Software available to help students with text-related disabilities

Software to convert text into audio files is available for CSC students in the Reta E. King Library.
Using the program, Kurzweil 3000, textbooks can be scanned onto a computer and converted to audio files, or in some cases Health Services Licensed Student Counselor Jerry Cassiday said he contacts the publisher to obtain a digital PDF of the book to be converted.
Cassiday said the program is available to any CSC student, but it is designed for those with “text-related learning disabilities.” These disabilities may range from the physical incapacity to hold a textbook to vision impairment or dyslexia.
CSC has owned the program for years, but it is only available on one computer in the library. That computer was unplugged and put in storage during recent renovations to the library, but Cassiday said it is now back up and running.
The computer is located directly south of the learning center. Students may ask the Learning Center Project Coordinator Leah Reed for assistance finding or using the software.