Assistive Technology
Campus-Wide Resources
Kurzweil 3000 and the Kurzweil Web App
Kurzweil 3000, a powerful text-to-speech and study aid program, is available to all current Hampshire students, faculty, or staff. Our site-wide Kurzweil license gives you access to the Kurzweil web app, which can be used online or on an iPad. Students using Kurzweil can access the program on their own personal computers. Kurzweil 3000 also has a built-in free library of classic literature.
> Learn more about Kurzweil 3000 and register
> Watch Kurzweil training videos
There is also a Kurzweil 3000 Chrome browser extension. Sign up for your account above and then download and install the extension from the Chrome Store:
Online File Conversion Service
The Robobraille file converter is also available to the entire Hampshire community. It does a good job of converting documents into accessible formats with computer-readable text. It converts many different file types into a variety of formats: for example, from a PDF to a text-to-speech MP3 audio file.
Grackle
Grackle is a suite of Chrome extensions the College has subscribed to for use with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Grackle performs an accessibility scan and identifies issues to be fixed. Grackle has a built-in PDF generator.
The Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit
Owners of Moodle courses have access to The Brickfield Toolkit which is built into Moodle 4.11. You need to turn it on to scan a course to identify and fix accessibility issues.
Accommodation-related Technologies
If you are in need of specific assistive technology for a documented disability, please visit our disclosure and accommodation request page to learn more.
Hampshire College subscribes to a limited number of licenses to the below products for students with special support needs:
Read & Write
Glean
Glean is an electronic note-taking service designed to scaffold the learning process.
Bookshare
Bookshare is a an eBook service that provides accessible text for individuals with various reading barriers. You can customize your reading experience in ways that work for you.