Laptop Raffle for Helping Disabled Students
By Jenny • Nov 17th, 2008 • Category: Mobile Computer NewsDisability Support Services (DSS) has decided to raffle a laptop next year in order raise funds to buy special laptops loaded with unusual software which will help the students suffering with disability.
The students will be offered the laptops of their choice and they will also be allowed to take away the unit to their homes. That means it completely depends on the student’s choice whether they want to use the laptops in the lab or at their home, because some of the students find it difficult to come to the lab for work. And as the students are offered the laptop of their choice, they can even pick advanced and capable machines like the Sony Vaio VGN-FW21Z to help them out. Most of the DSS students are suffering from learning disabilities such as Dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. For such students the laptops, which have adaptive software installed, are really useful. The adaptive software basically contains Kurzweil 3000, which can convert the printed text into audio. It can also increase the size of the printed text. The DSS department is looking forward to raising enough money to buy at least five laptops and licenses for the Kurzweil 3000.
According to Regina Pino, assistant to the coordinator of disability support services, “If I was dyslexic, for example, I could use this software to see the words as I hear them being spoken, so I know exactly how to spell the word. If I couldn’t see well, this program allows me to make the text bigger.”
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