (EPUB, EPUB3 and Mobi) and digital Braille. The service can also be used to convert inaccessible documents such as image-only PDF files, JPG pictures and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into more accessible formats. Click here for a guide on SensusAccess and more information.