Landmark College - Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology

Assistive technology is used at Landmark College to facilitate academic skill development and to enable students to fully access course materials. According to the Assistive Technology Act of 1988, assistive technology refers to "any item, piece of equipment, or product that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities."

One example of the type of assistive technology used at The College is text reader software. This software enables users to:

• Hear text on computer screen spoken aloud
• Use a computer (synthesized) voice
• Scan or import text (aids decoding)
• Improve decoding and fluency
• Read back text that has been typed in (for revision of writing)

Speech-to-text software is also used by students that may have challenges with their writing. Students use this type of software to speak the words and have the computer transcribe them to text.

Landmark College sponsors a student laptop program allowing students to buy laptops from the college preloaded with assistive software. These laptops are fully supported by Landmark College's IT Department. Purchase of a Landmark-supported laptop, text-reader (Kurzweill 3000), speech-to-text (Dragon), and other software is mandatory for all incoming students, regardless of psycho-educational evaluations and recommendations.