At Your Service

 

With an LSTA grant funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Hanson Library has implemented "Serving People with Disabilities" as follows:

 

Computer Software was purchased which we installed on a dedicated workstation:

JAWs for windows, screenreader

MAGic with speech, screen magnifier

Kurzweil 1000, scan and read materials

Duxbury , translates text into Braille

 

Other equipment for the workstation:

Romeo 25 Braille embosser

large print keyboard

Computer software was also purchased for the Homework Center. Kurzweil 3000, a program which reads aloud electronic or scanned text, and has a versatile array of other features to help a person read and understand more easily, is installed on a workstation with a scanner.

 

New materials that can be checked out include:

large print books
book- with- cassette kits
described videos
large print Reader's Digest

We also provide delivery of library materials to the homebound at scheduled intervals.

For more information, or to schedule a demonstration, please call the circulation desk at 781 293 2151